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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 
24824.02/5.04.01/5.09%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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 gunnar (486), Sandnes, Norway
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
Mar 31, 2009  
750 ml bottle. Pours deep dark brown with a creamy beige head. Sweet aroma of chocolate, fruits and malts.Flavour is velvet soft, chocolate, raisins, spices. Alcohol shines through in the aftertaste. Nice one


 scooterbub (332), Lander, Wyoming, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 31, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a nice dark brown with a nice, foamy tan head that slowly fades. Taste is of yeast, banana, fruit, malt, caramel and spice. Similara aroma. Well balanced. A nice, complex, enjoyable, drinakble brew that is worth picking up every now and then. On par with the Red and White and is hard to choose a favorite.


 angrypirate06 (678), Texas, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
Mar 30, 2009  
Bottle. Great beige color head that was quite rocky and long lasting, with a hazy brownish red body. Apply and brown sugar aroma with notes of yeast, raisins, and bready notes. Creamy mouthfeel and tastes of plums, caramel, and a hint of cherry with just a hint of alcohol in the finish. great beer.


horto008 (21), Alabama, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Mar 28, 2009  
Fruity aroma and taste. Shared a 1pt6oz bottle and determined apple was the predominant fruit flavor in our minds. Very sweet like you would expect but didn’t manage to have to heavy a mouth feel like some of the other belgian ales. Alcohol was well hidden.


 jvmiller (532), Bel Air, Maryland, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Mar 28, 2009  
Very amber pour.....sweet, fruity hints on the nose. Very sweet flavor....plums, raisins, caramel malts. A great beer to sip slightly below room temperature.


aphalo (80), Turku, Finland
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/518/20
Mar 26, 2009  
Bottle 330ml, 2008. Reddish brown colour, creamy beige head. Aroma has fruits, chocolate and cherry in it. Flavor is smooth and rich, chocolate, fruits, malts and caramel in it. Alcohol comes up in the aftertaste. Very well balanced, even this particular bottle wasn’t as old as some Bleues I’ve drank.


 hoppopotamus (182), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/516/20
Mar 25, 2009  
A filthy looking dark dark brown beer with a light tan head that doesn’t last. The aroma contains very dark notes of chocolate, with some fruits (cherry). The flavor contains considerable alcohol heat, with more dark fruit, molasses, and belgian yeasty spiciness. and peppery.


 Fred82 (343), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Mar 23, 2009  
750ml bottle, from notes. Dark red color, medium head. Quite fruity. Very nice balance. The beer that really got me into craft beer ! Rating #72



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