New Belgium Abbey

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.

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.

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.

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.

thanks msonnenberg. New belgium. Abbey. good. Dark bgwn. Malty spicy.belg..an.4.7.7.3.15 . low characters waaing. pglm sucks

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.

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.

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.