Abandoned Abbey
Big Rock Brewery in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.86
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Brewmaster’s Edition. Hallowed Brew.
You don’t have to be a monk or a nun to appreciate the reverent qualities of this Abandoned Abbey. From its deep mysterious colour, to its rich malty flavour with hints of fruits and spice, to its elaborate texture, to its potent, heady strength… this Belgian-style dark ale is a memorable feast for all the senses. No abbeys were abandoned, or harmed, in the making of this beer.
Little Known Fact : Waltzing through wisps of earthy wood and sacred smoke, the scent of something magical and subtly sweet drifts through the consecrated hallways of a Belgian abbey. This is the pious pinnacle of brewing, whose divine traditions have been poured into Big Rock’s Abandoned Abbey Ale. Mouth-wateringly malty with a complex harmonic chant of fruits and spice, the elaborate textures herein will leave your tongue awash in blissful thirsty prayer until your next hallowed sip.
You don’t have to be a monk or a nun to appreciate the reverent qualities of this Abandoned Abbey. From its deep mysterious colour, to its rich malty flavour with hints of fruits and spice, to its elaborate texture, to its potent, heady strength… this Belgian-style dark ale is a memorable feast for all the senses. No abbeys were abandoned, or harmed, in the making of this beer.
Little Known Fact : Waltzing through wisps of earthy wood and sacred smoke, the scent of something magical and subtly sweet drifts through the consecrated hallways of a Belgian abbey. This is the pious pinnacle of brewing, whose divine traditions have been poured into Big Rock’s Abandoned Abbey Ale. Mouth-wateringly malty with a complex harmonic chant of fruits and spice, the elaborate textures herein will leave your tongue awash in blissful thirsty prayer until your next hallowed sip.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Some prune and decent florals. A light hint of smoke like old bar stools. More like a dubbel really. Pours hazy dark. Light sweet finish. Not bad and exceeds my expectations for Big Rock. Bottle from Keg n Cork.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2016
at 20:17
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle: Cloudy, dark brown with an off-white head. Caramel, dark fruit, earthy aroma. Taste is rich caramel malt, plum.... actually has a little heat and sting to it, though very smooth.... Not a trace of alcohol bitter. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2016
at 16:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Peat, whiskey, chocolate toffee malt, and hay aroma. Dark chestnut brown with moderate head. Moderately sweet nutty toffee malt and moderately bitter hay flavor. Okay body - a bit light. Moderately strong whiskey finish. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2016
at 20:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Big Rock Urban Brewery, Vancouver
Mahogany color with almost no head. Caramelly brew, lean, with light residual sweetness, some flavor depth, relatively low bitterness, and a bit nutty in the final.
Not bad.
Mahogany color with almost no head. Caramelly brew, lean, with light residual sweetness, some flavor depth, relatively low bitterness, and a bit nutty in the final.
Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2015
at 17:03
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - Dark sugars, estery phenols and some raisin. Deep clear maroon with a rich beige head. Raisin, dark sugars and some boozy notes. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2015
at 19:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
650mL bottle, pours a dark reddish brown with a small beige head. Nose brings out spices, Belgian yeast and dark fruits -- quite spicy, yeasty and dry. Flavour is along the same lines, with spices, Belgian yeast, light toffee and bready notes. Well-balanced and surprisingly complex for Big Rock beers. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2015
at 23:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear brown,tan head.Sweet nose,dark fruits,light yeast.Palate of plums,raisins,spicy yeast,malt & brown sugar.Well masked alcohol, light hop bitterness in finish
Tried
on 28 Feb 2015
at 19:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
light brown color, low carbonation, dark fruit chocolate. Much better than I expected.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2015
at 07:01
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown with orange tints and lace. Cloudy. Nose s chocolate, esters, peaches, spices. A new world yeast character. FLavors of vanilla, cream, spices, chocolate, licorice. Very yeast and estery with lots of cocoa. Calles itself a dubbel on the label. This is the kind of dubbel I don’t really like.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2014
at 18:30