Chimay Bleue (Blue) / Grande Réserve

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

UPDATED: FEB 17, 2011 bottiglia 33clcolore tonaca di frate con schiuma caramello fina e abbastanza lunga!profumi di prugna uva vino e anche un po di malto tostato!buona frizzantezza buon corpo e un piacevolissimo retrogusto di prugne e di noci!forse un pizzico troppo astringente!ci saranno anche delle polemiche su questa birra ma per me rimane un piacere berla ,non stanca mai e facile da trovare

Bottiglia, colore ambrato scuro molto opaco, impenetrabile, buon cappello di schiuma persistente. Aroma potente di malto e lievito, decisamente sgradevole. In bocca dolce, completamente sbilanciata, stucchevolissima, sembra un big babol. Amaro moscio nel finale. Mi aspettavo decisamente meglio.

The carbonation and palate is excellent. Overall, very good. A little pricey.

Pours dark amber red, a bit hazy with a big frothy moccha head, which recedes quickly to a moderate one finger thickness. Nose sulphury, easty, moderately fruity and a bit leathery, some prunes and raisins Mouthfeel is very thick, viscous, big. This beer almost askes to be chewed. First flavours which hit you are big malt, biscuit, pear, quite dry with minor residual sweetness. Spicy/peppery with some hint of raisins and pleasant alcohol warmth, slightly vinous. Finishes with a touch of roasted dryness, light but noticeable. Hop bitterness is very low, although aided with a light roasted character, overall impression is balanced but on a sweet side. A lot of subtleties which can potentially unfold with aging. My favourite beer!

Excellent bière. Aucune autre bière ne rivalise avec celle la. Je vous la conseille.

Bottle, about two years old. And a bit of a gusher. Lost about a fifth of the bottle, but what was left poured a deep dark ruby brown with a thin to medium sized (I think it may have been medium sized at one point, I was wiping down my desk at the time so I may have missed that part) head. Big spicy malt and old dark fruit. Caramel and toffee, big and sweet, dark cherries and fruit leather. Medium bodied, sweet and malty, much more subtlety than the nose would indicate. Smooth and cool, even a bit empty in the middle. Long slow finish with figs and touches of anise spice, and a gracefully developing little bit of warming alcohol. Nice stuff.

Mustig maltkaraktär. krämig vätska och mycket lätt. Smakmässig har den inte mycket innehåll - lite lagom trevliga malttoner men aboslut inget att ropa hurra för. Överskattad öl?

This is the beer that opened my eyes. Perhaps the perfect gateway. Wonderful taste, aroma, and appearance. I can’t say enough about it!