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Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

bottled
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RATINGS: 3078   WEIGHTED AVG: 4.01   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle conditioned - 150 cl, 75 cl, and 33 cl bottles. Named Grande Réserve in 75 cl bottles, and Magnum Grande Réserve in 150 cl bottles.
Chimay Blue is principally distinguished by its character of a strong beer. This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavour, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensations perceived in the aroma , while revealing a light but pleasant touch of roasted malt. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurised.


4.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
BunnyHops (26) - Newark, Illinois, USA - DEC 19, 2011
Pours creamy dark brown with 3 fingers of head. Malty grape flavor. Absolutely delicious!

4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
teddybeer (569) - Madrid, SPAIN - DEC 18, 2011
33cl bottle. Dark brown with a good formation of an off-white, almost light beige, head. Aroma is strong to caramel, brown sugar and yeasty. Flavour is moderate sweet, caramelized, burnt sugar and Belgian yeasty, with a final slightly sweet and alcoholic. Carbonation is medium to lively. Body is high.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
TorbenH (330) - Frederikshavn, DENMARK - DEC 17, 2011
brown, clear, tan foam, caramel, nuts, roasty, toast, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, full body, creamy,

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
manul255 (41) - Montmagny, Quebec, CANADA - DEC 16, 2011
Une excellente bière forte à boire tranquillement. Arômes d’épices et de malt caramel, ronde en bouche, qui a une finale un peu abrupte (plus que la rochefort 8) et qui m’indique qu’elle a un potentiel de viellissement....qu’elle va se complexifier avec le temps sans madériser. A conserver ou à boire...achetez-en deux;-)

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
DasBierChef (685) - Lucan, Minnesota, USA - DEC 15, 2011
Brown chestnut like color with a large foamy brown head. Smells a bit of dates, brown sugar and yeast. Taste is pretty yeasty. Alcohol is pretty well hidden. Has some of that brown sugar and a little roastyness.

4.4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
kabsetter (6) - Tampa, Florida, USA - DEC 13, 2011 does not count
Highly drinkable beer thats outstanding. Very pleasant beer that took me to a better place with its subtle flavors so finely balanced.

4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
kenwall17 (165) - new york, New York, USA - DEC 13, 2011
I am surprised that I haven’t previously rated this. This is the grand-daddy of Belgian strong ales. A very pleasant roasted malt taste with some fruit.

4.4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
Sensei_Tohru (20) - Cheshire, ENGLAND - DEC 11, 2011
From a year-old 330ml bottle. It pours a dark amber/brown with a lively head (leaving the yeast in the bottle). Aroma of raisin, plum, peach, chocolate cake and herbs. Taste is sweet, but a flowery hop bitterness comes through quickly. The body is medium with good carbonation and a flowery finish.


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