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New Belgium Abbey

New Belgium Abbey  - Abbey Dubbel

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 Percentile 
93
overall
Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6883.63/5.03.62/5.07%92.9Trappist glass
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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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 drewbeerme (2224), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 8, 2007    Updated: Apr 22, 2009
rated blind from "Better Know a Style: Abbey Dubbel" tasting. pours amber-orangish, creamy off white head. nose is plumy and caramel. flavor plumy, dark fruits, hint of spice, caramel. mouth feel is prickly, carbonation is fizzy. slight alcohol heat as well. 3.4.

4/21/09, 2005 vintage, aged 4 years. this became a bit oxidized in the aroma with some vinegar notes starting but nothing too bad, the flavor still had some nice malt and dark fruit but thinning a bit. this actually held up okay but by no means improved.3.2.


 BelgianBeerGal (1276), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 1, 2007  
33cl bottle. Pours out a sparking copper colour. The aroma to me seemed rather earthy. Good quality dubbel that is approaching a proper Belgian beer.


 ElJefe (553), Rochester, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 20, 2007  
Medium brown with a beige head. Aroma of dried papaya, almonds, and some alcohol. Flavor is yeasty with a touch of mustiness, banana, orange zest round out the flavor. I would prefer a touch more substantial body, but that’s just me. Pretty tasty.


 truebluehes (104), Tipton, Iowa, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 18, 2007  
Deep red beer with a faint orange head. Aroma is of sweet yeast and fruits. Flavor is of sweet fruits yet dry. Good abbey as the brew has a sllight burn of alcohol at the end.


 sersdf (1000), chicago, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 16, 2007  
thanks msonnenberg. New belgium. Abbey. good. Dark bgwn. Malty spicy.belg..an.4.7.7.3.15 . low characters waaing. pglm sucks


 RblWthACoz (963), Brooklyn, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 10, 2007  
Wow. Okay. Finally something redeeming from NB. Pours a slightly cloudy ruby. Nose is very like, well, a Belgian brew. Yeasty with a sweet and citric tone. Taste is very good. Smooth and even. You get that slightly sweet edge that comes and goes with the rolling of the flavors. Overall a very good brew I think. Recently I was getting so irritated at the lack of interesting stuff from NB that I was about to just write the whole brewery off. But this one is redemption in a bottle. Damn good. The feel is slightly thick, but a bit lighter than some other Belgian brews. Definitely drinkable.


 dwedin (238), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 5, 2007  
Dark brown with a tan head that shrinks to a thin layer that hangs on for the duration. Very smooth, spicy, and fruit flavors, alcohol is hidden well.


 drfabulous (1212), Columbia, Missouri, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 1, 2007  
An "as if" beer. As if you could try and duplicate a dubble. It’s not great, but it’s not as bad as I thought it might be. The flavor is nice and I may have to stop saying so many bad things about this brewery.



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