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New Belgium Abbey 3.62 694

New Belgium Abbey

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6943.63/5.03.62/5.07%93.1Trappist glass
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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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 joekinty (263), rockledge, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/104/514/20
May 27, 2008  
some spice yeasty malt nice heading just ok it seems like it was just thrown together. not as good as there others


 dmac (1498), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
May 23, 2008  
12 oz bottle from lb4lb, thanks Deniz. Pours a deep mahogany, so what if I took that description from the label it’s pretty acurate, with an average size foamy light beige head. Aroma of toffee, raisin, bread and plums. Medium bodied with average carbonation and a creamy finish. Flavor is actually a step down from the aroma with lots of yeast, grainy malts and only slight fruitiness present. An average beer for an average beer drinker.


 chicagodri (1063), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
May 21, 2008  
Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head. Nice aroma of cloves, fruit, and the usual yeast smell. Actually had some nice flavor to it as well. A little bit of a bitter aftertaste. Nice banana flavor. I liked it more than I thought I would.


BrotherJoe (12), Iowa, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/514/20
May 21, 2008  
I was actually sort of disappointed with this upon first inspection. Aroma wasn’t quite as hefty as I expected, though there was a nice hint of vanilla in there. First taste is sharp but a smooth vanilla caramel round body with a slight hint of oakiness going into a slight alcohol warming.


 JustinFromAL (114), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
May 16, 2008  
One of my first dubels. Odor just as everyone else here describes. I started off with it a bit to cold and had to let it warm. Flavors really started to pop!


 f351c4v (408), Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/103/514/20
May 16, 2008  
Pours a clear, brownish amber color with an off-white head. Awesome aroma, bananas, cloves, yeasts... it’s all there. Malty body, yeasty, bread, maybe a hint of dark fruit. Not a bad attempt at a dubbel.


 blackmurder (164), sadf, Hawaii, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/516/20
May 11, 2008  
A pretty good beer. Had this one out of the bottle so can’t comment on apperance much. It tasted pretty smooth though, a good drinking brown beer. Would have been better colder.


 brianprentiss (475), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
May 7, 2008  
i like this beer, it’s tasty. fruity with a bubbly mouthfeel, taste of bananas and raisins. from bottle at Denver airport.



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