New Belgium Abbey

Bottle. Full bodied Ale. I agree with Kreepindeth in that it smells like Chimay. I was not a big fan of the clove aftertaste, however. A bit sour, get Fat Tire instead.

Bottle.

Pours a clear burnt orange with a passable off-white head. The aroma is cloves and lemon, spicy, some toffee. Flavor is thin diet cola blended with banana Nestle Quick. (OK, it’s not actually as bad as that description makes it sound, but both of those flavors are strong elements of the profile). There’s some cinnamon and other spice in there too;

I sure don’t get the ratings that this one is pulling. Many raters that I trust, respect, and usually agree with have given this 3.8 or higher, with plenty of 4’s out there. Almost of all of those ratings were 2003 or earlier; this bottle is a 2006. Either this beer has gone to the dogs since then, or I’ve really got my head in the wrong place tonight.

This beer pours a deep amber with a small tanish head.Very biscuity like malty flavor Not a bad belgian style from american brewer, although there a mcuh better ones. Cheers!

Dark brown and opaque with a creamy light brown medium head and slight carbonation. Smells pf bananas, cloves, and cola. Rough mouthfeel, ample acidity with sweet malt and fruity overtones and a long pronounced malty finish.

Smells like Chimay. Spicy yeast and some dark fruity notes. Color is bright copper, with almost no head. Tastes of raisons, whisky, and some mild bitterness.

Bottle poured a full, hazed, rich burgundy, with capuccino-tan head. Aromas of chocolate, cherry, yeast. I taste all of those, as well as the roast and hint smoke. Perhaps banana, fig, clove. I would love a bit thicker body, like the grand cru (which they should bottle), but the slight syrupyness satifies. Can you tell I like it yet?

Bottle pours a clear dep mahogany with a nice thick creamy light tan head. Aroma is fruity and belgian, and with soft warm bready notes as well. Flavor is of lightly toasted malts, the yeasty flavors that the Belgians all seem to have and the malts were kind of biscuity. Similar to NBs Fat Tire. Interesting and another example of this style that makes me like it more.

Pours mahogany w/ a shallow spritzy froth. Aroma of rock candy and stewed raisons. Medium nectar w/ ample residual effers. Flavors are semi sweet w/ medicinal properties up front. Malt, coffee, leather, brown sugar, fig, over ripened sun burnt stone fruit. Complex and well balanced but obviously an American version.