Stoudts Abbey Double

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

765ml capped bottle with bottling date of 2>27>03 Poured a dark cherry red with a tan head that diminished to almost nothing. Aroma is a bready malty one with a good amount of fruit most notibly plums. Mouthfeel is very effervescent and crisp yet finishes soft and smoothly. Flavor is malty with plums really coming through. Some burnt sugar in there as well. Overall pretty good stuff.

Large light brown head that dies quickly. Hazy brown with a red hue. Malty somewhat buttery nose that was originally sour, as it warmed it made for some pleasent changes. Medium body, good mouthfeel, creamy texture. Good malt flavor, Fruity, yeasty , spiceyness all work well together. This beer definately changed alot as it warmed up. Seemed almost infected at first then as it warmed the aromas righted themselves and the mouthfeel ended up being smoother. Good beer.

(750ml, "vintage date" 10/1/03) Pours cloudy russet, nearly opaque. Thin camel head falls in minutes and leaves no lace. Aroma is somewhat spicy, bubble gum, light yeast and cherry, and a weird dairy element- heavy cream or buttermilk. Somewhat mellow flavor, mildy spicy, burnt cookies, walnut, fig. Metallic tang. Body is pretty thin. Unpleasant aftertaste is a cross between chocolate-covered raisins and tootsie rolls, along with milk that sat out overnight. Not Stoudt's best.

Murky mahogany with a minor mostly tan head. Aroma is fruity and a wee bit cheesy. Sweet at first then a caramel, raisin, and apricot flavors kick in. Body is medium and bit syrupy. The aftertaste is very pronounced, yeasty mainly. A nice beer.

Dark copper colour with a thin off-white head. Aroma of toffee, light malt and light fruityness. Medium-bodied; Flavourful maltiness with caramel and light coffee showing. Aftertaste clean but some roasted malt flavours come through. Overall, a decent beer, decent for the style but not exemplary! I sampled this 765 mL bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits in Washington, D.C. on 28-December-2003.

Nice deep red pour with a muddy tan head. Yeast and caramel in the aroma. Malt in the taste as well as some kind of fruit. Not bad.

nice deep red color/ slightly brown and somewhat cloudy especially towards the end. Nice caramel and crystal flavors, with yeasty aromas. Moderate to high carbonation. Overall very well done and exemplifies the style pretty well.

765ml (vintage date - 5/6/02): Muddy red brown body below a light brown creamy head. Amoma sings of tart green apples, sweet maple syrup, gooey caramel, and pine sap. Flavours are a evenly balanced blend of ripe pears, spicey belgian yeast, dull nutty malts, sour cherries, and some bitter lemon zest. Sticky palate that lacks really great carbonation, but with such a tasty array of flavours isn't missed much. I would put this is the more catch all Belgian Strong Ale category (because of the sourness and more subtle malts), but a grand beer no less.