Chimay Rouge (Red) / Première

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Brewed by Chimay
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Baileux, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 2489 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.78 EST. CALORIES: 210 ABV: 7%

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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle Conditioned - 75 cl, and 33 cl bottles.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt (French barley from Champagne); wheat starch or flour (10% - 15%); dextrose (5%); malt extract (0.1%); hop extract from German Hallertaur (aroma) & American Galena (bittering) hops. Yeast & liquid invert sugar added to the bottled beer.
Chimay Red is noted for its coppery colour which makes it particularly attractive. Topped with a creamy head, it gives off a light, fruity apricot aroma produced by the fermentation. The taste perceived in the mouth is a balance confirming the fruity nuances noticed in the fragrance. Its taste, which imparts a silky sensation to the tongue, is made refreshing by a light touch of bitterness. To the palate, the taster perceives a pleasant astringency which complements the flavour qualities of this beer very harmoniously. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurised.

Most Recent Top Raters Highest Score Rated By

2.9

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20

The Friar99 (222) - Wisconsin, USA - MAY 23, 2001

2.9

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

TheKing99 (13) - Ontario, CANADA - MAR 23, 2001

2.9

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20

silverbullet (17) - London, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 1, 2003

Head dissipates. Cloudy, which is not how I like my beer. Apple cider. Smells good from far away. Smells really good, actually. Beery but citrusy. Not bad. Taste is not bad exacly. There's not much at first but after it sinks in it goes "BLACH!" Average nouthfeel.

2.9

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

Koelschtrinker (7060) - Köln (Cologne), North Rhine-Westphalia, GERMANY - JUN 3, 2011

Herber, wenig alkoholischer Antrunk, etwas Hefe, dunkles Malz. In Teilen flach, im Abgang vollmundig. Schokoladennoten, wenig Getreide. Gut. 7/8/9/9/8/8

2.9

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

thewolf (8626) - Kolding, DENMARK - JUL 8, 2006

Hazy red-brown colour with okay off-white head. Very mild aromas of fruit and caramel. It is a bit vinious, based on caramel and with undertones of sweet red berries. A mild hoppy finish.

2.9

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

lb4lb (2026) - Austin, Texas, USA - JUN 30, 2007

Pours a cloudy, dark reddish brown color with an off white, dingy yellowish quickly diminishing head, and floating yeasty sediment. Has a fruity, sweet, and sour nose similar to a flemish sour ale. (at least liefman goudenband) Initial taste strikes me as fairly dry and bland and then opens up into a spiced fruitiness, with a clove-like coriander flavor with an almost dull numbing effect. This could also be the intense over carbonation that almost strips and dries the tongue. Overall, quite drinkable for a fairly high alcohol beer, but I’m not a big fan of the clove spiced flavors in this and in hefeweizens.

2.9

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20

FatTony (143) - Augusta, Georgia, USA - JUL 13, 2008

11.2 ounce bottle- poured out red-gold and cloudy with a firm off-white head. Aroma wasn’t much of anything except yeast. There was a good 1/4 inch of sediment in the bottle. Rolled it twice then poured. Taste wasn’t very exciting, maybe some light fruitiness and yeast, pleasant bitter finish. Not bad, but for the price I will stick with the Chimay Blue.

2.9

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

franciscus81 (12) - NETHERLANDS - FEB 8, 2010

Really sharp and utterly dry Trappist. Not very much to my liking. Foamed a lot from the bottle, very dark color but taste is not for me. Gladly, the aftertaste is gone like a gust of wind. Not my favorite.

2.9

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

Paulpigskin (11) - USA - FEB 14, 2011

ok beer I prefer beers with less sugar, now I tasted the Caulier, I can’t stop!!

2.9

AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

JEK69 (136) - FRANCE - MAR 1, 2012

Pours red with a medium foam head. Nose: a bit of reduction, very yeasty and malty. Nice first impression, then quickly disappears because of a thin body, lack of persistence for a trappist beer! Basic hopping, short aftertaste. Far from the St Bernardus Range !

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