Chimay Bleue (Blue)

750 mL bottle from Trader Joe’s ($9.99). Pours a murky dark chestnut brown. The carbonation seems to give this a very cola-like head which was composed of large tan bubbles which disappeared very quickly. Light and sweet aroma of yeast and bready malts. Tastes stronger and better than it smells with sweet dark bready malts, caramel, musty yeast, brown sugar, cherry and possibly some other stone fruits. All that carbonation moves playfully over the tongue. Alcohol is quite well hidden. Certainly my favorite of the Chimay line.

Aroma - nuts, malts, plums. Appearance - Dark brown with fizzy head that leaves a small layer behind. Flavor - plums, dark fruit, sweet malt and a touch of light chocolate. Palate - medium body, creamy, average carbonation, astringent. Overall - very good beer that hides the abv very well. Sweet but not overly sweet with a nice astringentness that makes you keep sippling. Like a much more concentrated Chimay Red.

Who hasn’t had Chimay? It is what is. I’m not a big fan considering how commerical its gotten.

Pours with a nice big head that fizzes away into a smallish but tight head. The color is a very dark hazy brown. Aroma is yeasty and nutty with some deep malty sweet notes and some plum like fruitiness. Flavor is very good, the malty sweetness is very present here but it’s not cloying, this is one of those where the alcohol seems to balance the sweetness, which I always find is either brilliant or a total disaster, more often it’s the latter of those two but in the case of this beer it is brilliant. Fruity notes of cherry, apple, and pear are present and work well alongside a good nuttiness.

11.2 oz bottle. Pours cloudy, red-brown color. Nice head and pleasant aroma. Taste is strong and very good overall. Very complex, with some alcohol apparent, which is not surprising for an ale of this strength. Very enjoyable and will be a regular for me I think.

bottle pours a murky brown with tan head. the smell is sugary and dried fruit. Taste is amazing crisp and taste how it smells. The alcohol isn’t tasted and it’s a very refreshing beer. another great trappist beer.

cellared for 1 1/2 years. nose is raisins, almost smells a bit grainy. flavor is more raisins and sizzling hops, dark yet ultra refreshing. touch of near sweetness amongst the madness. so similar to many ABTs yet a unique diamond in the end.

House of brews: Belgian Strong indeed! The nose is complex: sugars, light malts, florals/ lavendar? Taste reveals more sugars in dark fruits, must be yeasts/ malts, still more florals. You can feel the alcohol however not overpowering at all.