New Belgium Abbey

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Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in Trappist glass

bottled
common

on tap
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Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 876 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.61 EST. CALORIES: 210 ABV: 7%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Winner of four World Beer Cup medals and eight medals at the Great American Beer Fest, Abbey Belgian Ale is the Mark Spitz of New Belgium’s lineup - but it didn’t start out that way. When Jeff and Kim first sampled the beer at the Lyons Folks Fest, reviews were mixed at best. One of founder Jeff’s first two Belgian style homebrews (along with Fat Tire), Abbey is a Belgian dubbel (or double) brewed with six different malts and an authentic Belgian yeast strain. Abbey is bottle-conditioned, weighs in at 7.0% alcohol by volume, and pairs well with chocolate (or boldly served by itself) for dessert.

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2.9

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20

FullObs (63) - Illinois, USA - FEB 13, 2011

12oz bottle dated 18sept11. Pours reddish brown with almost no head. Smells wonderful, sweet and fruity. Taste has a little fruitiness andvsweet raisin. Carbonation is lacking however. Also a little watery. Just missing someting. Maybe I got a bad bottle but this not so hot.

3.8

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

FOAMer (45) - Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA - FEB 5, 2011

Aroma of dark fruits, raisin an plums. Slight sherry notes to this bottle. Thick off-white head that laces on the glass. Amber color, very clear. Malty sweetness upfront. raisins, and plums. Low spice character from yeast. slight alcohol warmth as beer warms. No hop flavor and only bitterness is in the background to keep the beer from being cloying sweet. Finished with a slight dryness. Very nice beer......

3.9

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

Dixonian (939) - Dallas, Texas, USA - FEB 4, 2011

12oz bottle. Deep ruby pour with little head. Banana aroma - taste is slightly sweet with spicy belgian yeast, nicely carbonated. A very tasty American brewed Dubbel and one of my favorites from New Belgium.

3.2

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

ThaJuggernaut (295) - Washington, USA - FEB 3, 2011

Great beer by new Belgium. Nice dark with great pour. Aroma is sweet. Good beer

3.8

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20

jlanning215 (278) - Peoria, Illinois, USA - FEB 3, 2011

They did a great job emulating the originals( westvleteren 8 ect). Really great abbey. New Belgium knows what they are doing. A little hot. Smooth in the mouth. A small white head that faded quickly. Beautiful red color...crystal clear. I love that yeast strand. The Belgians should have hoarded that strand for themselves...cause obviously it’s the key. I’ve been drinking mostly Belgian strong ales lately so it hampers my opinion cause Belgian strongs are so much more complex. But for a dubbel, new Belgium hit it out of the park.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

portableparty (1008) - Blaine, Minnesota, USA - FEB 3, 2011

Bottle to my new Belgium glass. Pour is a brown cola color with a kahki soapy head that fades to a film. Aroma is sweet and sour with dark fruit and banana bread. Taste is sweet and spicy with a solid flavor of plums and banana bread. Palate comes off fizzy and sticky with a nice dry finish. I actually really enjoyed this one pretty tasty.

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20

Nikiel (675) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - FEB 1, 2011

Pours a deep red with quickly dispersing light brown foam. Smells sweet vaguely of cloves. Tastes of bananas, cloves and alcohol. Tastes pretty true to an actual Belgian dubble, but is thinner and the banana, clove, barley flavors are not as strong as they should be and the alcohol is more potent in the flavor.

3.1

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

rubbishystuff (1202) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - JAN 29, 2011

Mix a 6 from County Market Southern View. Not a bad abbey style ale. For some reason it didn’t grab me all that much though. Flavors didn’t come together harmoniously for me. Serving: Bottle

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Beer: New Belgium Abbey Rating Avg: 3.61 No. of Ratings: 876

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