 malrubius (969), Valley Stream, New York, USA
Jan 25, 2009 750ml first pour in Westmalle glass. (Chimay glass is dirty.) Hazy dark brown with lasting flat head. Caramel cherry wood and fresh damp forest growth aroma. Toasty caramel woodsy yeasty mild fruit with surprisingly clean finish. Medium-full creamy body and rather bubbly internal carbo despite fairly rousing pour. Just plain delicious. Everything balanced to please the palate. Only a little too cold. Gotta let it sit...but I...can’t...stop...drinking...it!
ceffalo (38), , Texas, USA
Jan 23, 2009 Pours a nice dark brown cola color with a nice big head of foam.
Aroma is nicely that of a good Trappist. Reminds of a Rochefort 10.
Interesting flavor. Very mild for a beer, nice and yeasty with roasted malt. Subtle. Not what I expected, considering the high standing of this beer.
cluny6 (115), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Jan 23, 2009 Muddy brown, maybe orange with lots of yeast particles. Aroma is of sweet malts. Tastes like bitter chocolate. Alcohol slightly noticeable. Not very complex taste but good nonetheless.
Plamadude30k (122), Tucson, Arizona, USA
Jan 23, 2009 Updated: Jan 28, 2009Appearance is murky brown with a fine foam head of about 10% the height of the rest of the beer. The correct temperature certainly brings out the best parts of this beer. I brought home the bottle and placed it in my fridge for a little less than an hour before drinking, and this proved to be perfect. Wonderfully creamy with hints of yeast, caramel, and just a little metallic carbonation. Underneath the surface, there’s a feeling of incredible clarity that lasts in the middle of the tongue. All in all, a great experience.
luttonm (274), Belgrade, Serbia
Jan 23, 2009 Had many a time, but rating from a vintage 3L magnum had at my going-away party at Brouwer’s. Lovely deep, still pour. Bright carbonation on a caramel, sweet malt base. yeast, dark fruit, dark chocolate. Not an Abt but very nice.
TheDog (349), Aarhus, Denmark
Jan 21, 2009 Bottle. Dark brown colour with a thin beige head. Aroma and taste dark sugars, flower, yeast and dried fruit. Bitter finish. Tasted along with St.Bernadus Abt12 on the side. Abt12 being so much more of everything and longer finish. Chimay being a dissapointment.
MPosey (21), , Georgia, USA
Jan 21, 2009 A nice pour. Not too much aroma, but a nice low foam head. A nice balanced attack, which finishes to a pleasant flowery finish.
Grossecaisse (108), France
Jan 20, 2009
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