Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Serving: 330 ml. bottle. Appearance: Cloudy, deep brown color with an effervescent, light tan head. The head fades fairly quickly. Aroma: Ripe stone fruit nose with notes of plum, brown sugar, clove, spice, and yeast. Flavor: Great balance. Spicy malt sweetness with notes of yeast, dust, brown sugar, caramel, alcohol, and stone fruit. Quite nice. Palate: High carbonation with a medium mouthfeel and a medium, spiced finish. Overall: One of the standards for Belgian strong ales. Highly recommended.

Bottle. Cloudy brown with small but persistent head. Some lacing. Well carbonated. Slight fruit aroma (plum, raisin). Not hoppy. Mouthfeel is excellent, this beer gently fizzes away. Slight taste of brown sugar and fruit. The 9% alcohol is masked very well.

This is an excellent beer, with an explosion of flavors. Very pleasing to the palate.

Pours hazy dark golden brown. The yeast is strong with a hint of citrus and a bready undertone, very earthy and fresh. Has a great flavor thats fruity, oaky hints and very complex a ful palate and many tastes of greatness some unexplainable only in the taste it can be described.

At the crack of the cap, the pungent aroma of the beer hit me with an almost fruity, citrus-y essence. Also, I could tell it was going to be a bitter beer due to the ever-prevalent smell of hops. As I poured it into my glass, it produced a very dark, amber, golden color. It was a little translucent - bordering opaque. It formed a white/gold head that was retained for a good 5 minutes or so. After I let the beer settle, I took a taste and got a hint of fruit - a bitter one; almost reminiscent of the peel of a citrus fruit (orange). There was also a bit of spice from the roasted ingredients used in the beer. As the beer enters, you can taste the alcohol and hops right from the get-go. After the initial hit, the beer mellows out quite nicely and on the way down it smooths out. It almost seems like wine with the progression of textures and sensations. I also noticed the aroma of the wood that the beer was fermented in. Overall, this was a very filling beer. It would go nice with a small, but hearty, meal. If you have too much food, I can see it overfilling you. The bitter taste of the beer is strong, but pleasant and not overpowering to the overall flavor. I greatly enjoyed this beer.

Bottle, 33cl, from Vinmonopolet, Oslo. Vintage 2009 (BB 2014). Dark golden hazy brown. Lively head that settles down quickly. Rich aroma of yeast, caramel, fruits. Slick mouthfeel with some fizziness. Sweet fruity flavour, vinous finish with almost no bitterness. Good stuff, but next time I’ll let it age a couple of years.

pours a cloudy medium brown with fizzy fine beige head. very fruity, and kinda effervescent aroma, it’s got lemon rind, dried apricot, overripe bananas, cloves, and dark bread. similar flavor, a bit on the mild side, with yeast, dark fruit, slightly thin body doesn’t match flavor all that well, but it has a great dry finish.

Pours Hazy brown, with a tall whote head, Aroma is strong and yeasty with notes of dark fruits and breads. Very rich bready flavour, Complex and fruity, strong flavour of Belgian yeast, with an alcoholic finish. Great Belgian Ale. I love trapist!