Abita Abbey Ale
Abbey Ale honors the ancient tradition of monks who perfected the art of brewing beer to support the monastery and the brothers with their "liquid bread". We offer up our support and thank them with a 25 cent donation to St. Joseph’s Abbey with every bottle of this heavenly brew. Dark in amber color, the aroma of caramel, fruits and cloves invites you to contemplate the creamy head of this "dubbel" or double ale. Abita Abbey Ale is a malty brew, top-fermented and bottle aged to rapturous perfection.
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338 reviews
Abita Springs, United States
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Draft. Amber/brown with medium off white head. Aroma of caramel and light Belgian notes. Medium body with some yeasty Belgian notes, caramel, and a hint of spice.
Bottle, shared at game night, and tried alongside Lips of Faith Wild Dubbel. This had a more tawny body with a longer lasting, creamier head. Lots more yeast character here, quite estery. Slightly chewy malts, dark caramel, dates, marzipan, with nice yeasty spice character. Rustic, and although it is fairly simple, it had more Belgian character than the New Belgium brew.
3/6/2014. 22 oz. bottle. Poured dark amber with a tan head. Aromas are fruity and malty with caramel. Sweetness from dried fruit, alcohol, caramel and light on hops. Not bad.
I am seldom disappointed in Belgian style strong ales but this is one of those rare caes. Light color and flavor for a Dubbel style, tastes of grape wine and earth at first and finishes with some brown sugar and...i dont know, something astringent. Not horribly offensive, but a very weak effort in the grand scheme of imitated Belgian brews.
Upon drinking this dubbel seems to be lacking. This beer comes off juicy (grape) with a touch of spice and light esters. The finish is smooth but fleeting
Dark with big creamy head. Carmel coffee smooth flavors. Not bitter and not much malt or hops but good.
Decent one-finger head from a bomber. Aroma is sweet and malty and taste is the same. Pretty close to the other Belgians I’ve tried, but comes up short in my opinion.
From the 650 ml. bottle. The pour is mahogany brown with a short-lived off-white head and some lacing. The aroma is more grape-like than malty with a kind of faded earthy hoppiness and muted herbs. The body is medium. The taste has too much of a grape juice quality to it for my liking with buttery roasted malts and a slight dry bitterness kicking in a moment later. The grapes make it taste like a malted wine (NOT a barleywine).
Pours amber with a thick, creamy khaki head. Malt, caramel, brown sugar, molasses and dark fruity aroma. Caramel, molasses, unfermentable sugars, malt, plum, raisin and some alcohol flavors. Very sweet with a medium body and carbonation. Sugar and caramel finish.
A deep amber color with a nice head, this ale emphasizes its extraordinary malt flavoring, caramel and subtle fruit. The hops are moderate in intensity, allowing the wonderful malt flavor to shine through. This is a truly great ale.
A nice abbey ale. Pours a beautiful dark red with a tan head. Smells like cranberries, cherries and the Classic Belgian. Taste starts out with a bit of maltiness, has some cranberries in the middle, and a nice smooth aftertaste. Some lambic notes throughout, but not sourness. Had in the bottle.
Delicious aroma. Nice taste, definitely fruit notes, raisins and cloves, maybe bananas. I enjoyed this and would buy again.
Rated on 3-27-2013 (Bottle) When poured, this beige head is medium sized, creamy and mostly diminished. The body is transparent, fair amount of lacing, fizzy, lively and fast rising, and the hue is orange. The Aroma is malt, caramel, sweet, fruity, and clove. The Taste is sweet, malty, caramel, and fruity. The Palate is slightly bubbly and this is a medium bodied beer. In conclusion, this beer is quaffable, the ABV is hidden, but I have drank/rated better beer of this style.
Very nice beer. Bready and lots of caramel. Some clove. Slight alcohol. Had at a tasting thanks to Ryan P.
Bomber..Clear red pour with white head.. funky fruit aroma.. some rotteen raisen..raste us fruit..tart grape..good hhit
Bottle. Over-ripe orange, cardboard, and toffee malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Sweet spicy orange malt flavor. Okay.
The first half of this bottle I didn’t like, then I guess it grew on me a little. Hazy brown color, large pitted tan head. Aroma was soft banana and misc fruits. Flavor similar, leading toward a semi-dry cocoa finish that preserved a hint of banana, giving the impression that you might have eaten a chocolate covered banana sometime in the recent past. But then the drying finish got swallowed up by an overly bitter hoppy finish that clashed dramatically. This was the worst part, and the part I adapted to in the 2nd half of the bottle. Soft fluffy palate
Bottle. Nice sweet caramel aroma with dark fruit notes and clove. Pours reddish amber with a decent off white head. Taste is strong caramel to start with a very sweet dark fruit finish with a hint of clove. The flavors meld wonderfully making this an great Dubbel-style beer.
This is a really nice Belgian Strong ale. I really wish I didn't have yo post a comment.
I bought 2 bottles of this at 4.99 per thinking I could get more beer (Belgian abbey) for the buck. The 1st bottle was the funkiest wasabi spiked garbage I’ve had in a while. I was going to trash the brew masters reputation thoroughly. I opened the second bottle today and it was quite different. Still that indescribable wasabi-sour funk but not as prevalent. Appearance and pour are nice but that sour weirdness is a bit disconcerting. Now as it warms a bit the wasabi spike has diminished and its more of a sour apple. I’m going to the store now get a couple St Bernardus Abt12s
Bottled, obtained in new Orleans; the land of crappy beers. This is by far the best beer I can get in a liquor store. Pours amber hue with beige head, it has aroma of hop and sweet malt. Slightly sweet but not cloying. A life saver in new Orleans.
Bottle. This is a pretty lack luster brew in a fancy bottle. I would give it a miss.
Bottle in New Orleans with Bobby and Lex. Pours a hazy amber with a lasting white head. Fizzy belgian spices are in the nose. Taste is slightly creamy, but very generic. Some cereal notes are there and the alcohol is well hidden.
This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a large sized head of foamy light tan colored bubbles that were and left behind a semi-transparent copper brown colored body and a thick foamy lacing. The nice aroma was Vienna malt. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish with a biting caramel hop aftertaste. The nice flavor contained notes of semi-sweet Vienna malt mild red malt mild hops caramel and breads. A decent one that I would consider buying again.
Somewaht hazy darker ruby with decent lasting light brown foam head, lacing to glass. aroma is mainly caramel, some pear. taste is caramel, fruity and cloves. Aftertaste is bittersweet. (Houston 201303)
Bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy, darker orange gold with a finger of off-white head. Settles to cap quickly with moderate lacing. Aroma is super sweet, malty, mild alcohol, sweet corn. Flavor is sweet, malty, fruity, mild alcohol. Tastes like sweet corn to me. Soft carbonation, medium body, and smooth texture. Don?t remember it tasting like this las time but it reminds me of a big can of sweet corn.
Bottle pours amber with a full light tan head. Aromas of caramel malt and dark fruit. Tastes a bit thin for a dubbel, but lots of sweet caramel, raisin, and a bit of cloves. Slick mouthfeel and a malty finish.
We had this beer at the 2013 Tops of the Hops in Biloxi, MS. It had a caramel flavor that we enjoyed.
This pours a clear, medium brown color with a mild, malty scent. The taste is sweet, malty, and toasty mixed with hints of fruits. It finishes clean and refreshing. Quite a well made Abbey Ale from the Deep South.
Smells of vegital sweetness, caramel, roasted malts. Tastes of raisins, honey, caramel, lingering funkiness, some cheese notes.