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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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 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 01/18/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear dark brown, whispy head, sweet carmel and chocolate malt aroma and flavor, a nice sweet drinking belgian dubble,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4


 pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/55/20
Aug 29, 2007  
Bottle. Very dark amber. Smells like sour garbage. Really sour and tart taste. Carbonated garbage. Awful aftertaste. Do not want again. I do not get all the hype and excitement about this beer at all.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 27, 2007  
Dark brown pour with a good tan head in a trappist glass. Standard fruity belgian yeast smell, but more lightly than most of the style, and mixed with a dark roasty malt like smell and flavor as well. As it warms big notes of licorice come through and stay. Taste was similar to the smell and was perhaps my favorite belgian beer, and I’m not a huge fan of them. I could definitely see this growing on me, and could get this again.


 jetzler (622), oklahoma city, Oklahoma, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 10, 2007  
Bottle, Dark malts, dried fruits some raisins, and figs. Pours and nice dark red color with some opaque colors. Nice taste, good malts, plenty of yeast some bananas. Nicely done, A decent dubbel. Its decently drinkable with nice malts and good yeast notes.


DrZao (96), Houston, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/517/20
Aug 5, 2007    Updated: Aug 23, 2007
Bottle. Pours clear mahogany with little head. Aroma of sweet banana and fruit. Flavor of banana with lots of fruit, warm alcohol and malty sweetness linger on the finish. A bit too malty for me, at least during the hot Texas summer. I prefer the New Belgium Tripel, but obviously, that is a stylistic difference.


 extremeicon (108), Wichita, Kansas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Aug 2, 2007  
Domestic or no, this is still a very drinkable double. Dark reddish brown color with a very thin off-white head. Complex fruity/spicy aroma. Quite well-balanced flavor of fruits, yeast, and pleasant malty finish. Another great one from New Belgium.


StLsportsfan (35), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/516/20
Aug 2, 2007  
Good attempt at a double. Very good attempt if you look at how old the brewery is. They haven’t had 100 years to slowly perfect their recipe. Dark breads, nuts, fruit cake, clove...all the great smells that come with a double. I’m not a huge double fan, but I love the craftsmanship...and this beer has exactly that.


 Rballs01 (264), Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/518/20
Jul 31, 2007  
Thanx Rb for this treat. Poured brownish red, smelled of sweet fruit and Belgian yeast. A very easy drinking Belgian style Double. Great flavor and balanced to perfection.



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