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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.


4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
RobertDale (830) - Lansing, Kansas, USA - APR 9, 2011
75 cl bottle. Trappist glass. Pours a nice amber copper with a large tan head. Decent lacing, head is short lived. Aroma of fruit, yeast, malt and caramel. Taste is smooth and creamy. Flavors of fruit, caramel, yeast, spices and more. Not much bitterness. Well balanced. Excellent !!

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
tdtm82 (666) - Essex, ENGLAND - APR 7, 2011
Bottle; 33cl, Beermerchants Poured into goblet trappist glass, some descent lacing diminishes; descent dark-mahogany appearance. Some deep reds in this for sure. Aroma is spices; toffee, caramel, tingling yeast - quite douughey, taste is alcohol, clove, dried figs, raisins, caramel, some soy source, a distinctly raw texture-generally a very complicated brew, ages well though. It’s low ibu and can be put down for a long time. Over aging the caramel evolves and becomes thicker and the texture becomes more sherry like, the booze is heavy and the candy sugar roles off the tongue. It’s a good beer but best in the Kulminator with friends, some cheese and a serious whack of aging. Old beer can be good.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
FlashParker (85) - Ontario, CANADA - APR 5, 2011
Bottle. Innisfil, Ontario, Canada. Beautiful beer! Pours dark tan, good carbonation, head is gone quickly. Excellent aroma - fruits, yeast and caramels, a hint of something earthy. Smooth taste, good back-end bitter. Pretty silky, as described. Big yeast hit. Love this beer - can’t remember if I like this or the gold, since this was a big bottle and I’m a little tipsy.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
naivepegasus (264) - USA - APR 2, 2011
Can’t believe I’ve not rated this beer yet. Pours a cloudy dark red with about half a finger of off-white soapy head. Poured from a 750 ml into a Chimay chalice, I wanted to do this proper. Roasted malts and some hint of dark fruit in the nose. A little acidic, light mouthfeel, starts off with a little bit of sharp raisin, that eventually fades into a toasty hop aftertaste. A solid trappist offering, but for my money, blue is the way to go.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
Shakesbeere (187) - Oxford, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - APR 1, 2011
33cL bottle in Brussels. Pours a hazy brown red. Smells of yeast and light alcohol. Very fine mouthfeel with extremely fine carbonation. Light-to-medium body; feels smooth and caramelized. Taste has some malted barley notes with a slight fruity taste (a bit of cantelope), and a boozy character. A great beer.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
socaltay (174) - Ventura, California, USA - MAR 31, 2011
Good beer, I prefer the grand reserve or the white bottle to this, however; this is still a well made beer.

4.4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
cleverlobo (192) - Connecticut, USA - MAR 31, 2011
bottle; dark reddish-brown cloudy with tan head; aroma-malty caramel, fruits; taste-very sweet, fruity, moderate fizz and mild bitterness. Very good

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
jrallen34 (3434) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAR 26, 2011
The beer pours medium tea colored brown with lots of carbonation. The very light tan head rises about 4 fingers then falls relativerly quickly. A soapy full head stays for a while. The retention is ok. The aroma is pretty strong with lots of balance. There is dark fruit, light alcohol, caramel and lots of yeast. The taste is a little boring and light. It starts off with some caramel then gets very yeasy. The feel is really light. This is one of the worse trappist beers and a terrible dubbel. Westmalle, westy and achel destroy this.


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