Chimay Rouge (Red)

Bottle. Pours cloudy brown with a fizzy beige head. Aroma is like peeled apple skin, with hints of caramel and spice. Medium body. Flavor has a general fruit sweetness, as well as a light spicy note. Nice.

Wow, I never rated this? One of the only decent beers at Pocono Brewing Company on bottle. Enjoyable with an accent on the fruits and yeast versus the typical malty dubbel. Nice mix of hops to add bitterness. The palate isn’t as wowing as other dubbels and is a bit dull. But a decent beer nonetheless.

Pours a deep amber. Bready malty nose. Smells musty and slightly fruity. Medium to full body.

11.2 oz. bottle (2008) in my brand new Chimay goblet. Beautiful appearance: pours a copper-amber/ruby w/ a generous rocky, white head that keeps bubbling away angrily. Carbonation from the bottle re-fermentation is evident. Nose is candy sugar and spicy fruits. Bananas, bread, toasted malt and a whole lot of hoppy bitterness in the flavor. Medium-bodied and extremely dry. Not as good as the Bleue, but underrated in my view. Maybe a shade too dry. Caramel and toffee notes as it warms. Finishes figs in alcohol.

malty but not sweet or dry, lightly smokey roasted light cherry mild rasin, soft, finishes with fig and dark fruit and well balanced bitterness. Complex and luxurious. Unparalleled craftsmanship, would be the best rated beer on earth if it were harder to get.

This is the first Chimay I have had, but hopefully not the last. I’ve been enjoying abbeys lately, as I had until recently never tried one. Served cold from bottle. Dark red/amber color with a thick off-white head. Yummy flavor with good fruity notes and sweet/bitter interplay. An enjoyable beer.

A pleasant beer, with caramel flavor, nice color and good maltiness. Too much carbonation, though. I would like the opportunity to try this one on tap some time.

My favorite of the Chimays. Not too strong (like the Blue) but still with most of the complex character. Been having one of these every so often for 20+ years. Always a winner.