Chimay Bleue (Blue)

This beer isnt very complex in my opinion but it has a very good taste. This beer is certanly one of my favourites!

Large bottle bought at Whole Foods, cork says 04/07. Looks like cola! Aroma is malt, figs and dried fruits. Bitter up front with the taste of dried fruit and spice, followed by malt. Very nice and unique brew.

330ml Bottle. Last of my three beer Chimay vertical. Pours a swamp water muddy brown with one finger cream head and minimal lacing. Nose is dark fruits, spice, roasted malts. Taste is much the same with some sugary flavors added. Medium, prickly mouth fee. A bit too sweet for my tastes, but a quality Belgian that I can appreciate its complexity.

Just about the thickest head I’ve ever seen, pours dark brown, tastes like a caramel apple...holy crap, this is a great beer!

Outstanding. I love the yeasty aroma, the dark brown hue, the tan head rich and thick. I love the malty body and the way it feels in the mouth. I love the way the flavors zip through nutty to fruity to malty -- exceedingly complex. I love the sweet finish, and the lingering aftertaste. Pour me another ... please?

Pours a very dark brown with a thick tan head. The aroma is very yeasty and malty with a ripen fruit hint to it. The taste is malty and chocolatey with some sort of roasted nut flavor. The finish is sweet, almost as if there is a bit of vanilla in it. This is a great beer.

Pours dark with a hint of red color. Small white head. Yeasty nose. Tastes like caramel with hints of fruit. Definite alcohol in the finish.

330mL bottle from an in person trade. Pours a dark, murky brown, slight orange tinge to it making it appear copper toned when held to the light, with a smaller than expected white head. Aroma right away is what you would come to expect, yeasty wheaty maltyness, with the obligatory dark fruity aspects. Flowery and perfume-like, which is quite elegant and pleasant as it warms. Flavour is more of the same, with a decent thick feel to the body of this brew. Herbal-like hopping is present as well. Good sweet malts in the aftertaste. My only big problem with this is what I have with a lot of beers like it, in that I just don’t really get much complexity from it. It’s probably a pretty fresh bottle, and with plenty of age I’m sure it could be something great. I just don’t have the patience for such things. All in all a good one though. I meant to give it a higher rating but the numbers just don’t seem to add up the way I’d like them to. It does of course get much better as it warms.