McKenzie Abbey 8

Brewed by McKenzie Brew House
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Trappist glass

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Appears a murky, copper toned amber with a 1 finger off white head that slowly fades out into a gentle collar. Mild speckles of lacing are left around the goblet. Smell is of a raisin & plum reduction infused with light brown sugar, yeasty dough, and a dash of cooked banana, and light dusting of cocoa & powderized vanilla. Mmmhmmm...sure do love that Rochefort yeast. It’s the shizle. Taste is of the same great aromas, only better. The complex flavors materialize into a well blended Belgian Ale. Perhaps not as complex as Rochefort itself but if Scotty Morrison could bottle these again and us uber-beer-geeks could sit on them for a while, I’m sure it would ripen beautifully. Mouthfeel is sugary, yeasty, mildly spicy, and semi-dry.

Pour is a chestnut brown color with light tan head. The nose is overly sweet, cherries, woody and boozy with a touch of acetone. Similar flavor, sugary, sweet cherries, boozy and woody. Fuller body, syrupy and creamy with a juicy feel and light carb.

on tap at brewpub. tepid chestnut, no head. Alcohol, nut, sugar, marker-esque nose (thanks Chris!) Flavor is a bit dryer than nose, light papery finish, emptier than nose, bit of bread, candi sugar, light heat. Thin, medicinal experience.

11th October 2008. GABF. Sweet aromatic malt. Crisp and dry palate and finish. Very drinkable.

Tap at Glen Mills location. Pours out an attractive reddish brown color with a small off white creamy head. Aroma is of dark fruits, some fig and slight apple and a touch of alcohol. Taste is complex with some very nice notes of dried fruit namely fig, dark cherry and some plums, slight sweet candi sugar, and some sweeter fruity yeast notes also crept n there along with some alcohol notes. Warming boozy finish. Very well done, but I’d like to try it with some age on it to calm down some of the boozy notes.

Very good Abbey. Palate is wonderful on the mouth, and the smell is great! Taste is good and it goes down smooth. A keeper.

(750ml bottle, Dec 2007 vintage) Pours a lightly hazy mahogany body with a medium beige head. Aroma of raisins, dates, brown sugar, banana, and caramel. Flavor of raisins, brown sugar, toasted malt, some cocoa, and plum with a dry, lightly chalky finish.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours a nice amber/red with beige head. Aroma of some bread, raison, some farm house. Flavor is sweet, with some caramel, dark fruit. Mouth feel is medium-full body with high carbonation. Overall, not bad at all, I enjoyed it.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Hazy reddish brown with a decent sized beige head. Aroma is of malt, caramel, fruit, cinnamon, and light raisin. Taste is pretty much the same.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Taste is carmel, butter, scotch and rum cake plus some dark fruits. Acidic and lively mouthfeel.

Bottle marked 12/2007 thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a light brown head that fades over a hazy amber body. Aroma of apple sauce, cinnamon and dark fruits. Taste is brown sugar, molasses and dark fruits. Light carbonation.