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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7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bubbly, reddish-copper with a thin tan head. Yeast, chocolate aroma....fruits. Taste is very smooth, chocolate and sweet dark fruit....bananas... A wonderful sipping beer, soft and very tasty.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2013
at 17:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle (with glasses on the label not a monk) poured into a trappist glass. Pours crimson red with medium beige head which dissapates fairly quickly. Medium carbonation, light body, and dark candy sugar aroma. Taste is dark fruit, dark candy sugar, and caramel. Less complex, but easier to drink than most dubbels. This is good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2013
at 19:30
7/10
Tried
on 06 Apr 2013
at 17:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours dark brown color with tan head. Aromas of dark fruits and dough with some spices. Sweet fig, raisin and prune flavor with doughy yeast, caramel, candi sugar, and some spices. Medium body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2013
at 09:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nice drink. Pours dark mahogany with a little lacing, minimal head. Floral aroma, resin and grass with some oak in the flavour. Comes off a little bitter. Average carbonation. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2013
at 18:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Dec 2005
Poured from bottle(room temp) a deep amber gold with a very small head that dissipated slowly leaving a fine solid layerand lots of nice lacing.
The smell is very fruity with notes of banana, plum, and a clove aroma as well. Very inviting!
The taste is a wonderful blend of the notes I mentioned in the smell all working together with sweet malt and a nice yeasty infusion that makes it so darn drinkable.
This is a very nice Belgian style dubbel that I can thoroughly recommend!
Poured from bottle(room temp) a deep amber gold with a very small head that dissipated slowly leaving a fine solid layerand lots of nice lacing.
The smell is very fruity with notes of banana, plum, and a clove aroma as well. Very inviting!
The taste is a wonderful blend of the notes I mentioned in the smell all working together with sweet malt and a nice yeasty infusion that makes it so darn drinkable.
This is a very nice Belgian style dubbel that I can thoroughly recommend!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2012
at 18:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Burnt caramel, toast, fruity prune plum aroma. Deep amber with a small off-white head. Yeast, caramel, toasty malt, prune plum, bubblegum, and light spice flavor. Medium body, lively carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2012
at 11:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle. Pours brown amber with an off-white head. Very strong, clear bubble gum aroma with overripe fruits. Nutty flavor paired with a more restrained bubble gum yeastiness. Fruit and touches of potpourri. Simple, but solid enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2012
at 01:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Glass while on the tour of the brewery
Appearance: Clear dark amber with a small beige head
Aroma: Toasted malts, banana esters and spices
Taste: Banana, spices, yeasty and dark fruit
Nice and easy drinking.
Appearance: Clear dark amber with a small beige head
Aroma: Toasted malts, banana esters and spices
Taste: Banana, spices, yeasty and dark fruit
Nice and easy drinking.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2012
at 14:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Samples on the New Belgium tour, what a great tour by the way! Pours a clear dark reddish brown color with a medium white head. A big spicy nose with banana and yeast. A pretty basic clean and crisp Dubbel with bananas, light grainy malts, very smooth.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2012
at 10:04