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Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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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.


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
badnewsbeers (2195) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - APR 16, 2011
Bottle. Prunish brown pour with buff off-white head. Dark fruit, light berry, candied sugar all around. Flavor of raisin, fig, brown sugar, sugar cookie and some grape. mostly like the other two, and seriously nothing special.

3.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
jmagnus87 (520) - Carbondale, Illinois, USA - APR 15, 2011
From a 33cl bottle from Pick’s Liquors poured into a Trappist glass. Pours a dark brown with ruby notes when held up to the light. An off-white/tan head that lasts forever. The aroma is sweet and fruity. The taste is medium sweet and medium sour. Full bodied and thick, this beer has fizzy carbonation and a long, sour aftertaste. Maybe I’m crazy, but I remember having this beer out a corked 750ml bottle and it tasting much sweeter. Overall, I give it a B rating. Will I drink it again? Probably. If it didn’t have such wide distribution though I wouldn’t actively seek it out.

4.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Barbbossa (1) - ROMANIA - APR 15, 2011 does not count
One of my favorites. Nice brown color with rich head. Flavor slightly reminds of coffee and brown sugar.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
igniztion (313) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - APR 14, 2011
Bottle 330ml. Pours a dark brown with red hue and big beige head. Aroma is yeasty, raisings, figs, bit of molasses. Taste is medium sweet, light bitter. Medium body, oily/creamy, soft carbonation. I used to love this stuff, but I haven’t had one for a good while and was quite disappointed. 10042011

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
scubastevil (7) - - APR 12, 2011 does not count
Just plain good stuff . My first bottle was from my future father in-law and what can i say the man knows his beers !!!

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
maneliquor (1008) - Perth, AUSTRALIA - APR 5, 2011
Bottle from Mane LIquor. Pours a dark amber with a big, frothy beige head. Has a sweet yeasty aroma with the presence of dark fruits and brown sugar. The taste brings out a lot of the dark fruits and brown candy-like sugar flavours. Hints of chocolate, raisins and yeast play a big part in the complexity of this one. Very enjoyable beer

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
ADfan (205) - Orange County, California, USA - APR 4, 2011
Poured from a bottle the beer had an amber color. Didn’t get a lot of aroma from the glass, I noticed some sweetness. Taste was good, very smooth but I think I was expecting more.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
thepegjett (919) - Cambridge (via Winnipeg), Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND - APR 2, 2011
A - Fruity and alcohol A - Hazy dark ice tea T - Sweet and bitter with a touch of sour M - Full body with soft carbonationO - Very nice balance


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