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Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

bottled
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RATINGS: 3078   WEIGHTED AVG: 4.01   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle conditioned - 150 cl, 75 cl, and 33 cl bottles. Named Grande Réserve in 75 cl bottles, and Magnum Grande Réserve in 150 cl bottles.
Chimay Blue is principally distinguished by its character of a strong beer. This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavour, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensations perceived in the aroma , while revealing a light but pleasant touch of roasted malt. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurised.


4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
strap (262) - honolulu, Alabama, USA - OCT 11, 2011
pours dark with a medium sized head. very carbonated which takes away from the flavor. still packs a punch. a hint of dark fruit and spices. very good beer, but i prefer the red.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Bloke (9) - Wei Hai, CHINA - OCT 10, 2011 does not count
A brilliant, full flavoured ale. Stront carbonation, hint of fruitiness without the bitterness or burnt aftertaste of many dark ales. I was lucky enough, living in China where a good selection of beer isn’t ready available, to be given 3 bottles of Grand Reserve by my students. Best gift ever.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
michaelinwa (162) - Bothell, Washington, USA - OCT 8, 2011
Pours dark, tremendous head, mild carbonation. This is not a heavy or very complex ale, but there is enough interesting stuff going on that I like. No bitterness here, it’s all about the malt and typical Belgian yeast notes. It’s good, and I have some in my cellar, but I probably would only add to it sparingly.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
aphelion1979 (120) - West Sussex, ENGLAND - OCT 7, 2011
UPDATED: DEC 20, 2011 pours dark moody chocolate with a large frothy tan head. fruity sweet aroma, with caramel and brown sugar. this a strong, nicely balanced drink, plenty of heat from the 9% alcohol. roasted malt flavour, strong bitterness, caramel, liquorice, not massively complex, but its nice.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
_angst_ (513) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - OCT 6, 2011
Bottle bought @ Systembolaget and consumed on October 3. Pours deep brown with a big fizzy brownish head. Smell is sweet and yeasty. I can detect some notes of sourdough bread. Taste is sweet and malty with plums and raisins. There is liquorice and caramel with some yeast, alcohol and hints of sour cherries.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Billicus (72) - Paulsboro, New Jersey, USA - OCT 3, 2011
Best Belgium Ale I have had! appearence, pretty medium amber hue, white foamy head aroma, Flora and sweet, slight carmel notes taste Belgium yeast comes out, strong malt profiles, lots of bubbles overall my Third favorite beer, I only have bought in 25.5 ozer size, oops i take that back I first tried it in the 11.2 ozer, anyway big thuumbs up!

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Benjii (1686) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - OCT 2, 2011
33cl bottle. Pours a nice reddish brown colour with a beige head that dies away early. I am enjoying the yeasty, fruity alcholic esthers on the nose. Some plums, raisins and caramel coming through also. Flavours similar with Belgian candi sugar, caramel, yeast, toffee and treacle. A lingering berry flavour rounds this off nicely. Ths must be my favourite Chimay.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
gracefullypunk (667) - Oregon, USA - SEP 29, 2011
This is a dark brownish-gold Belgian, with a thin cappuccino head. It smells like fig, caramel, candy sugar, cherries and yeast, which may sound odd but is actually captivating. Unsurprisingly, there’s a lot of candy sugar in the taste, as well as roses, plums, molasses, and nutty malt.


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