Abbey Ale
Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
7.43
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The brew that opened our doors in 1997, Abbey Ale brought Trappist-style brewing to America.
This full-bodied dubbel pours a deep burgundy with a fluffy head and enchanting aromas. Rich, fruity flavors and hints of honey, caramel and toffee linger before giving way to a long, dry finish. Brewed with Belgian specialty malts and a variety of spices, it pairs well with roasted meats, pâtés and terrines, and soft cheeses.
This full-bodied dubbel pours a deep burgundy with a fluffy head and enchanting aromas. Rich, fruity flavors and hints of honey, caramel and toffee linger before giving way to a long, dry finish. Brewed with Belgian specialty malts and a variety of spices, it pairs well with roasted meats, pâtés and terrines, and soft cheeses.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Sweet dark fruit, toasty caramle malt, and yeasty aroma. Deep cloudy amber with a moderate beige head. Sweet fruity caramel malt, toast, and spicy flavor. Medium body and moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2013
at 15:29
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into signature tulip glass, bottled on 10/10/2012. Pours very hazy and cloudy deep ruby red color with a nice 2-3 finger dense and fluffy khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big raisin, prune, apple, fig, molasses, banana, brown bread, clove, light pepper, floral, candi sugar, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of malt and fruity/spicy yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of raisin, apple, prune, fig, molasses, toast, banana, candi sugar, clove, floral, light pepper, light chocolate, bread, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of light and dark fruits, molasses, toast, banana, candi sugar, light clove, floral, bread, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast ester flavors; with moderate malt balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a creamy and fairly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent Dubbel style. Great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy ester notes with malt balance; and very smooth to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2013
at 21:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Honey, peach, and toffee malt aroma. Brown with moderate head. Semi-sweet fruity toffee malt, hay and mildly bitter herbal flavor. Body on the lighter side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2013
at 20:51
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
355ml bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours a colour that is somewhere between copper and prune - the head is generous and typically Belgian. The nose has toffee, apple and prunes. The taste has raisins, prunes, stewed apples and just a hint of toffee. The palate is rich and full bodied with a big creamy yet tangy texture and the finish still has a degree of elegance despite having a lot of sweetness. Overall, a really complex beer which engages the brain with its layers of flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2013
at 15:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, from BOE, split at JF’s, 20/04/13. Hazed dark amber with a thin beige head. Nose is toffee, dark malts, brown sugar, light booze. Taste comprises toffee, yeast notes, dark malts, cocoa, dates, brown sugar, a little booze. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, touch of bitterness in the finish allied to booze. Decent enough dubbel, whilst the booze was evident it was never all encompassing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2013
at 06:47
8/10
Tried
on 01 May 2013
at 06:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared from Jmgreenuk. Pours amber brown with an off white head. Aroma caramel, plums, fruit. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2013
at 13:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Purchased at the Hunger Moutain Coop in Montpeliet, VT. Slightly haze copper colour with a frothy off-white head, average retention, but not much lacing. Big fruit nose with apples, plums, dates and some nuts. Slick mouthfeel with well-hidden alcohol. Loads of dark fruit, fresh wood in the finish. A nice Dubbel that is refreshing, full of fruits that gives you a different twist on the Belgian style. Well done.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2013
at 18:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
2nd October 2011
Hazy dark red brown beer, good cream - tan head coloured head. Crispy dry palate. Malt led with a nice dark toffee streak. Mild minerals. Thins out a bit toward the dry finish. A bit one dimensional.
Hazy dark red brown beer, good cream - tan head coloured head. Crispy dry palate. Malt led with a nice dark toffee streak. Mild minerals. Thins out a bit toward the dry finish. A bit one dimensional.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2013
at 06:22
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a crystal clear ruby brown with a huge tightly bubbled beige head that persists forever. The aroma holds sweet malts of caramel and toffee with a huge expression of what a Belgian yeast strain can bring to a beer. Bubble gum, bready, Vegemite, with a hint of pepper round out the nose nicely. The flavor is sweet malts up front with brown sugar, toffee, and a hint of honey. Light dark fruits with all the yeastiness provides a great balance to the sweet malt. Medium body with a spirited level of carbonation and a sweet bubbly mouthfeel. This is a very nice brew, I’m glad I picked it up the other day.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2013
at 16:13