Brooklyn Abbey Ale

(RETIRED)

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Formerly brewed at Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Trappist glass

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RATINGS: 49 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.52 SEASONAL: Winter EST. CALORIES: 210 ABV: 7%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Breukelen Abbey Ale a winter seasonal beer, is brewed in the style made famous by the monastery breweries of Belgium. Abbey is made with a blend of nine European malts, and fermented with an imported Belgian yeast. Abbey is a traditionally brewed Belgian "dubbel," a strong russet-brown ale with a spicy aroma reminiscent of chocolate, cloves, dates and figs. It contains one surprising ingredient, sugar. Many Belgian beers are brewed with a type of caramelized rock candy called candii sugar. For Breukelen Abbey Ale, we use raw Dominican sugar from the nearby Domino sugar refinery.

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2.7

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20

jonas (4506) - Garching b. München, GERMANY - AUG 18, 2005

Tap - sampled at the Copenhagen beerfestival 2005
Amber, brown low head. Caramel, fruit and berries, relatively light body - easy accesable.

2.9

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

FrkAabenhuus (147) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - AUG 15, 2005

Draught at DBF 2005. Dark brown with a off-white head. Sweet malty, fruity aroma and flavor with lots of yeast. A bit thin I think, but still very soft. A bit dry in the end.

3.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

Rastacouere (5900) - Montréal, Quebec, CANADA - JUL 28, 2005

Charming deep copper, lasting off-white head. Nose reminiscent of a belgian scotch ale through its slightly smoky edges, earthy fruits (dates, raisins) and estery (bananas) aromas. Interesting spicy yeastiness. Dry chocolate cookie flavors. Somehow peppery yeastiness. Well blended elements, takes some time to evaluate as the flavors are really merged up. Moderately high carbonation, satisfying medium body. Another good belgian from brooklyn.

3.8

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

Belgo (154) - Køge, DENMARK - JUN 22, 2005

Draught at Københavnske Øldage 2005. Very dark with a nice head. The aroma consists of fresh plums and a bit of oriental spices. On the palate it is fullbodied and soft with a warming alcoholic snap at the end. Garrett Oliver told me, that the yeast used was the same as Chimay, but that this beer was fermented at 20 degrees celcius whereas Chimay ferments at close to 30 degrees celcius. Probably because of this fact, this beer does have som aromatic elements in common with Chimay, but it doesn’t have the burnt character of the latter. Good one.

3.9

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

beeryum (652) - Norcross, Georgia, USA - JUN 12, 2005

Draft. Although I have written notes on this beer from when I first tasted it a couple months ago, I recently had it again, and my recent tasting does not quite match those notes. So this is more along the recent tasting. Nice dark ruddy brown. Huge earthy-fruit and spicy Belgian yeast aroma. Lots more dark fruits in the flavor. My original notes indicate a very large alcohol presense, but I didnt get nearly that in the recent tasting. Could be that it has mellowed. Could be that I was drunk. Good beer tho.

2.7

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20

Hildigöltur (5107) - København, DENMARK - JUN 12, 2005

Draught. Amber coloured. Fruity and yeasty aroma. Sweet and fruity flavour with lots of yeastiness.Slightly thin. Bland. Reminds me of Chimay Red.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20

Jeppe (2633) - Ølbutikken, DENMARK - JUN 9, 2005

Sampled from draught at Københavnske Øldage 2005.
Golden amber colored, fine tan head. Dominating yeast aroma with sweet toffee and spicy hints. Lots of yeast and fruit such as orange and pineapple in the flavor with a sharp and dry mouthfull (or is it just my mouth beeing sore after 3 days of heavy drinking?!). Flavorfull.

3.5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

MiP (11258) - Sønderborg, DENMARK - JUN 4, 2005

Draught. Brown colour, small creamy head. Aroma has a hint of malt. Malty, sweet flavour with an aftertaste of marcipan. Creamy mouthfeel.

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