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Chimay Rouge (Red)

Percentile
97
overall
Brewed by Chimay
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Baileux, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
19533.79/5.03.79/5.07%97.3Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Bottle Conditioned.
Ingredients: Pilsner malt (French barley from Champagne) & caramalt; German Hallertaur & American Galena hops. Yeast & sugar added to the bottled beer.
Chimay Rouge (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.
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MagnumPI (56), Essex, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/55/103/512/20
May 24, 2009  
I HAD MERCY ! Looks rich and complex, but actually an easy to drink popular dark supermarket beer but is eminently pleasant. The sort of beer you can drink and hardly notice which isnt everything I want, although it looks the part with its chestnut hues. Certainly not Chimays finest


ZR2Blazer (46), Roanoke, Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/518/20
May 24, 2009  
This is the first Trappist and the first Belgium beer I’ve ever had. Pour was nice, tons of head. I had to wait 3-4 minutes before I could complete the pour, and drink. Color is dark copper, and I picked up wood and cherry hints. There was so much hype on this beer, on the first 2 to 3 drinks I liked it, but I was not overly impressed. By the time I was half way done, this had become one of my favorite beers of all time. This is the absolute smoothest beer I have ever had. I enjoy hops, I enjoy the sharpess, the bite, the citrus, everything about a good hoppy brew. But this... This is is just so smooth. There is no bite, an extremely drinkable beer. I had someone who can’t stand beer try it, and they liked it. This beer appeals to the masses, I look forward to trying more Trappists beers.


 WVHouseofBeer (357), Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
May 22, 2009  
I really was expecting more from this, especially after how good the White was. It wasnt bad, but it lacked a little bit in the flavor and aroma department.


 ajm (914), Los Angeles, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
May 18, 2009  
Bottle from Papago. Pours with dissipating ring. Nose introduces a strange Quebecois yeast quality. Flavor is dark fruit, brown sugar, tannin, and more of the yeastiness. Even finish - trails off in the effervescent Trappist way.


 daniele (1668), Italy
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
May 17, 2009  
ambrata buona schiuma persistente note leggeremnte tostate un po di malto leggero spezie luppoli in bocca ritornano le note leggeremnte tostate un po di lievitùi un tocco di tostato medio amaro


mickmac (96), Ngunnawal, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
May 16, 2009  
From the bottle it pours with huge frothy off white white that quickly diminishes to just a sparse lacing on the surface of the beer. Orange-red colour with some suspended yeast haze. A toasted bread-toffee aroma with some earthy-sweaty notes. Toffeeish taste with some clovey-dried spicesand an alcoholic warmth and a balanced malt sweetness-hop bitterness in the aftertaste.


 NJJereme (263), Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
May 16, 2009  
Bottle. Pours an opaque brownish-tawny color w/ a nice off-white head that sticks around. Aroma is not overpowering on pour. Autumn spices and fruitiness hit the back of the tongue causing it to tingle as it goes down. Medium bodied. A pretty nice brew.


 floydian1 (271), FNQ, Australia
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
May 16, 2009  
330ml bottle into a Chimay Trappist glass. A cloudy amber-tan beer with a medium sized off white head providing good lacing all the way down the glass. Generous aromas of cherries, oranges, caramel and gentle spicy hops. Quite sharp palate with fruity flavours (again a hint of cherries), brown sugars and alcoholic warmth. Finishes with a pleasant gentle spicy hop bitterness that lingers in the mouth. It is medium bodied with a smooth drinkability. A fine Dubbel that is now widely available Down Under thanks to Dan Murphys and First Choice liquor outlets.



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