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New Belgium Abbey

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6923.63/5.03.63/5.07%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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 HonkeyBra (1342), Lemont, Illinois, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Mar 17, 2009  
Crushed with CaryTheDude and Jakebra at the brewery. Weird, raisiny smell. There’s some kind of roast in here and a lot of apples, pears, etc. Flavor is a bit off putting, with apples nuts and a weird off flavor. Drinkable, yet inspiring dubbel.


 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 14, 2009  
Crushed with Jakebra and Honkeybra at the brewery. Interesting but also kinda bland. Sweet malt, apples, a little nutty. Not terrible.


 Plamadude30k (122), Tucson, Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Mar 12, 2009  
Pours reddish amber with a good amount of head. Nose is a bit faint with hints of banana, spices, and dark fruits. Taste is smooth ripe banana, spices, and dark fruits with a yeasty finish. Very drinkable and typical of the style.


 bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 8, 2009  
Pours a reddish-amber with frothy 1.5 finger head. Lots of co2. Spicy aroma with some plum. Taste is some banana, plum, dark fruit, cloves. Minimal hops. Nice Belgian yeast/mineral finish. This is a pretty good abbey.


 Cavie (1430), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 6, 2009  
Smells of an IPA. Leaves a tingly aftertaste with hints of bitter fruit. Ok for an abbey.


ddelk (14), McKinney, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 6, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pour was a rich amber color with a creamy tan head. Aromas of spiced fruit, bubble gum and bananas. Flavors really open up as the beer warms with clove, cherry, plum and banana up front and a slight finish of citrus, pepper, and pine. Nice American version of a Belgium classic.


 CanIHave4Beers (883), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/516/20
Mar 3, 2009  
Pours a nice deep brown with a thick head that goes away but leaves a nice lace. The Aroma is nice a little spicy with some brown sugar notes. Flavor is different largely sweet with some spicy clove flavors and a pronounced fruitiness with some plum and mild banana. There is some cotton candy sweetness that sort of gets in the way of the greatness of this, but it’s generally a very nice little beer.


 curly (598), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 2, 2009  
Pours clear dark brown with a red tinge to it with a thick tan head that looks quite creamy. There is a good amount of constant aroma release due to the secondary yeast addition. Fruit and sweet tart aroma with a clove-like spice. Banana fruitiness which is sweet and bitter at the same time. Toffee aftertaste lingers. Beer laces well. Thanks Butters.



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