BJs Abbey Normal

Brewed by BJs Restaurant & Brewhouse
Style: Abbey Dubbel
, USA

On tap at Chin Hills location. I wish this was actually a normal version of the beer, because it was terrible. Abbey Dubbel wouldn’t have guessed that at all. Poured an amber/orange color with a medium white head. Aroma of yeast, banana and metal; bizarre. Flavor was dry, yeasty and earthy; no sweetness or fruir. Very metallic. I think they might have some problems with the lines or something, because all the beers were really off.

On Tap at BJ’s Reno Location. Pours out a hazy amber topped with a white head. Aroma of malts and spice. Tast a nice mix of pit fruit and sweetness. A little ABV at the end.

Draft at BJ’s Reno. The bartender told me it was a ’’Belgian Pilsner’’. Murky dark burnt copper color with an ivory head- this aint no pilsner. Phenolic and malty nose. Malty with wheat flavors. Comes accorss as a sort of belgian hefe- big bubblegum notes. Banana notes that linger. Well brewed but I don’t care much for the beer.

This was a nice little sipper. Caramel and ruby coloring accented by some nice alcohol notes in the aroma, mellow candi sugars, dark fruits and some sweet breads, with just a little bit of rum in the finish.

On draught at the Las Vegas BJs. Dark brown with ruby highlights and a small head. Sweet aroma, with raisin and alcohol notes. Moderately sweet taste of currants and candy sugar, a spicy flavor and some alcohol in the finish.

BJ’s Mesa AZ
Dark brown with a very small wispy head that burned off to nothing. Thin washy skim of lacing on glass. Light aroma of raisins, ripe fruit, caramel. Flavor is bitter at first..raisins, caramel with a light sweet bitter finish.
Not bad.

Tap Mesa, Az Location; Sweet malty aroma with some alcohol fermantation. Darker body mabe a mahagany hue to it was dark in restarant. Small head but tyical with abbey’s. Moderate sweet flavor of cherry in the finish. Alcohol flavor up front and fermentent like plum aftertaste.

Sampled & brewed at BJ’s Chandler, AZ & was most likely a completely different beer
Pours with a wispy pale head that sits atop a deep amber brew that is almost brilliant. The aroma is a bit more muted (I hate pint glasses) than I would like; I get notes of brandy soaked raisins, prunes and a bit of alcohol in the finish. The taste is sweet with a medium-full heft to it that coats the palate. The beer is quite fruity; from the sweet fruit notes of raisin and sweet plums found up front to the near finish. The finish is tart and reminiscent of sour plums, a bit of cherry, currants and even perhaps a hint of tamarind.

This beer finishes with some spicy notes of higher alcohols, spicy phenolics and a sharp carbonic bite. Speaking of phenolics, there are notes of clove here, and even some banana character as it starts to warm up, which are sort of an under current to the sweet malt character.

This beer pairs quite well with the blue cheese dressing that is on my wedge salad; it softens the beer out and accentuates the smooth fruit notes. This is a pretty good attempt at a Dubbel, though I might wish for a bit more rich maltiness.