Chimay Rouge (Red)

Mid bodied, good carbonation. Dark red in color almost a maroon. This is a very good beer. Not too strong of a flavor but it has enough that it doesn’t need to be that strong.

Red, brown colored brew. Sweet, yeasty, malty aroma. Fruits, sweetness and malty flavor. Nice.

11.20 Bottle: this is a very sexy beer, dark red color with white head that retains. Aroma consists malt, hints of bananas, cream and alcohol. Wonderfully rich silky taste consisting of sweet malt and prune with a slight banana taste. The thing that stands out most in this beer is the rich taste. It has a very slight hop taste hardly noticeable. The richness lingers to a wonderful aftertaste that lasts. "Those Trappist monks know how to do it" is what is thought and said out loud when drinking this. Plus as stated on the bottle, "A major part of the sales revenue is used by the monks to support charitable works." Those Trappist monks...

I can’t believe I’ve been on Rate Beer this long and haven’t rated this beer. Admittedly my least favorite of the Chimay beers, still a nice Dubbel. Sampled out of one of the little bottles. Murky brown color with a big rocky beige head. Light pit fruit nose with some dark sugar. Warming alcohol sensation. Tastes of ripe plum and other juicey fruits, and dark brown sugar sweetness. Solid beer, and readily available.

750 mL Magnum poured into a snifter. Pours a pretty chestnut-red with a nice head. It’s very clear and I didn’t really expect it to be. Aroma is yeasty, malty and sweet. The taste starts out very sweet with a large dose of plum and raisin flavors. Very sweet. Nice, dry finish, though. Well balanced. Quite different from the other Chimay beers, but I like this quite much.

Grand Slam at the Beer Fest in the Poconos. The aroma a bit roasty malt and spice. Heady with a dark brown color. Flavor is complex with sweet and smooth. Roasty, sweet, bitter, and fizzy all at once and all in a sensible way. Nice silky carbonation, very smooth. Masterful.

Best beer I have ever had...I am no professional but this is really some good stuff

Bottle. Moderate malt aromas of roasted and nutty, light herbs for the hops, moderate notes of leather and broth for the yeast, with prune, wood, pepper and ahint of cola in the background. Head is fizzy, off-white, with a little lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is hazy, but sparkling dark red/brown. Flavor starts lightly sweet and moderately acidic, then finishesmoderately acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, dry and watery, and it has a fizzy carbonation. Not as good as the blue and white but definitely an excellent sessoin beer.