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Phat Abbot Belgian Dubbel
Arbor BrewingAnn Arbor, MI
USA
http://arborbrewing.com
Style: Abbey Dubbel
ABV: 9.0%
Eddie’s Rating:





Comments:
Phat Abbot pours a dark, slightly viscous copper with a perfect finger’s height of a tan, sticky head. The nose is huge, leading off with loads of Belgian-yeast spiciness, plums, and toffee-like roasted malt. On deep sniffs, hints of that 9 percent ABV scurry in the background.
The sip puts the “phat” in the beer’s name. A big, fat body sporting a medium, unobtrusive mouthfeel could easily stand up to rich food like roast beef and wild game, but this boldness never comes close to making it hard to drink. The star is sumptuous, roasted toffee malts, backed by raisiny esters. This is one brew that you absolutely have to let warm to cellar temps, up around 55° to 60°. That’s when the rich maltiness comes out in full force to play with the dark fruit notes, along with a hint of that big ABV, to create a complex, immensely enjoyable drink.
Finally. A Phatty I can get into …
Reviewed by Eddie Glick on October 8, 2008.
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Today in 1516, the Reinheitsgebot, or “German Beer Purity Law,” was adopted in Bavaria.