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Brewed by Chimay
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Baileux, Belgium

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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 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
bdunhill (63) - Brussels, BELGIUM - JAN 23, 2012
This Belgian pilsner poors beautifully with a nice dark coppery brown color and the perfect white frothy head you expect from any Chimay. It has a nutty/ frutty aroma and a distinctive flavor.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
evanlarkin (145) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - JAN 22, 2012
Soda-like head, hazy amber color. Smell is citrus, caramel, and bready toast. Taste is bready and slightly fruity. Feels like drinking champagne.

4.7
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Grzesiek79 (605) - Radom, POLAND - JAN 21, 2012
caramel, spruce, basement aromas, cough drop, woody, brown, cloudy, tan foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness, umami, full body, slick feel, soft carbonation, long finish,

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
FaithHealer1 (156) - SCOTLAND - JAN 18, 2012
Bottle at home. Pours a deep copper colour, with a finger of thick foamy head. Aroma of dark fruits, plums etc with malts, breadiness. Taste is brilliant, really rich with sweet dark fruits, good malty backbone, brown sugar, a hint of hop spice too. A little fizzy, nice fairly bitter aftertaste stops it from becoming cloying. Medium body, nice bit of alcohol warming as well. Great, a nice accessible classic.

3.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
scantron (33) - Ontario, CANADA - JAN 16, 2012
January 9, 2012;7% abv, 750 mL bottle, BBD: 2015: refrigerated, not at home... rock glasses. The nose is most sweet bready malts with some floral hops. Not nearly as impressive as the aroma of white. Pours a deep hazy copper with a thick head with mild visible carbonation. Creamy lacing on the glass. Sweet bready malts, something along the lines of a biscuit with honey. Some mineral water flavors in the aftertaste. My description doesn’t fit the complexity. Very light hops, with slight bitterness. Astringent and spicy alcoholic finish. Surprisingly thin and light considering my impression from the head and lacing. Very good, still have one more.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
martinrumsam (78) - BARNSTAPLE, Devon, ENGLAND - JAN 15, 2012
Dark coppery brown with small biege disappearing head . Rich malty yeasty aroma that carries through to the taste which then becomes slightly bitter towards the end .Carbonation was quite low .Body was thinner than I expected .I’m surprised it scores quite so highly .Maybe it is just not my style .

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
thb (438) - Alberta, CANADA - JAN 14, 2012
It’s a foamy hazy reddish-copper pour. Aromas caramel, honey, fruit. Taste is gentle sweetness with background spice. 7% well hidden.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
edgallow (173) - nashville, Tennessee, USA - JAN 13, 2012
UPDATED: FEB 12, 2012 750ml bottle pours light brown with a big off-white head. Very nice aroma of the belgian yeast, some roasted malt, fruit, a little hops, and a touch of alcohol. The taste is very nice. It includes belgian yeast, roasted malt, some fruit, and a touch of hops.


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