Chimay Bleue (Blue) / Grande Réserve

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Pours dark and cloudy with visible floating yeast and a very decent head. Medium, malty aroma. Taste is of roasted malt, sweet and spicy, bit yeasty. Very little bitterness. Some coffee notes. Palate is medium bodied, high carbonation which makes it fizzy. A very decent Belgian Strong.

33cl bottle. BB 2015. Poured hazy darker brown color with a frothy, beige head, nice lasting lacing. Aroma is dark fruit and yeast, some alcohol also deteced. Flavor is raisin and plums, yeast and quite sweet with some spices in the finish. Also towards finish more alcohol warmth. Nice trappist, but not the greatest. The aroma wasn´t really so inviting. Should probably age for some years.

Pours a murky, cloudy brown with a thin tan head. The flavor was kind of malty with a sweet and spicy finish. Strong beer but the alcohol is well hidden. This is one of the best beers I’ve ever had.

I was at cocktail party where they were making a making a drink that involved Glenmorangie Scotch and Chimay Blue, lemon juice, and maple and blackberry syrup. It was very tasty but after 3 of them I asked for Chimay straight up. I’ve passed by so many times in grocery store so for free finally get the rate. Pours dark amber with thick beige head. Tastes of sweet malt, raisins, brown sugar, and caramel. Very tasty indeed.

2009 bottle. Rich blackberry and dates hit the nose the second the cap is opened, before there’s even been a chance to pour it into its matching Trappist glass. From the glass you also can pick up a deep, rich sweetness not unlike port, as well as the immediate berry and date aromas. On the tongue it begins with malt, toffee and spices, followed by the deep port-like flavours and a dry, lightly tart finish with warming alcohol. Barely a hint of hops to speak of - the rich complexity derives mostly from the malt and Belgian yeast. Silky mouthfeel. Given a few more years’ ageing this could be spectacular. For the meantime it’s an excellent example of the style; perhaps a nose or two behind the Rochefort 10.

Small bottle, poured in to an actual Chimay goblet [ ! ] Pours a turgid reddish-brown with a big fizzt off-white head that disaptaes quickly. Nose of malt, spices, orange, fruit. Creamy, almost silky mouthfeel. Lots of sweet malt, plus the fruity flavors from the nose. Alcohol in back. Somewhat fizzy but it works well with this beer. Somewhere up above my Belgian-born mother is saying "well, it’s about time you drank a good beer!".

Dark brown pour, thick moussey beige head. Aroma is fairly light, brown sugar, spice, figs. Brown sugar sweetness and toasted bread flavors, spice, pepper, dried cherry, fig and a lingering warming finish. Fairly heavy body, slightly viscous. It’s a shame that I’ve walked by this so often in grocery stores without trying it.

Shared in the limoon the way to Mike’s 40th birthday party. 750 ml. cork and cage. Great spicy sweet brew. Couldn’t get a clear view of the color, seeings how it was so dark. Great high light fruity and floral sweetness. Spiciness not overpowering at all. Hints of white wine. Nice.