New Belgium Abbey

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

Serve in Trappist glass

12oz bottle. color is deep ruby brown. a short lived off-white head forms briefly. sweet yeasty aroma with dark fuity notes and candy sugar being accounted for. clean and sweet with banana and clove notes. crisp full mouthfeel is anything but cloying. a beer with lots of character but not complexity.

From the bottle, pours a dark reddish with a decent off-white head. Aroma is sweetly malty, a bit fruity--cherries particularly. Quite smooth and malty taste, again a bit fruity and cherry-ey. Not as thick as other dubbels, which makes it rather quaffable.

Had this beer on 3/5/1999. Color is a deep rich amber with very good carbonation and a nice head. Aroma is a bit heavy with the scent of malt. Taste is a light roasted malt flavor. Stating with a medium body it goes down sharp. The finish is a mild roasted malt taste with very light bitterness. It’s a very tasty well rounded brew.

10/09/2007: New Belgium Abbey Belgian Style Ale has a really nice presentation. It is a transparent pecan brown color and has a generous level of carbonation and a foamy lasting head. The sweet aroma contains caramelized malt with some tropical and dark fruits and a touch of alcohol. Caramel malts, some banana and spice, a well-integrated fruitiness, and a hint of peat/smoke blend together to form the complex and satisfying aroma. It has a roasty finish with a touch of hoppy bitterness that lingers. Some alcohol peaks out here and there but adds some character. The body is medium-full and is pretty smooth on the palate. This beer is fairly complex overall and quite good. It definitely exceeded expectations. I haven’t had an Abbey Dubbel for awhile and this one hit the spot.

12 fl. oz. bottle (Alc. 7.0% by Vol. / Best before: 09MAY08 21660 007568 1122) from kyzr. Thanks Mitch! Rating #489 for this beer...

UPDATED: APR 22, 2009 rated blind from "Better Know a Style: Abbey Dubbel" tasting. pours amber-orangish, creamy off white head. nose is plumy and caramel. flavor plumy, dark fruits, hint of spice, caramel. mouth feel is prickly, carbonation is fizzy. slight alcohol heat as well. 3.4.

4/21/09, 2005 vintage, aged 4 years. this became a bit oxidized in the aroma with some vinegar notes starting but nothing too bad, the flavor still had some nice malt and dark fruit but thinning a bit. this actually held up okay but by no means improved.3.2.

33cl bottle. Pours out a sparking copper colour. The aroma to me seemed rather earthy. Good quality dubbel that is approaching a proper Belgian beer.

Medium brown with a beige head. Aroma of dried papaya, almonds, and some alcohol. Flavor is yeasty with a touch of mustiness, banana, orange zest round out the flavor. I would prefer a touch more substantial body, but that’s just me. Pretty tasty.

Deep red beer with a faint orange head. Aroma is of sweet yeast and fruits. Flavor is of sweet fruits yet dry. Good abbey as the brew has a sllight burn of alcohol at the end.