Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Pours rootbeer color with slowly-dissipating light tan head and good lacing. Aroma of alcohol and hardwood. Flavor is sweet with much alcohol and some walnut-husk bitterness, hints of red table wine. Lots of body, finishes with some plum and raspberry. Would buy again.

Bottle 33cl. 2008. Pours a muddy brown colour with a good head. Clear fruity arome, very complex and well balanced. Taste is also very fruity, goes down with a touch of the alcohol. Very good beer.

330ml bottle served in a chalice. Bottle conditioned. Poured a hazy dark amber with a thin off white head. Fruity aroma with some peppery spice. Medium to full bodied with some malt sweetness. Rich mouthfeel. More fruit in the flavor. Spice in the finish and the signature Chimay yeast flavor. A little hop bitterness in the finish as well.

bottle, pours dark brown with a tall off white head. Extremely sweet full bodied beer with a rough bitterness that fails to balance all that sugar. Good, but doesn’t do it for me.

Pours a murky brown with a tall and thick light beige head. Very sweet fruity aroma, scents of Belgian yeast, spices and dark fruits like raisins, maybe some brown sugar/molasses too. Very smooth beer. The fruit comes forth in the beginning, but the long dry finish and the warming in the stomach is the most notable feature. Good if you like elegant, subtle flavor play between the spices and fruit.

Dark reddish brown,decent head. Apples, raisins, caramel. Alcohol bitterness seems slightly more pronounced that I would like, but still very solid flavor. Nice carbonation, yet smooth. Good beer.

Rich and slightly yeasty. Reminiscent of baked apples and caramel. But not too sweet. Incredibly smooth finish. Fresh and delicious; an excellent ale.

The taste is just pleasant...caramel, some fruity notes, not overly complicated. Sweet but not too sweet. It’s nicely carbonated, like fizzy bubbly champagne tickling your tongue. Surprisingly easy drinking.