New Belgium Abbey 3.62 696

New Belgium Abbey

	Percentile
	93
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
696	3.63/5.0	3.62/5.0	7%	93.2	Trappist glass

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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P-tor44 (886), Anchorage, Alaska, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Jan 28, 2002

sweet with hints of cherrys and fruit in the aroma. subtle fruit taste throughout. mildly warming. good apres beer

Wiseblood (658), Clarksville, Tennessee, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Sep 7, 2005

Deep brown with flashes of red and a small head. Aromas of spicy fruits, bananas and yeast come through pretty strong. Soft malty base with a sugary sweetness and a complex fruit flavor. Quick, clean, roasted finish leaves a good taste behind. Seems to be slightly thin and more fizzy than usual for a dubbel, otherwise really good.

heykevin (1269), Iowa City, Iowa, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 30, 2002

Nice fruity aroma and taste with pear and liquorice as well. This beer shows some of its alcohol as it warms, but not objectionably. Smooth and tasty.

Jokes (1453), Chicago, Illinois, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

May 10, 2002

Not thoroughly impressed. It pours nicely. Both hoppy and malty, but just not extremely impressive. It just doesn’t beat the Trippel.

DaSilky1 (2033), San Diego, California, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	5/5	15/20

Sep 6, 2002 Updated: Jan 9, 2003

Lathering atop the brown mass was pure cream..shrinking as I watched..
the aroma brought on memories of children skipping banana chips along the spicy sea...
warm acid carmel, figs..(I"m not trying to copy the commercial description here, but it is very accurate...)..A touch of cherry candy injected with a coriander/nutmeg blend... re-rate: yeasty, kinda like i remember the chimay red..

baobubba (451), Corvallis, Oregon, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Feb 28, 2003

Dark amber with a layer of off white bubbles. Really great aroma of caramel, bubblegum, light roasted malts, touch of cloves and bananas, and a faint smokiness. Sweet flavor with a semi sweet finish that has a nice roasty character. Good stuff.

howie (549), DeForest, Wisconsin, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	5/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Aug 16, 2002

Beautiful nut brown color and creamy, tan head. Fruity aromas and flavors, with a little spice. Flavors are banana, plum, fig, grape. There’s a pleasant sweetness that is balanced by the dry, subtley hopped finish.

cAPSLOCK (154), Dallas, Texas, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Aug 7, 2003

Spicy and malty nose. The head is small bubbles and hangs out a while. Nice balanced sweet and toffe like. Like all NB beers this is nice to drink.

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