Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

Dark brownish colour with no head.Aroma is sweet and fruity with smooth well balanced mouth feels.Flavor of brown sugar and raisins.Vinous and soft finish.

25 oz bottle at Zenos. Pretty dark brown pour with a creamy lacing. Deep aroma of chestnuts, figs, toffee, and caramel. Rich and smooth. Nice, rich flavor, exploding with the figs. Soft, carbonation, a little boozy. An awesome brew and a great bottle...I think this one had at least a year on it.

Very cloudy medium brown with a smallish tan head. A musty aroma that is not appealing. Flavor is yeast and dark fruit, apple sauce caramel, and alcohol. Very interesting and very good.

Pours a frothy tan head which diminishes but has good lacing. The reddish brown body held tiny particles which swirled and begged me to drink them. The smell was a tantalizing array of fruits, but the burnt caramel and toffee were the leading scents, some rising yeast as well. Burnt toffee was again apparent in the taste, as well as roasted malt and fermenting fruit on the sides of the tounge. It doesn’t mask the alcohol well, its true, but still a delicious creation! Light and oily on the palate, soft carbonation, slight alcoholic aftertaste. This is a classic.

Fantastic beer! Aroma is full of yeast and flowers, slight cigar in the background. Pours an almost perfect deep brown, with amber hues. Flavor is smooth and balanced, lots of yeast and some malt. Goes down great. This one is a great, great beer.

Pours a cloudy deep, dark reddish-brown color with a thick, frothy off-white head. Had the aroma of walking through a vineyard taking in the sweetness of the grapes and the earthiness of the soil. The flavor is a wonderful balance of roasted malt, wine, prunes, apple, bread, and a nice touch of light bitterness. There is some underlying alcohol but it fits in perfectly with the array of flavors and generous carbonation. This is a very nice beverage.

Thanks to Pollo. A Complex Classic. "This aromatic lively rich ale has a medium sweet middle, with gently drier suggestions of thyme, pepper, sandalwood, and nutmeg in the finish." MJ

Finally rated from a sample at WBF in Durham, though I expect to have this again. I love all Chimay beers. This one is vinous, with a deep copper pour and foamy, generous off-white head. Stewed fruits such as raisins and prunes. Some peat flavor and herbs, earthiness. Very good.