Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

Bouteille 750ml. De couleur brune-rouge foncée et voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (prunes, raisins, moyen de pommes, notes de cerises), malté de pain, de sucre brun avec des petites notes de chocolat, épicée (clou de girofle, léger de coriandre, traces de cannelle et de poivre), léger de houblon herbeux et dalcool avec des notes de caramel toffee. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse. Goût de levures fruitées (raisins sucrés, prunes, notes de pommes, de cerises et traces de figues et de bananes) accompagné dun goût épicé (clou de girofle, poivre doux, notes de coriandre, traces de cannelle) lors de lentrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût moyen goût malté de sucre brun, léger de pain rôti et de chocolat avec des notes de caramel toffee aux notes terreuses. Parallèlement, lon retrouve un moyen goût dalcool réchauffant jusqu en finale, où on y dénote également une moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux ainsi qu un léger regain de levures épicées (poivre doux). Post-goût long et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer dalcool, de houblon herbeux, léger de rôti avec des traces de chocolat ainsi qu avec un goût de levures fruitées (moût de raisins, pelures de prunes et de pommes).

Multiple samples over time. Pours dark brown with receding tan head. Nose has mostly caramelized sugar with subdued dark fruit. Sweetish flavor with backdrop of mostly dark sugar, mild bitterness. Lively mouthfeel with relatively clean aftertaste, compared to what you’d expect from this sort of strong, dark ale. Still an immediately tasty beer, very likable, just not as contemplative as some of its cousins.

Bottle from ’t Brugs Beertje. Very nice beer. Dark brown with a good head. Like other strong Belgian beers it hides it’s alcohol very well. When compared to the other Trappist’s I prefer Rochefort, but still very good.

Don’t bother with smaller bottles when it comes to the Chimay trilogy.. more than most beers 750mls are essential with Chimay. Chocolate,malt, floral grapefruit,dank suggestions & the type of spices that are probably illegal unless you’re a Monk and pray all day.

Dégusté avec french tickler le 10 octobre 20006. 750ml Bottled in May 2003. This was aged over 3 years in my beer cellar. Fantastic looking beer... small yeast deposits at the bottom of bottle. Caramel, Nutty, Wildberries, cassis, Dates completes the aroma. Light red wine taste to it... i almost feel like if this beer would of aged maybe 5 years it taste closed to a porto. Fantastic finish, this beer ages amazingly well!

Had this beer once a few years ago. Wasn’t into the stronger dark beers at the time, but surprisingly liked this beer. Its no wonder it is one of the top rated.

Smells library and sweet. All sorts of things going on in the flavor. Grapey, leathery, marmalade, Keeps going back and forth between sweet and earthy, musty and bright. Feels like whipped cream. Just dissolves. Not my favorite flavor, but love how it melts in your mouth.

Bottle@home, 1999 vintage (!) Apperance: Ruby red with almost no head. Liquid is quite clear. Aroma: Earth, Ripe fruit, Port wine. Very sweet and inviting! Flavor: Dark caramel, Port wine, Ripe fruit, Hint of alcohol and some coffee. Palate: Very sweet and delicious with a medium body. Very little carbonation but still enough. When you smell this beer you could swear that it is a port wine you have before you. The taste is similar to portwine but the body is quite alot thinner. This beer has aged with beauty and it was indeed interesting to see what 10 years could do to a beer.