New Belgium Abbey

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Brewed by New Belgium Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in Trappist glass

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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

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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3.4

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20

dmac (2509) - Toms River, New Jersey, USA - MAY 23, 2008

12 oz bottle from lb4lb, thanks Deniz. Pours a deep mahogany, so what if I took that description from the label it’s pretty acurate, with an average size foamy light beige head. Aroma of toffee, raisin, bread and plums. Medium bodied with average carbonation and a creamy finish. Flavor is actually a step down from the aroma with lots of yeast, grainy malts and only slight fruitiness present. An average beer for an average beer drinker.

3.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20

chicagodri (1605) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAY 21, 2008

Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head. Nice aroma of cloves, fruit, and the usual yeast smell. Actually had some nice flavor to it as well. A little bit of a bitter aftertaste. Nice banana flavor. I liked it more than I thought I would.

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20

BrotherJoe (13) - Iowa, USA - MAY 21, 2008

I was actually sort of disappointed with this upon first inspection. Aroma wasn’t quite as hefty as I expected, though there was a nice hint of vanilla in there. First taste is sharp but a smooth vanilla caramel round body with a slight hint of oakiness going into a slight alcohol warming.

3.8

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20

JustinFromAL (119) - Birmingham, Alabama, USA - MAY 16, 2008

One of my first dubels. Odor just as everyone else here describes. I started off with it a bit to cold and had to let it warm. Flavors really started to pop!

3.7

AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

f351c4v (411) - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 16, 2008

Pours a clear, brownish amber color with an off-white head. Awesome aroma, bananas, cloves, yeasts... it’s all there. Malty body, yeasty, bread, maybe a hint of dark fruit. Not a bad attempt at a dubbel.

3.6

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20

blackmurder (191) - sadf, Hawaii, USA - MAY 11, 2008

A pretty good beer. Had this one out of the bottle so can’t comment on apperance much. It tasted pretty smooth though, a good drinking brown beer. Would have been better colder.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

brianprentiss (615) - Portland, Oregon, USA - MAY 7, 2008

i like this beer, it’s tasty. fruity with a bubbly mouthfeel, taste of bananas and raisins. from bottle at Denver airport.

4.2

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20

alraicercsu (166) - Ft.Collins, Colorado, USA - MAY 3, 2008

Tap on the brewery. Dark copper/brown with a very light head. Aroma is yeast and clove and banana. Tastes the same as the smell. Middle of the road dubble.

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