Chimay Triple / Blanche (White)

330ml Bottle. Pours hazy golden orange with a big white head that lasts well. Nose is slightly funky with notes of yeast, citrus, honey and spice. Good flavour that strikes a nice balance between sweet and spicy notes, with hints of honey, coriander, banana and clove. Quite highly carbonated which doesn’t spoil the mouthfeel at all and with a lingering sweetish spicy finish. This is a great beer and considering how hard it is to get a tripel just right, all the more impressive.

Had this beer on tap at a lounge on melrose. Light head with a profound texture and a beautiful amber color. Could drink all day!

This is my least favorite Chimay. Since I perfer donker or bruin Strong Belgium Ales, I was not too impressed with Chimay Blanche. The aroma is a bit citrusy or almost banana from the yeast selection, The taste is light and carbonated at first and the finish good from the bittering hops. The overall taste is not very full. I think the Gouden Carolus Tripel is more complete.

Poured with a nice head that took a while to disappear. I’ve never been all that good at issolating flavours and such but I can say that its pretty much everything you can expect from a good Trappist ale. It was spicy with a hint of sweetness but a bitter a finish. I appreciated though that the bitter finish (while enjoyable for a few moments) didn’t linger. I’d say its quite similar but not as good as a Delirium Treemens.

750ml bottle: tulip: now that’s the stuff!!! Hoppy, fruity wonderland. Well balanced, medium carbonation, sweet, bitter, bright, fluffy... a true great.

33cl bottle, Alko. Golden slightly hazy in color. Citrus and yeast aroma. bitter finish.

Cloudy golden color; Medium dry body; Aroma of hops, citrus, and bread; Flavor mainly of hops & citrus, some yeast as well; Slight alcohol towards the finish; Not my favorite Chimay, but still quite good.

Hazy golden body with a dirty white head. Pretty thick head that leaves spot lacing. Aroma was a yeasty spice with pepper and orange peel. Taste was the same. Great carbonated creamy mouthfeel. A full bodied beer that left a nice candied citric bite at the end.