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

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Barrios (1243) - Nashville, Tennessee, USA - APR 12, 2009
UPDATED: SEP 28, 2009 Bottle pours a beige lacing head and a clear brown head with amber highlights. Smells of ripe fruit, banana, yeast, and brown sugar. Taste is the same. Mouthfeel is fine carbonation. The finish is smooth, sweet, fruit and banana.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
xShanex (50) - Mansfield, Texas, USA - APR 9, 2009
Bottle. Pours a slight ruby brown amber with off white head. I’m not a huge fan of this type of beer but i must admit it is pleasing. Malt on the nose. Sweet and to the point. Have another? I can dig it.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Avengedpoet (326) - Mesa, Arizona, USA - APR 5, 2009
Pours a nice dark brown with ruby-tinged highlights. Aroma of caramel and malt sweetness. Taste has minute bitterness with a nice amount of caramel malt taste and a hint of belgian yeast flavor to back it up. Pretty decent, but not overly-complex.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
yobdoog (1835) - Woodridge NY, New York, USA - APR 1, 2009
Brownish red. Flavor of a light abbey ale. Almost a rice sweetness. Caramel and a light bitterness.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
carruthm (1396) - Seattle, Washington, USA - MAR 29, 2009
Bottle, pours a walnut like red hue with little head. Aroma of caramel, light banana spice and smooth malts. Taste is a little choclately sweet. Balance is very good.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Sparky (2128) - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - MAR 28, 2009
Bottle. Pours a clear dark amber with a one finger light tan head that results in decent lacing. The nose is banana, caramel and spicy yeast. The taste is spice, cocoa, burnt caramel and banana. Medium bodied. Decent Belgian – better than anticipated.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
guild (4) - , Colorado, USA - MAR 27, 2009 does not count
The head is beige. It smells very friuty. I love that bubblegun taste. New Belg’s best brew.

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
sebletitje (4011) - Enghien, BELGIUM - MAR 25, 2009
Courtesy of vasdef42. Another great New Belgium offering that in my opinion tops the Trippel. Pours dark brown with beige head. Aroma is fruity with notes of dark sugar and possibly some light smoke. Banana becomes more present with temperature. Taste, roasted malts with nice addition of dark candi. Some faint chocolate can be noted in the aftertaste with cooked apples sugar. Notes of sweet banana becomes more prominent as the beer came to room temperature. That was one tasty beer.


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