 Pastor (253), Maine, USA
Jul 13, 2008 this bottle lasted the best out of the bunch quite delicious .tasted like a true belgian
jjpm74 (2894), Connecticut, USA
Jan 8, 2006 Considering what I went though to track a bottle of this one down (finally found a bottle tucked away in a dark cooler in a small bottleshop), I found this to be a pretty poor example of a dubbel. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells more like a simple white beer with coriander and other orangey notes present. Taste is very orangey with some coriander and banana notes. Disappointing.
iwantalambic (1356), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Jan 17, 2005 1 PT., 6 fl. oz Bottle (Session 03, Batch Date: 9/8/03) – Sampled late January 2005: clear, sun-struck copper with an off-tan tightly bubbled foam. Yeasty esters float above the glass with orange-banana alcohol, bubblegum, and peach fuzz. Bready flavours with loads of thick grains, pale malt and buttered dough. Flecks of pepper are noticeable right before a short, slightly dry finish. The carbonation is a bit harsh, and though this ones leaves me wishing for a bit more complexity, it was a decent dough/yeasty treat.
Pigfoot (2225), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Oct 14, 2004 Appearance: clear, bright peacy color, with a big, thick, foamy white head. Nice looking, but from the name "abbey ale" I expected something different. Maybe more like a dubbel or a tripel?
Aroma: sweet, candyish, fruity, citric, I’m really picking up a witbier vibe in this, and I also, as others have mentioned, can easily discern that "bubblegum phenol" that’s all over this...a little unsettling, actually.
Taste: smooth, easy, and shallow in the arena of complexity, I’m sorry to say. Quite quaffable, with that sweet, candyish character remaining throughout. Very light in body, with minimal texture, and a forgettable finish.
It’s a good solid beer, but hard to categorize, feeling like a cross between a witbier and a tripel, without containing the better parts of both.
willblake (1927), Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Aug 13, 2004 08.14.04 bottle. Maze and orange pour with middling head. Smells like a Belgian ale light. The body of this brew reminds of a dubbel, but everything else is like a watered down trippel. Pretty peppery and spicey. Sharp effervescence adds to a dry, Belgian yeasty finish. The finish seems dramatically out of place with this subtle and light brew. Only Harpoon could make an ’abbey style ale’ (what is that?) that is so markedly diluted and over-refined.
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