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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.


3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
beernovice39 (1775) - South Carolina, USA - MAY 29, 2010
Cloudy like mus pour with a nice head. Very dry. Not my style but the wife likes it.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
llcooldave (722) - San Antonio, Texas, USA - MAY 28, 2010
Aroma consists of... raisin cookies! Awesome... Dark cloudy leather brown in appearance. Slightly sweet yeasty malt flavor and very effervescent on the palate. Overall this is smooth, drinkable and awesome.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
phaleslu (3182) - Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - MAY 24, 2010
11.2 oz. bottle from Keller’s IGA. Pours a cloudy plum-red-amber with visible yeast sediment. Aroma of Belgian yeast, spices, banana, apricot, candi sugar, caramel malts, dust, nuts, and a hint of alcohol. Flavor of Belgian yeast, nuts, spices, mixed fruits, pepper, caramel malts, and candi sugar. Medium-bodied, smooth, with moderate carbonation and a dry yeasty finish. Tried in red-white-blue order with the other two main Chimay beers, this was right up there with the other two.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
MrBeerFanatic (502) - jamestown, New York, USA - MAY 22, 2010
1pt 9.4fl.oz wegmans. Dark murky copper in color light bubbly tension for the head with medium carbonation. Aromas of spices, mellowed malts, slight alcoholic ester, light bread, light fruity esters of cherry and sour/tart apple. Slightly oily consistent of the palate. Flavors mostly all malts consisting of caramel, light cherry underneath, little bread/dough, hint of oak/wood (but well faint/subdued). Sweet, silky, dry finish, slightly cloying. A fairly well done abbey but I’d prefer their others first for the high price tag.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
capali1234 (224) - HUNGARY - MAY 21, 2010
It’s a great beer, smooth, medium bodied, silky finish. This was a nice treat.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
944play (307) - Santa Rosa, California, USA - MAY 21, 2010
750 in De Koninck goblet. Chilled bottle opened loudly; pour is hazy brown with lofty cream head. Aromas of cedar, cookie spice, and a hint of sulfur. Flavors of snappy phenols, dates, and resin. Effervescent; burps have more apple than phenol. Body is seemingly more substantial than my last tasting, but it still has a little of the Coca-Cola nature. This is likely the very first Belgian ale I ever tasted 12 years ago.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
topherh (1709) - Kearney, Missouri, USA - MAY 18, 2010
Pours a hazy orange with an off white head. Aroma is sweet malt, yeast, and caramel. Flavor is fruity malt, yeast, ripe fruit. Fairly thin mouthfeel with a mostly dry finish.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
humulushound (242) - British Columbia, CANADA - MAY 16, 2010
Pours opaque and brown, tan head slightly lighter than the blue. Aroma is nutty and spicy (cinnamon, allspice), caramel and yeast - but less dark, rich malts than the blue. Flavor is sweet and spicy with pungent yeast and a light warming finish. Medium body with lively carbonation and a complex but slightly restrained finish. Excellent dubbel.


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