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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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 webbcreative (111), , Oklahoma, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/519/20
Mar 2, 2009  
Pours a dark brown color with a tan 2 finger head that seems to last. Smells like a Belgian, Dark Sweet Malt, yeasty, bready aroma, dark fruits of some kind get a bit of alcohol as well. Taste is extremely flavorful! Get that sweet dark malt I was smelling. Seems like im getting different wonderful flavors on all parts of my tounge, front, sides, middle and back. Sweetness up front, getting some bitterness on the sides of my toungue, and then a little of the alcohol in the back of the mouth. Mouthfeel on this is out of this world. The only way to describe it is that it is Velvety smooth, starts soft on the tongue and I thoroughly expected it start to feel watery but it never did, smoothest beer I have had to date. Its and odd sensation actually - I know I took a drink of the beer, but then all of the sudden its not in my mouth anymore, its like it snuck its wasy over my tongue and down my throught without me know it, that is precisely how smooth this brew is, Vanishes from my mouth without me knowing it! Overall this really is a beer that lives up the hype. I had this beer for the first time tonight in honor of my wedding anniversary, and I think I might have just started a new tradition...


 odgaard (248), Skyum, Thisted, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Mar 2, 2009  
33 cl bottle. Small lasting head. Hazy brown color. Aroma: Alc, yeast, dark fruit, caramel, chocolate. Taste: A little bitterness, malt, caramel, some fruityness. Very complex. Very good on a cold winter night (even though it was the first day of spring yesterday)


 Collint (450), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Mar 1, 2009  
Bottle, pours a hazy brown beer with a big beige head. aroma is sweet yeast and malt. Very sweet smooth flavor with a light hop and mostly balanced yeast. Very nice beer to sip hard


awatkins54 (1), middle point, USA
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4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/520/20
Feb 28, 2009  
Very dark. with a very big head. oce i started drinking it i couldnt put it down. highly recommended!


JKJ (24), Herlev, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/518/20
Feb 28, 2009  
Bottle. very dark brown color with a big creamy beige head. Lots of dark fruit and and some sweet malt in the aroma. Overall a very nice belgium beer and the alcohol is hidden quite nicely.


 goozen (1061), Leiden, Netherlands
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/105/517/20
Feb 28, 2009  
Bottle 0,75ltr: Dark brown lively brew from a monastary, with flowery and roasty taste.


suchen (81), , Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Feb 28, 2009    Updated: Mar 15, 2009
This beer was good, but not 4.0 good. Aroma was fantastic with a strongly floral, almost candy-like character but admittedly I didn’t know what to expect from the trappist style. Flavor was solid, a heavy beer which I love with an almost flowery sweet/fruity flavor in there and finishes just a bit malty.


 GranvilleTim (465), Granville, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 26, 2009  
1 PT. 9.4 oz. corked bottle. Nice pop when uncorking the brew. Made my dog jump a little. Sweet aroma came up from the pour. Light brown in color with a tan head. Taste matches the aroma. Nice malty sweet aftertaste. Nicely carbonated. Would like to get another to see how it ages. Worth every penny.



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