Abbey
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.10
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Belgian Style Dubbel
The story of New Belgium begins with an abbey: Not only were Belgium’s monastic beers the inspiration behind our Colorado brewery, but Abbey, a Belgian-style dubbel, was one of the first beers we released way back in 1991. Since then, it’s become our most award-winning offering. This garnet brown hued Belgian-style dubbel is strong on character and rich in flavor. Seven malts, including caramel Munich and chocolate, and a definitive Belgian yeast, waft off sweet, spicy aromas. Rich tones of chocolate and dark caramel mix with nuanced dried cherries, burnt sugar and figs. Sweet and roasty upfront, followed by a slightly bitter finish, Abbey is a lovely representation of the monastic beers of Belgium. Sip Abbey, and sip New Belgium’s tradition.
The story of New Belgium begins with an abbey: Not only were Belgium’s monastic beers the inspiration behind our Colorado brewery, but Abbey, a Belgian-style dubbel, was one of the first beers we released way back in 1991. Since then, it’s become our most award-winning offering. This garnet brown hued Belgian-style dubbel is strong on character and rich in flavor. Seven malts, including caramel Munich and chocolate, and a definitive Belgian yeast, waft off sweet, spicy aromas. Rich tones of chocolate and dark caramel mix with nuanced dried cherries, burnt sugar and figs. Sweet and roasty upfront, followed by a slightly bitter finish, Abbey is a lovely representation of the monastic beers of Belgium. Sip Abbey, and sip New Belgium’s tradition.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours brown from the bottle and leaves a thick, creamy head. Aroma is roasted nuts, toast, hints of chocolate, cherry, a bit of spice — mostly clove. Taste is bitter, a touch sour, plenty of spice. A bit harsh. A touch of toffee sweetness to round this one out would raise it to the next level, but this is lacking entirely, leaving it feeling unrounded in places. Body is medium with a prickly carbonation. Okay, but not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2017
at 14:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Total Wine, South Richmond. Pours clear brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is similar to an unspiced nut bread. Nothing special but inoffensive. Flavor is caramel, but not strong caramel. Browning leaves, kinda nutty. It reminds me more of a more brown ale than anything. It’s fine, but top 50 in the style? Really?
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2017
at 18:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
På flaska. Smak och doft av humle, malt, karamell, mörk torkad frukt, fikon, plommon, belgisk jäst med toner av jord och madeira. Lite Bock-känsla, stor sötma och kropp, fina aromer, bra balans, fin beska. Gott!
Tried
on 10 Mar 2017
at 12:14
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
From a bot this is an intriguing darker brew with a sweet yeasty aroma. First taste is rather rude for a dubbel, especially when compared to the old country civilized samples. Strong almost cloying sicky effects that affect. How could this even be in the same style as Corsendonk Pater / Abbey Brown or Bornem Dubbel or even our domestic version; East End Dubbel Trubbel. Rude nasty nellie strong throat kicking volatile brew, does not hide alky well. Some hints of smoke or peat near the end.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2016
at 16:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a ruddy semi-dark burnt red color with an ample amount of dark brown hues molding it slightly to a darker side. Good finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Messy foamy lace.
The aroma has sweet bready notes rolling over Belgian spices. Some sweet red delicious apple leans against some brown sugar, raisins and dates.
The flavor was basically the same with a quick Belgian sweet sort of malty aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. ABV seems to hit fairly low allowing this beer to be pretty easy going.
Overall, pretty good Americanized Dubbel that I could have again.
The appearance was a ruddy semi-dark burnt red color with an ample amount of dark brown hues molding it slightly to a darker side. Good finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Messy foamy lace.
The aroma has sweet bready notes rolling over Belgian spices. Some sweet red delicious apple leans against some brown sugar, raisins and dates.
The flavor was basically the same with a quick Belgian sweet sort of malty aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. ABV seems to hit fairly low allowing this beer to be pretty easy going.
Overall, pretty good Americanized Dubbel that I could have again.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2016
at 20:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pretty good stuff although I wouldn’t say it has the depth of a true Belgian. Cord with a dark brown Amber and a frothy head that slowly settle down. Aroma is malt yeast Red Green burnt sugar. Flavor is like aroma with carbonation to balance it very smooth and fresh nice beer. Very drinkable. But lacks depth. Nice finish.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2016
at 23:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft - Dark malts, toffee and some dark fruit. Deep almost opaque Amber with a decent beige head. Dark malts, some muddy earthy notes, prune and a light fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2016
at 17:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On the New Belgium tour. Geez, I thought I’d already rated this but it was the Tripel... Reddish bright brown color with a rich aroma and nice plum flavor. this is a classic dubbel. Apparently the yeast was hand imported from Belgium back when the guy was still a homebrewer after being given to him by a local homebrewer who’d cultivated it from trappist brews. Very cool and to style.
Tried
on 17 May 2016
at 10:38
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into signature globe glass, best before 10/23/2016. Pours fairly crystal clear reddish brown color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big raisin, plum, fig, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light chocolate, pepper, clove, light banana/bubblegum, herbal, floral, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Fantastic aromas with awesome complexity and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity/spicy yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big raisin, plum, fig, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light chocolate, pepper, clove, light banana/bubblegum, herbal, floral, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal bitterness/yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark fruit, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light chocolate, pepper, clove, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity/spicy yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitter/spiciness as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an incredible Belgian dubbel style! All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity/spicy yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2016
at 19:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Albertsons. Nice looking pour, fluffy off white head on clear dark brown body. Taste follows the smell, both providing too much candy sugar sweetness. Some chocolate, some savory spice, too sweet, not enough fruitiness. Close but no cigar
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2016
at 19:00