Ommegang Abbey Ale

Thank you gully for yet a other high quality brew you smuggled back into the country in your bum. Body appears brown actually it seems more red but whatever, gully sucks. A small tan cap floats on top. Aroma is strange but very likable, its sour with bubble gum that been chewed to long, smoke, and black liquorish. There is a thousand different aromas going on I can’t pick them all out. First sip had a lot of rubbing alcohol in it of the rubbing variety but not in a bad way. A massive dark bitterness lingers in the back of my throat after every sip. Douche bag gully has convinced me I’m tasting lots of oak and I think he’s probly correct. Lots o prunes and on some sip sweet cherries that are in the middle of a black forest cake can be tasted. The more I drink the sweeter and more full bodied the taste becomes it also starts to get dry. Sour wood is showing up on my last few sips. Such a good beer, thanks gully.

bottle from metzlers in denton, tx. poured a brownish color with a nice beige head and some sediment. aroma was plum, spice, cinnamon, chocolate, and praline. flavor was the same with the addition of candi sugar and cherry. light body and high carbonation.

750ml bottle. Pours a mostly clear, deep reddish mahogany body with a two-finger width, fizzy, tan head that dissipated quickly leaving some nice lacing that stuck around. Very nice vinous aroma. Berry honey, raisin, a light toffee bread malt, and some softly spiced yeast. The flavor is more malt based than the aroma, but still maintains a bit of a vinous quality. Starts with some toasted caramels and a bit of bubbly berry taste. Lots of raisins and some more toasty caramels come in during the middle while still maintaining a soft, bubbly carbonation. Some candy licorice, slightly tart dark fruits, yeast, and banana bread come in during the finish where it dries at a nice pace. Sweet aftertaste that lingers with a touch of chocolate, raisin, toasty caramel, vinous fruits, and a light spicing. Palate is full and creamy with a nice, soft carbonation throughout. Overall, a pretty solid dubbel. Just a tad too sweet, but enjoyable and even more satisfying at the backend of the 750ml bottle.

Very tasty! I picked this up with BeerBaron617 at Trader Joes the other night. Did a beer review of it today, and we both decided that it was great. Anyhoo... It poured a hazy brown color with a toffee colored head. There was certainly some sediment and bubbly action going on in my glass. The aroma is sweet, a bit fruity, bread, and maybe apples. Tasted like melon and bananas. I really like this a lot! I will be getting this again!

Bottle from three sons. Ireally liked this double. A belgian but has a lot of farmhouse character, so I think it does deserve a good rating, though it may not be purely in the style.

Muddy brown, almost nonexistent head. Heavy caramel aroma. Caramel sweet taste throughout without significant balance.Not much finish.

I was surprised to see the ratings on this beer. Although it is a good beer, I certainly don’t think it is a 3.83. I mean the fourth highest rated Abbey Dubbel? A rich, sweet, malty beer with fruit and some spice this beer looks the part, dark amber with a nice, creamy tan head. Sometimes I rate a little harshly on Belgian styles, but I see most don’t with this beer.

Great sweet malty flavor that is not overassuming. This goes down smoothly and lets you enjoy other things rather than making you pay too much attention to your beer. Plus, it’s probably the biggest head I have ever seen. Bottle at Total Wine, Ft. Lauderdale.