New Belgium Abbey 3.62 695

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
695	3.63/5.0	3.62/5.0	7%	93.1	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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DTM (541), Winters, California, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 11, 2008

Bottle from Total Wine in Roseville, CA. Poured a brown color with a good sized head. Sweet flavor with just a hint of dark fruits. Medium bodied beer that is very good for the price.

djd07 (755), Houston, Texas, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	6/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	17/20

Dec 2, 2008

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a medium frothy light tan head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is a sweet malt with raisin and yeast. Decent lacing on the glass. The taste is a sweet fruit, banana and a spicy finish. A good dubbel from New Belgium.

Theis (3791), Denmark

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

Nov 21, 2008

Bottle at NB-symposium. Clear red/brown - offwhite head. Ryebread, high malty, sweetness, chewing gum, caramel, licorice, spicy, citric, raisins, light yeasty, fruitym berries, nice complexity.

joergen (8637), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Oct 21, 2008

Draught at the brewery. Clear orange coloured with a small off white ehad. Fruity aroma of caramel and spices with notes of dried fruits. Fruity and spicy flavour of caramel and dried fruits. Spicy finish. Well balanced dubbel.

Skinnyviking (4176), Copenhagen, Denmark

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Oct 20, 2008

Draught. Lowi white short and fluffy head. Clear dark brown body. Lovely sweet berries aroma. Dry sweet berries nuts flavor. Low carbonation and a long sweet aftertaste.

BOLTZ7555 (1121), Phoenix, Arizona, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 17, 2008

Garnet colored...impressive off-white creamy head. Nuttiness, dark fruit, caramel and brown sugar on the nose. You can definitely taste it’s Belgian influences but it just doesn’t stand up to the smaller batch beers in terms of complexity. A nice transitional brew. Inexpensive and tasty, but not amazing.

esjaygee (1581), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 12, 2008

Mahogany with a medium off-white head. Aroma of fruit, brown sugar, nuts and bubblegum. Taste of brown sugar, nuts, toffee and fruit. Semi-dry nutty finish.

stchloe (491), Portland, Oregon, USA

2.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.2	4/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	7/20

Sep 11, 2008

Brewed in large quantities reduces the Belgian ale-ness. However, thats makes me like this beer a bit more than others of similar style.

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