New Belgium Abbey 3.62 694

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
694	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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JohnnyJ (1350), Carlsbad, California, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jul 12, 2007 Updated: Jul 13, 2007

Pours a red/brown color w/ a fizzy caramel colored head. Aroma of dark fruit and sweet malt. Flavor is fruity with some spice and malt. A little bit of strange cardboard/bread flavor. Pretty good for the price, but not very good compared to other dubbels.

mkofron (155), St. Louis, Missouri, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	16/20

Jul 7, 2007

Red brown body with an off white head. Dark fruits, malty. Not as rich and full as a true Belgian Dubbel. Considering the cost of this compared to authentic Belgian Dubbels, it’s a very good value.

ilovedarkbeer (1367), Dallas, Texas, USA

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

Jul 1, 2007

Pours a reddish mahogony color with a small acidic bubbly off white head. Tastes like carmel and floral. Decent beer but short finish and not as good as it warms.

MHED (112), lisle, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Jul 1, 2007

12 oz. btl. purs dark red/brown large buuble head. aroma of banana, pear and fructose. starts fruity sweet and finishes fruity dry with just enough dry hop flavor.

bhops (334), Dallas, Texas, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Jun 30, 2007

Found this to be an unimpressive imitation of a dubbel. Surprised to find it so highly ranked. A litte sour and one dimensional.

norsedoc (162), USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Jun 21, 2007 Updated: Nov 1, 2008

Taproom. Pours clear brown with average head which barely clings to glass. Nose of allspice, banana, orange. Soft, smooth with tastes of roasted caramel and a little banana. A little clove on the end

glkaiser (1171), Seattle, Washington, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Jun 15, 2007

Dark brown with medium head. Aroma of sweet dark fruit. Very drinkable and refreshing. Light dark fruit with some spices throughout. Good, but doesn’t have the fullness of a great belgian. This could easily work its way into my normal rotation of beers....affordable and good.

clasley (153), Arkansas, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	6/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	15/20

Jun 14, 2007

355 ml bottle. Pours a nice mahogany with a dense tan head. Hints of fruit and spice in the nose. Medium to full body. Notes of plum and toffee give way to a dry, slightly tart finish.

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