4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
33 cL bottle, bought in a local supermarket. Aroma: Light hop aroma present, malty, fruits like grapes, dark fruits, plums. Candy and sugar notes. Appearance: Light haze (yeast), two finger tan, creamy head. Light-brown to amber color, nice CO2 bubbles in the beer. Taste: Very complex! Notes of caramel, malt, spicy (maybe from the alcohol), bready. Not bitter. Palate: Medium body, average carbonation, sweet aftertaste and hints of alcohol. Overall: A very unique fruity smell. Complexity improves as the beer warms up. Just awesome! I would definitely order a second one!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark amber, big frothy head diminishes quickly to small off-white, Cloudy. Aroma of orange, chocolate, clove and cookie dough. Full oily body. Long sweet fortified finished.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JUL 19, 2011 Très rafraichissante avant tout. Le fruité de la levure très caractéristique, sans surprise mais très efficace.
4.3 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Great beer. Top Shelf status. The smell of the brew is so great. It has so many flavors I can’t explain. Good stuff.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Wow, what to say about Chimay Grand Reserve.....
Well to start, my mouth is watering just thinking about the rich flavor and complexities. It has a wonderfully faint coffee aroma, and an even further distant sent of chocolate. Make no mistake this is no type of chocolate stout or mocha flavored beer. This is a true beauty. Unique to itself and wonderfully crafted to have you craving more so the larger bottle is a must. As much as a dark beer on a hot day sounds like red wine in the sun, frost yourself a mug and pour slowly. The wonderfully roasted flavor goes down like......satin! Yeah, definitely satin!
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
A superb beer, I had this in the 330ml version. Very odd to drink a beer with such a high percentage and it not feel like it was so strong, 9% and I could have drunk bottles of this all day. Unfortunately £2.65 a bottle, when I’ve had Red for £1.99, still when you want to try a good beer you’ve got to pay.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Celebrating the 4th of July by trying this beer out, I have been waiting for the opportunity. Pours dark brown/copper with a frothy, off-white head. Poured into giant goblet. Some aromas of caramel, and spices. Taste is pretty phenomenal. Tastes of mild caramel, some hints of warm dough/bread, hints of smoke/roast, subdued candy sugars, and lots of mixed Belgian spices. Not as many fruit notes in this one in comparison to other beers in this style, the spices dominate. Very smooth, and easy to drink. I might try to age a bottle later on. While it is a bit overpriced, this is still a solid beer.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
nice temp nice head nice bouquet a bit raisiny tasting and prune. A little of an alcohol taste.
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