New Belgium Abbey

12oz bottle: Pours a brown/amber color, good sized head, very fine bubbles, off-white. Aroma of perfume, sweet, alcohol.. Taste of malts, perfume, sugar, aftertaste of malt. Smells & looks lilke a dubbel, but tastes like a brown/double.

Poured a clear golden amber color with a small off-white head. The aroma and flavor matched each other. Yeasty and fruity. Raisins mainly. Semi-dry finish.

Brown with a thick head. Taste is of dark fruit with a yeasty spice note. Good example of the style. Wish I had more access to New Belgium’s offerings.

Poured into my Delirium Tremens tupil glass. Very nice aroma. Dark dried fruit (maybe cherries), dark sugars, caramalts, even maybe so ripe fruits as it warms a bit more. Dense reddish brown with a fair amount of head. Rich and full of flavor. Raisins, light clove-ish-ness for the yeast, Very sweet upfront, but lots of hop bitterness to finish off the experience. Alcohol is evident, but it does not take away from the overall experience. On of New Belgium’s better regular offerings.

The aroma is the best part of this brew, dark malts, dark dried fruits, dark molasses bread yeastiness, mapole syrup - very comforting smells. Flavors are complex, it seemed like every time I took a sip I’d find something different. I great attempt at at Belgium brew, but still not authintic.

this beer was decent for a west coast beer i can find many good strong brews aside from stone beers. a little week on taste and alc but at least it is a dubbel.

[Bottle] Pours a nice golden yellow with a great looking head. Very good flavors. The aromas where stong and gave off a slight spice smell that was awesome. The balance between hops and malts was pleasant to taste. A very nice beer.

2/23/06 (bottle): deep crimson with an initially substanial head that settled over time. Fantastic aroma. Delicious fruity malt flavors with cherry, caramel, and maybe maple? Excellent.