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Brewed by Chimay
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Baileux, Belgium

bottled
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RATINGS: 2399   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.79   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
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.


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
thooper41 (465) - Oregon, USA - JUL 30, 2011
33 cL bottle: Appearance is a cloudy brown with cream color head. Aroma is of yeast and bread notes. Flavor is quite simple, just a few malty notes along with a bit of Belgian yeast. Slightly over carbonated.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
sseb69 (774) - Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA - JUL 28, 2011
Bouteille 330 ml. 7%. Couleur ambrée-brune, effervescence vive, mousse beige pâle abondante. Arôme de levure belges et agrumes. En bouche, fruits, levure et très belge.....je commence à comprendre...peut-être que la Belgique All-Star, n’est pas totalement pour moi ? Dunno...Charlevoix du Québec Dominus Vobiscum BEAUCOUP plus gouteuse. En tk............

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Mathieu87 (73) - Ganshoren, BELGIUM - JUL 27, 2011
Great beer, not as powerful as the Bleue, but nevertheless, worth a try! Aah, I love the typical Chimay smell!!

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
laiti (1000) - Tampere, FINLAND - JUL 25, 2011
33 cl bottle @ Lasse Autio’s Herrgård, Ropnäs, Vasa. Rated on 27.9.2008
Aroma has some banana, aged fruits, yeast and spices. Flavour is richly grainy and has some sweetish malt. Good dubbel but still I see no reason to buy it again.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Psytron (503) - Turku, FINLAND - JUL 24, 2011
Nice trappist. Considerably better than Chimay Bleue. (This beer rating was imported from FB and unfortunately lacks any further comments.)

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
standupguy (23) - Florida, USA - JUL 24, 2011
Wow, a very nice dubbel. Aroma is yeasty, bready, light pepper, and light apricots with even lighter banana. Poured a nice red/brown cloudy color with an off white head. The taste was bready, sweet, and malty with light bitterness on the end. The mouth feel was nice and creamy. An excellent trappist dubbel I would recommend to anyone.

3.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 13/20
MMR (178) - NETHERLANDS - JUL 22, 2011
Would have been a much better beer if it wasn’t for that darn palate which I suspected to be much heavier since it is one of the only seven Trappist beers. Not at all bad, nice bit of bitterness which is the strongest aspect of the overall week aftertaste. Aroma is great, very fruity and the beer looks nice and red. Good beer but not exactly what I hoped it would be.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
EdKing (772) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - JUL 20, 2011
Pours red/brown with a big foaming white head. Nose is yeast, red wine, malt, dried fruit (apricot, pineapple etc) and perfumey floral notes. Taste is tropical dried fruit, brown sugar and creaminess. Really nice and thoroughly well balanced Belgian beer.


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