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Abita Abbey Ale

Abita Abbey Ale - Abbey Dubbel

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 Percentile 
71
overall
Brewed by Abita Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel

Covington, Louisiana USA

bottled
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on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1303.28/5.03.26/5.08%50.2Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Abbey Ale honors the ancient tradition of monks who perfected the art of brewing beer to support the monastery and the brothers with their "liquid bread". We offer up our support and thank them with a 25 cent donation to St. Joseph’s Abbey with every bottle of this heavenly brew. Dark in amber color, the aroma of caramel, fruits and cloves invites you to contemplate the creamy head of this "dubbel" or double ale. Abita Abbey Ale is a malty brew, top-fermented and bottle aged to rapturous perfection.
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 dimenhetfield (156), , Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/517/20
Oct 31, 2009  
Nice color, dark amber with a little brown. Aroma is a little fruity with caramel in there. Has flavors of bread and caramel. A very nice beer. Smooth and relaxing.


 decaturstevo (1971), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 14, 2009  
Slightly hazed brown pour with light tan head and lace. Aroma is green apples, brown sugar, clove, and bread. Bread, sour fruit, abv, and sweet malt. A bit watery with good carbonation. A very average beer.


 jzzbassman (838), New Albany, Mississippi, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Ruddy color, clear, with a decent sized white head. Very clove-y, with a weird aluminum component as well. Bubblegum, fruit, and (bad) wine like flavor, with a ton of carbonation.


 Fratto (662), Arlington, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Bottle. Reddish pour. Alcohol is pretty apparent for only 8%. Close to the style fruit-wise.


 hopscotch (5437), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/103/510/20
Sep 19, 2009  
Bottle… Dark, clear, ruby-colored ale with a mid-sized, creamy, off-white head. The aroma presents clove and sorghum light-molasses with smidgens of date and dried plum. Medium-bodied with tickling carbonation. The flavor is well-balanced and hints at dark fruit, but is fairly benign and has a strange mineral component… kind of like sucking on a rock while chewing on a piece of tree bark. Lengthy, minerally, mildly bitter finish. Not at all horrible, but something I won’t do again.


 Kinz (2179), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 14, 2009  
Deep amber, fairly clear, slight head fades off quickly. Aroma is sweet, a bit candy sugar accented, with faint clove and fruit. Flavor is simultaneously sweet and the body strikes one as being a bit thin - a hard trick to pull off. Light clove, faint dark fruit. Very so-so. Very attractive bottle, wish the contents had stood up to the packaging.


 brewski519 (393), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 13, 2009  
22oz bomber - pours an amber color with a thin tan head. Aroma of raisin, caramel, spice and brown sugar. Taste is a nice sweet, malty ale with some caramel, spices and sweetness. This is a smooth Dubbel and very, very enjoyable. One of my favorite Abita’s to date. I would definitely drink this one again.


 MartinT (5026), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 13, 2009  
My Bottom Line:
Overtly yeasty, especially in the nose, this Dubbel attempt offers lightly tart fruit and generic sugars paired with spicy and leafy hop bitterness.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A fluffy sheet of foam covers the cloudy amber.
-This is drinkable for its strength, but it’s really forgettable and not like any good abbey brew I’ve had.
-The body is rather lean and the carbonation cushiony.
-The fruity character is not that presonable, reminiscent of diluted berries, perhaps.

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