New Belgium Abbey

	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
689	3.63/5.0	3.62/5.0	7%	92.9	Trappist glass

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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norsedoc (162), USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Jun 21, 2007 Updated: Nov 1, 2008

Taproom. Pours clear brown with average head which barely clings to glass. Nose of allspice, banana, orange. Soft, smooth with tastes of roasted caramel and a little banana. A little clove on the end

glkaiser (1163), Seattle, Washington, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Jun 15, 2007

Dark brown with medium head. Aroma of sweet dark fruit. Very drinkable and refreshing. Light dark fruit with some spices throughout. Good, but doesn’t have the fullness of a great belgian. This could easily work its way into my normal rotation of beers....affordable and good.

clasley (153), Arkansas, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	6/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	15/20

Jun 14, 2007

355 ml bottle. Pours a nice mahogany with a dense tan head. Hints of fruit and spice in the nose. Medium to full body. Notes of plum and toffee give way to a dry, slightly tart finish.

adwoan99 (244), Ft. Worth, Texas, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Jun 13, 2007

Pours a clear golden brown, with little head. Aroma is a little sour, bready. Flavor is slightly modestly belgian. A thirteen.

adpotts (1), College Station, Texas, USA
does not count

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	16/20

Jun 12, 2007

Bottle into pint glass. Nice thick head, off white. Dark color. Aroma is very malty with some chocolate, very pleasant. Taste is sharp as it enters the mouth and susbsides into a taste very similar as the aroma. Nice beer.

LilKem (1210), Marietta, Ohio, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	2/5	7/10	2/5	14/20

Jun 10, 2007

a decent brew, muddy brown color. a big cherry licorice flavor with some chocolate malt and some carmel, some yeasty characters and some rosewater. bland fruity and not that amazing. good though for passing the time.

adrian910ss (1409), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Jun 5, 2007

Pours a dark yet clear rusty orange amber with a thick beige head. Aroma of dark fruity malts, banana, yeast and cotton candy. Taste is malty with dark fruit and banana hints and a cotton candy clove finish. Very good.

artvandelay (32), Ames, Iowa, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	8/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

May 31, 2007

Bottle. Pours dark copper with some ruby highlights. Mostly diminishing beige head with ok lacing. Nose is sweet and musty: ripe banana, yeasty bread/cereal, and a hint of orange and some spice. Tastes very fruity: orange peel and banana with a caramel backbone. Finish is floral then goes sour with a dry end. Not bad.

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