Chimay Bleue (Blue) / Grande Réserve

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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330ml bottle. Dark murky mahogany pour with average head that leaves a blanket of lace. Lots of dark fruit and whisky on the nose with spice and black cherry. Sort of a rum fruit cake flavour dominates the palate with a solid spicy note. There’s something lacking in the taste and finish.

Close to perfection and one of the standards to measure all other beers. This is so well done, complex, and smooth that it feels like you’re meeting an old friend when you drink it. Superb!

Spicy yeasty aroma, roastiness and malty. Nice sweet and balanced flavor. Heavy on the peppery side, slight notes of dried fruits, but overall peppery flavor wins out. Getting more dark fruit flavor as it warms up and carbonation goes away ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

I had the red and white b4 and more then once yrs ago but see I didn’t rate them. Well Blue: I got a good head off it,the beer on the left side looked red and right side like a bark brown. Smell it from open bottle at a distance as spice,yeast,fruity boosyness up front to nose beer smells of plum & gape. Taste is the heavier fruity(plummy,grape)higher % Belgum beer taste. If the 9% is ever felt it’s just a little small warmth. You do feel a bit buzzed from this. Well,I think I liked white & red better but not sure what one is better been to long. This is still good butnot great to me. Cheer’s,

330ml bottle from Vinmonopolet. Large tan, bubbly head. Reddish brown body. I poured carefully, still the yeast is visible when held up to the light. Aroma of yeast, leather and wood. The alcohol is pretty camouflaged. Sweet taste. Rich and complex, but not at the same level as Rochefort 10. Aftertaste of metal.

33 cl bottle @2013. poured into chimay glass. little head, no lacing maybe dirty glass? sweet fruity aroma, taste is sweet, fruity (plums) and bitter.

Appearance: brown/copper, hazy. Minimal head, tan foam. Taste: very bitter, lightly sour. Palate: full body, fizzy carbonation, creamy texture, bitter/long finish.

Aroma starts off very yeasty but as the head subsides becomes more floral and herbal. Pours thick red-brown with a active thick head that dissipates quickly. Tastes sweet with a long finish of berries. Good active carbonation, thick meaty beer.

Pours a dark mahogany color with a thick head that fades to lacing. Aroma of fruit, losts of fruit, spices with some sweetness and hint of alcohol. Taste of fruit, some caramel sweetness and spice. Mild bitterness and a dry finish. Moderate body, smooth, well balanced and with a well hidden but warming alcohol feeling. This beer is quite complex as it seems to evolve as it warms. A good world class beer to relax with at the end of the day.

Aspetto ramato,opalescente,schiuma fine non particolarmente persistente,aromi fruttati (melone) e di frutta secca,gradevoli ma poco persistenti,poco fine e persistente al gusto,restano le note di malto e un po’ di alcool. Grandemente sopravvalutata.