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Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Chimay Bleue (Blue) - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Baileux, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
24814.02/5.04.01/5.09%98.7Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Chimay Bleu 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.
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adrosson (9), California, USA
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4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/510/105/516/20
Jun 22, 2009    Updated: Jun 29, 2009
Large bottle - sweet but not overpowering, my friend commented, "this is almost like desert!" Clem’s Bottle Shop


 nerdrocker101 (102), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 21, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a nice murky brown with a medium tan head. Subtle floral and yeasty aromas. Taste of brown sugar, figs, and raisins. Full body with a creamy texture.


VonkBrewer (13), Belgium
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 20, 2009  
Little dry dark brown, almost black, beer. Direct taste is not the best but after-taste is very good. Good beer from time to time.


 DeanF (285), Paris, France
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Jun 20, 2009  
Deep, dark, smooth. Looks great in a Chimay chalice. Tastes great, no notice of alcohol whatsoever. My only complaint is that it could be more complex, but it’s highly drinkable, and eminently enjoyable.


 leems (147), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Jun 19, 2009  
Bottle - pours a dark red/brown with a large fluffy head. Aroma is slight caramel and alcohol. Flavor is caramel, brown sugar, slight yeast. Your mouth is left feeling like there is a slight film in it. This is a very good beer and something even non-beer drinkers can enjoy.


 fluffy (229), Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/58/104/515/20
Jun 17, 2009  
pours cloudly brick red with an effervescent bubbly head. aroma is yeasty and alcohol. flavor is smooth and buttery, with a heavy alcohol taste with heavy malty tones, with tobacco and leather.aftertaste is oily and smoky. an extremely good ale, as is expected from Chimay.


MagnumPI (56), Essex, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 17, 2009  
HEAL ICY BUM ! The beer is beautiful. It pours a dark brown that shimmers when held up to the light, with a yeasty froth of head. It smells mysterious. The drink is smoky, bordering on dry but with a distinctive flavour of malt. This bottle was in its second year and I loved every minute of it


beelsebob (17), Antwerpen, Belgium
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Jun 17, 2009  
This is an absolute pleasure of a beer. It looks beautiful, when the correct glass is used the head is lovely. It smells lovely, and drinks... well, I’ve almost not a bad wold to say about it. The only thing I can say wrong about it is the Chimay white is better, but I think that’s just down to my taste.



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