RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Home > Brewers > Belgium > Chimay >

Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Chimay Bleue (Blue)

* picture credits
copyright may apply

 Percentile 
99
overall
A Belgian Strong Ale brewed by
Chimay

Baileux, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
Send Corrections

 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in  Advanced 
21514.02/5.04.02/5.09%97.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Chimay Bleu 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.

Most RecentTop RatersHighest Ratings Who's Rated This?
 Pub (4124), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20

Mar 30, 2008  
Bottle conditioned, 330ml, aged 7.5yrs. This sample was old before I had it so could have a couple of years extra, it had the shield on the cap rather than the current wording. Dark brown with ruby hints, slight head. I love Chimay Bleu to be aged, the flavours amalgamate into a porty, smooth blend with caramel and burning alcohol. The spiciness has matured to where the flavours cannot be picked, it a fireside warmer on a cold winters night, warm in the glow that your football team has just won, a pleasing and hearty friend. If you are patient with this beer it will reward you with ageing. Lovely.

CapnJazz (17), Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 13, 2008  
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.


 Strykzone (1021), Wood River, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 11, 2008  
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.


TheJollyOne (13), Kofu, Japan
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/518/20
Oct 10, 2008  
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. This beer just looks great! The smell was a tantalizing array of fruits, but the burnt caramel and toffee were the leading scents. 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 fine beer! Some may be truned off by its inability to fully mask the alcohol, but I dont mind tasting the percentage so to speak.


 StFun (339), Indiana, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/519/20
Oct 9, 2008  
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.


hubcrawler (11), , Virginia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 9, 2008  
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.



would you like to read more ratings?



Then join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings.

Desired User Name
*


Valid Email (Needed to verify your account)
*

Relax. RateBeer is 100%, guaranteed spam-free. That's our promise to you.

I agree to the terms of the RateBeer User Agreement

RATE THIS BEER

Aroma

rating assistance

Appearance

rating assistance

Flavor

rating assistance

Palate

rating assistance

Overall impression

rating assistance

TOTAL SCORE

Comments

More Belgian Strong Ales

Westvleteren Extra 8 (4.26)

Struise Pannepot (4.23)

Rochefort Trappistes 8 (4.13)

Lost Abbey Veritas 003 (4.12)

Abbaye des Rocs Brune (4.11)

Pizza Port Cuvee de Tomme (4.1)

Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Lupulus (4.09)

Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva (4.09)

Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru (4.07)

Bush Prestige (Scaldis Prestige) (4.03)

More Belgium Brewers

Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan
  Brugge
Brouwerij Sint Jozef
  Opitter-Bree
Mort Subite (Alken-Maes / Scottish & Newcastle)
  Kobbegem
Duysters
  Diest
Brouwerij Bosteels
  Buggenhout
Brouwerij F. Boon
  Lembeek
Brasserie de la Senne / de Zenne Brouwerij
  Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Brasserie Artisanale et Didactique du Flo
  Blehen
Brasserie de Battignies
  Battignies - Binche
Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
  Westvleteren
Brasserie St-Feuillien / Friart
  Le Roeulx
Bavik-De Brabandere
  Harelbeke
Brasserie Grain dOrge
  Hombourg
Stassen (Bulmers, S&N, Heineken)
  Aubel
Struise
  Woesten-Vleteren

About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2008, RateBeer LLC