Chimay Triple / Blanche (White)

Drank it on tap at Mason’s in Sacramento. Pours golden and hazy with nice carbonation. Light/medium bodied, very well balanced between malts and hops. However, it is spicy at the end. One of the best finishes I’ve had so far.

Poured a cloudy golden color with nice white head that lasted a while. Aroma is yeasty and is also fruity. Flavor is crisp, clean and fruity with a touch of bitterness. The mouthfeel is very nice and this beer disguises the 8% alcohol very well. Nice beer to sip and savor.

Chimay Cinq Cents is a very carbonated golden ale with particles swirling around in it. The head is huge and foamy. The aroma is bready and grassy with banana and clove. It is very smooth on the mouth with a medium-full body. It has a well-blended flavor, a touch sweet with banana bread, cloves and leather. An excellent tripel.

Another masterpiece at the Beer Fest this last Saturday at Split Rock in the Poconos. This is a hopped, fruity smell. Appearance is hazy amber. Flavor is complex with malt, fruit, maybe raisin. The feel is smooth with adequate bitter. Masterful.

I am in love with this beer. I love Tripel. And La Blanche is a Tripel among Tripels, for sure. Try as I might, I could find no fault with this brew -- much like Mary Poppins, it is Practically Perfect in Every Way. My current favorite aspect is the nose/aroma -- I would be content to sit and smell the glass for an afternoon. It’s that hint of springtime rhododendron/azalea blooms that sends me over the edge. And the palate/mouthfeel -- c’est orgasmique.

Bottle from Systembolaget. A hazy orange complextion with a thick rocky head. Fresh bready yeast aroma with a sprinkling of corriander. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel wth a dollop of orange marmalade and cloves.

330ml Bottle - Gravity Beer Market - Olympia, WA
Aroma – Deep Belgian aroma with a light fruitiness in the end.
Appearance – Golden yellow color, Light fluffy head and hazy.
Flavor – Nice Belgian ale flavor. Deep flavors with lots of fruitiness.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, Good texture with a Great finish.
Overall – One of the better Belgians that I ever have had. I did not get sucked into this is Chimay I must love this beer scenario. I did this as a test with other beers around it was a fine beer.

Poured into a Chimay trappist glass which really released the fruity aroma. Nice banana and raisin smell. Not as strong in alcohol as the blue but a very nice beer nonetheless. However, I wouldn’t recommend having more than a couple.