Illuminatus (87), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Nov 12, 2006
330mL bottle from the LCBO. 2010 best before date. As always, wonderful aroma: fruit, sugar, malt. Amazing colour and appearance, large off-white head with a red/brown almost black body. Chimay Red breaks down a bit in the flavour, though, I find it’s a bit confused over what it wants to be. Malt is buried deep inside the mix, while fruit flavours fade in and out. A good beer, not great. Certainly nowhere near the best of the Trappists.
tofubeth (7), Vermont, USA
does not count  Jul 26, 2008 No doubt, a great beer, but strange undertones of wheat beer, which is great unless you hate wheat beer, as I do. Chimay Blue did not leave me with this feeling.
jcdsmack (21), Henderson, Nevada, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Chimay red This ale pours an amber colour with a thin tan head good carbonation supprisingly hoppy aroma thin mouthfeel and an unusual crispnesss for a belgian the 7% abv must have something to do with it as I am more accustomed to the triples and abbeys.so needless to say it lacks some of the more winey alchohol presence, not a bad thing. Biscuity sweet malt finish fruity hop aroma very drinkable. While I find most belgians to be one and done because of the body and abv this lighter crisper example is very easily followed by a second and third. I did notice a slight mettalic taste near the end of the bottle when the yeast sediment was more prevalent. Not in a bad way just a hint on the finish.
Dr_Funk (58), Sorumsand, Norway
Jul 25, 2008 bottle from monooly outlet, oslo.
Pours hazy brown with creamy tan head. Weizen-like aromas with yellow fruits. Kinda dry, but still fruity. Some sweetness in the end.
scotch4281 (20), Hollywood, Florida, USA
Jul 22, 2008 Not bad at all. Actually, I thought it was similar to Chimay Blue. Where I live, this is a very common beer, so I know bars where I can get it regularly.
 BoBoChamp (329), Gent, Belgium
Jul 21, 2008 33cl, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex, yet easy to drink Trappist, cloudy, rocky head, good brew
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