Chimay Bleue (Blue)

BODY, BODY, BODY! Good God, this is as thick as hell, and its absolutely fantastic! Beautiful copper in appearance, with a head i could shave with. Scent of dried apricots and other fruits, honey and sweet spices. Very well balanced, quite delish. I could drink this all day.

I love the way this beer looks in the glass. Medium in color with a nice head. Once you turn the glass upward the smells start to come, nice floral scent with some yeast. Next is the taste, wow possibly the best beer I have ever had.Taste like the scent only more so.

brown pour with ruby highlights, light offwhite head. aroma is of dark malts, raisins, chocolate, roast, cinnamon, and some light fruitiness. sublte notes of toasted malt, plum, chocolate, some light nut, nice boozy sweetness. warming. mouth feel is medium with significant effervescence. truly a delight.

Dark cherry and chocolate nose. The pour is brown with a light brown head. The start is slightly bitter with a strong roasted malt finish. Quite a full complex body.

(Bottle - 0,33 l, 2003 vintage - at Man in the Moon, Stockholm, on 2009-07-27) Deep dark brown and hazy. Small white head. Malts, raisin and chocolate in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate with little carbonation. Malts, nuts, raisin, chocolate, sweetness, bitterness and cocoa powder in taste. Malty aftertaste.

A great looking brew, but I didn’t think it delivers all that it promises. Malts are a nice toasty caramel, but maybe too much alcohol/astringency in the finish.

A dark brown pour. Aroma is very fruity -- dark cherry and plum. Flavor is of similar dried fruit and brown sugar/caramel malt. The dark fruit consumes the finish. Carbonation is very fine.