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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.


4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
ttutony (509) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - NOV 22, 2009
Everyone has heard of Chimay and for good reason, it is a great beer. Nice interplay between different elements while staying balanced. Great flavors.

3.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
coldmeat23 (232) - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - NOV 17, 2009
Very deep, rich, dark amber color. Smallish creamy white foamy head. Decent, but minimal, retention. Almost no lacing. Big caramel notes on the forefront. Deep, dark fruits that are just a day away from being overripe. Nice, rich malt profile. Nice yeasty quality. Taste is pretty light, compared to the nose. Nice malty presence, though really not very sweet. Quite earthy and yeasty, actually. Possibly over-carbonated, IMO. Mouthfeel is creamy enough, but nothing to right home about. The overdone carbonation really hurts it, I think. I would think of this as a good ’starter’ dubbel. My least fave from Chimay.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Carabia (35) - Itä-Raasepori, FINLAND - NOV 16, 2009
Murky dark brown beer with a rich, beige head that leaves a huge amount of lace behind. The aroma has some crunchy sugar, fruity hops, vanilla and banana. The taste has a lot of syrupy malt, a little iron and bittery hops.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
potbeercollege (1322) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - NOV 15, 2009
Bottled 750ml. Murky Orange brown. Tan head, never disappearing. Aroma is citrus and salt water, caramel, yeast, fruits (specifically apples and banana), alcohol, and chocolate. Flavor is yeasty and apple/cider fruity, booze, roasted chocolate. Ends clean and delicate and inexplicably floral; always lacy.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Frovigalning (1320) - Örebro, SWEDEN - NOV 15, 2009
It poured a dark hazy reddish liquid wiht a medium sized dirty white foam that dissapeared very fast. So fast it dissapeared before I had a chance to take a picture of it. It had a sweet smell of caramell, spices and wood. The mouthfeel was fairly smooth with a medium amount of carbonation. It had a medium body and a low bitterness. It had a sweet taste of caramell, vanilla, tea, sugar and wood.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
proesti (58) - Lille Nord, FRANCE - NOV 14, 2009
Hazy brown beer with light beige mousse. Aroma is caramel fruits and sweet malts. This beer is tastefull and has a fine elegance. end with a soft bitterniss.

4.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Berley31 (230) - New Brunswick, CANADA - NOV 13, 2009
A: Poured with a small, off-white head, but what was there actually stayed there for most of the time while I was drinking the beer. Body is a nice, light brown, like melted milk chocolate... almost a dark ruby red. Cloudy body. S: Very nice aroma of malty breadiness, with hints of cloves and banana as well. T: Quite a sweet flavor to this beer, but it’s not sickening or cloying... not a bit. The cloves and banana are present, but nicely in the background. A fantastic-tasting beer. M: Medium-bodied with a creamy texture, and a quite fizzy carbonation. D: Wow, this is an excellent Dubbel. Definitely goes down easy with hardly any trace of alcohol. Something I could sip on all night if I had the opportunity.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
pompelmoes (89) - BELGIUM - NOV 11, 2009
Great looking, chesnut in colour and nice off white head on top. Aroma is malty, elegant slight fruity with some faint caramel touches. taste is elegant, and almost easy drinking for a trappist beer. Anyway, I like the straight forwardness of this beer, it has character and a clean malty, slight caramely and fruity taste. Had it straight from the fridge and loved its lightness.


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