Quarr Abbey Ale
Goddards in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England 🏴
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
6.84
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A Benedictine style ale, a strong full bodied ale with an amber colour and complex palate.
Originally founded in 1132, Quarr Abbey is home to a community of Benedictine monks. The Benedictine way of life is one of devotion to prayer, work and hospitality. The Abbey grounds are cultivated by the monks to grow a bountiful supply of fresh food for their own sustenance and to share with the local community. Abbey beers have been brewed by monks for centuries utilising locally grown herbs, malt and barley. Quarr Abbey Ale is brewed to capture the essence of these traditional Abbey Beers and uses coriander and sweet gale grown in the abbey’s own gardens. Find out more here.
Originally founded in 1132, Quarr Abbey is home to a community of Benedictine monks. The Benedictine way of life is one of devotion to prayer, work and hospitality. The Abbey grounds are cultivated by the monks to grow a bountiful supply of fresh food for their own sustenance and to share with the local community. Abbey beers have been brewed by monks for centuries utilising locally grown herbs, malt and barley. Quarr Abbey Ale is brewed to capture the essence of these traditional Abbey Beers and uses coriander and sweet gale grown in the abbey’s own gardens. Find out more here.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Isle Of Wight Holiday Beer#48. More traditional a monastic beer taste than its sister 'Apiary Ale", both available at Quarr Abbey and a lovely place to sip both. Plenty of strength, lots of flavoursome pale Belgian style malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2025
at 14:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
3rd October 2024
Clear deep amber beer, small tidy off white head. Palate is light and smooth, decent fine minerally carbonation. Smooth caramel malts, light cream. Light spice. Banana esters. Crisp pine. A little dried fruits. Light finish. Splendid effort. Tastes better than some Belgian dubbels! Bright and well flavoured. Went down a treat.
Clear deep amber beer, small tidy off white head. Palate is light and smooth, decent fine minerally carbonation. Smooth caramel malts, light cream. Light spice. Banana esters. Crisp pine. A little dried fruits. Light finish. Splendid effort. Tastes better than some Belgian dubbels! Bright and well flavoured. Went down a treat.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2024
at 17:24
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle 330ml. @ [ Hotel Room 416 ] - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. 🇬🇧 👨💻🍺
[ As Goddards Quarr Abbey - Ale ].
ABV: 6.5%. [ Courtesy of David ]. Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, caramelized malt, moderate yeasty, phenol, yeast, belgian yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, belgium yeast, fruity yeast, yeast, phenol, caramelized malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20191010]
5-3-5-3-9
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2024
at 08:21
6.5/10
Cheers Ben!
Tried
on 08 Oct 2023
at 20:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Buckfast Abbey. Amber-brown with a disappearing beige head and a middling fizz. Sweet, malty and fruity with stewed plums and coriander spice. There's a flavour I can't identify, but which I guess might be sweet gale if I had any idea what that tasted like. Malt loaf through the middle. Caramel and butterscotch then rather take over, but there's a hit of coriander spice in the mildly bitter finish. Overall it's interesting and quite enjoyable, but let down a tad by too much diacetyl.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2023
at 21:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle at Cowes Ale House. Shared with Finn. Pearl white head, clear dark amber body, dotted spots on the glassware. Prominent dried fruity aromas, hints of caramel as well. Fine blended taste of plums and caramel supported by yeasty fruitiness. Ends mid-sweet malt-fruity. Fine depth. Likeable. (Cowes 20.10.2022).
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2022
at 19:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Delt med Rune. Gyldenbrun. Filmskum. Klar. Søt fruktaroma. Svisker. Smaken tørket frukt. Balansert. Tørr bæraktig avslutning. Søt bitterhet slår inn.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2022
at 11:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cider Barn, Godshill. Aroma is extremely sweet - sugary and dark fruits. Clear brown. Foamy off-white head. Sweet - as per aroma, sugar and fruit. A hint if sharp berries. Develops boozy grainy bitterness alongside spice. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long astringent finish. Enjoyable stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2022
at 19:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from a garden centre. Near Lymington. Deep amber colour with an off white head. Nice malty spice and yeasty aroma. Slight banana. Rich full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2022
at 21:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Rocky off white head left a froth on a tea coloured still body. Berry & spice aroma. Medium bodied, nicely carbonated with a smooth back. Sweet jam, heavy spices, red berry, raisin & herbal tastes. Good one.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2021
at 20:24