Chimay Rouge (Red) / Première

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Baileux, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

Aroma dolce e fruttato. Gusto morbido e ricco. Corpo non eccessivo. Ha dalla sua il costo abbordabilissimo e la facilità di reperimento.

Poured a very hazy dark copper with a creamy off-white head. Aroma was apricot, some raisin or dates and bit acidic. Taste is bread, fruits, and acidic as well. Very fizzy mouthfeel.

Aroma is a sweet caramel malt. Taste has a strong sweetness with hints of caramel chocolate. Overall pretty good, but not extraordinary.

33 cl. bottle. Cloudy red/brown coulor with a big off-white head, that slowly fades to a fat cap. Aroma is those complex Belgian yeasts, brown sugar, bread, light pepper, and light apricots and banana. Sweet taste with notes of bread, malts, sweet fruits and a light bitterness in the finish. Medium to full body, Nice and creamy texture. Long lasting finish. An excellent dubbel - enjoyed this one.

Bottle (330ml):
There is a strong smell of dried fruits from this beer, dark summery fruit and berries in particular along with a touch of alcohol and grain owing to the strong alcohol content. There is also a strong malt aroma and a faint touch of caramel on the nose along with some good spicy notes right at the end.
Dark, orangey brown colour when poured and forms a thick looking, three-finger sized head that is off-white and foamy. The head roughly halves in size over the course of about a minute then holds at around a finger width tall for the remainder of the drinks life.
Sweet tasting with a lot of dried fruit to begin with in the taste and perhaps a bit of apple too. There is a lot of brown sugar like flavouring and a little bit of the roasted malts from the nose as well along with touches of alcohol. It’s is a pretty solid effort from this beer.
Huge carbonation in this beer, a lot more than I had been expecting but that is not to say it was overly carbonated because it seemed to work for this particular beer. It was pretty smooth, with a medium body and great drink-ability; overall an nice beer on the palate.

A very good beer overall and one that I really enjoyed, it has most things going for it and not a lot holding it back. It may not be as good as Chimay Bleue but it was still a very good beer indeed.

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Bottle - very big thick head, dark amber color, sweet malty aroma, sweet malty flavor with that Belgian yeast kick, almost a little bit of a chocolate flavor in there as well - very good beer

New Years. Poured into goblet. Dark ruby red, fizzy carbonation keeps thin layer of foam present on top. Aroma is spicy yeast, caramel, dried dark fruit. Sweet caramel start, with plum, then gingerbread spice in the middle, and hint of coffee bitterness in the finish. Lighter body than expected. Deceptively sessionable.

Pours a murky amber - brown. The aroma is fruit and yeast - raisin, peach, and apple. Quite light bodied, perfect creamy carbonation, very fruity, slightly bitter finish, very drinkable. No where near the complexity of the Blue or White, but a delicious and classic beer. A great trappist dubbel.