Chimay Rouge (Red)

Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with massive head. Aromas are fruity, yeasty and sweet. Flavor is pretty darn nice, but mouthfeel is thinner than I expected. ABV makes itself known with a little bit of a warmth that seeps through the thick fruit and candi sugar sweetness that dominates the palate until the yeast flavors can take you down the home stretch.

Ottima Abbey Dubbel, bel colore, aroma fruttato, sapore ben bilanciato con un finale amarognolo.

Bottle 33cl. Pours a clear red colour with a normal size head. Aroma is rich in fruit, mals, hops and east, very well balanced. Taste is also greatly balanced, some flavour as smells. Good Dubbel.

very nice brew, copper colour, carbonation evident but not disruptive of flavour. A lot of malty caramel notes with mild fruitiness in the flavour. Very nice easy drinking double.

31.08.2008, 0,33l Bottle. The beer is lively carbonated. The colour is redish brown. Aroma is well balanced. Very nice.

Another great chimay brew. A dark reddish brown but easy drinking belgian. Not near as much of the wine like tastes of the blue or the tripel, but a very good dubbel.

[rerate] Finally got around to drinking an entire bottle of this. Much better flavor and palate than I remember from the sample at alefest. Very nice dubbel!

Bottle sampled at Dayton Ale Fest. Dark brown color with a fairly thick head. Not much lacing. Extremely drinkable Belgian brew but not the most complex. It’s pretty hard to compare this one to the Chimay Blue. Still, has nice sweet flavors of raisins and other fruit with slight yeasty aromas and flavors as well. Pretty dry finish.

750ml bottle from By the Bottle in Vancouver, WA--Poured a rich, ruby-chestnut body with a full beige head. Yeastiness, hoppiness, and sweet maltiness prevailed on this beer. Lots of aroma and fruity complexities. Effervescent mouthfeel, but not over the top. Gritty, full-bodied texture. Great hoppy profile. Spicy yet easy on the palate. I could drink this all day.