Chimay Rouge (Red)

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Baileux, Belgium

Pours a regal deep amber cloudy color with a thick, creamy head. Very complex and aromatic upon nosing, with sugestions of dark fruit cake, spiced brandy, raisins, molases, vanilla-caverndish tobacco, and rum-soaked cedar wood. Full bodied, almost chewy with an oily mouthfeel. Equally complex taste with hints of candied dark fruits infused in ancient oak-barrel-aged brandy. The taste develops into suggestions of burnt sugar, plumbs, oloroso sherry, and warm cinamon-raisin bread. Long, warming, tappering finish with appetizing hop bitterness, and slightly acidic astringency with notes of tart black cherries, figs, vanilla, and spiced rum. Try with a tradition monastery-prepared dark fruitcake drenched with brandy or cognac. Also try with cherries jubilee or Banana fosters desert with vanilla bean icecream.

Cloudy reddish brown with off white head. Aroma of brown sugar and raisins. Woody flavor with dried fruits. Good flavor of fruits and sugar. Just a bit of bitterness. Overall a very nice trappist ale.

Pours a cloudy, dark red with a small white head. Flavor is fruity and mildly sweet.

Cloudy and murky with bits of goodness floating around.thin to no head after initial pour. Fruit taste turns to malt then hops. Raisin or dates. I like all the Chimay offerings.

Copper color with a off-white bumpy head. Flavor is sweet fruit and nuts with a touch of hops. A nice smooth, dry and slightly bitter finish, very fine carbonation. Very good dubbel - a fine compliment to the Indian food that I ate with it.

Another one of my favorite Beligum beers. reddish brown in color. Very smooth and consistent flavor

Reddish brown with a thick off white head. Lightly spiced and floral aroma is fairly faint. Clove spice and a nice fruity sweetness at the end. Very smooth and carbonated.

bottle poured into a chimay trappist glass has a thick copper amber color with lots of floating sediment and active carbonation. when held to the light the sediment is brought up with the carbonation and falls back down the sides of the glass, very pretty. aroma has sweet fruit, yeast, caramel, and flower pollen. flavor is well balanced, apricot coming through, light malted bitterness, flowery pollen, and some alcohol. mouth feel is medium with plenty of carbonation and a complementing texture. the yeast is what really stands out and makes this beer.