Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

Aroma of belgian yeast, grapes and some brown sugar. High carbonation. A little roasted flavor with hints of toffee.

Drank from a 1 pt. bottle. Impressive bottle, pops like champagne when opening. Pours a reddish orange color, with a unfiltered look to it, small white head. Great aroma. Carbonation is high. Champagne is a perfect description of this beer. In fact I think I may be popping a bottle of this in celebration instead of the bubbly! Cider like in taste, apple and wheat, reminds me of autumn. Fantastic beer. Will keep for toasting or celebration.

Screaming applesauce at me this has a very sweet nose. Pours a reddish murky brown with some white head the lasted. Wonderful carbonation that was champagne like and refreshing. Medium body and a very crisp finish. Flavor to me was all apple and I liked it. The finish at a slight alcohol warming but not enough to ruin it. I can get some plum and raisins out it and I really did not feel that it was too sweet. Overall I could really chill out with this brew many times

330 ml bottle. Nice dark nutty brown colour with light brown head. Unclear and hazy. Aroma has malts, nuts and earth, cookies, some oat too. Don’t know why, but aroma is little light, not so overwhelming than expected. Flavour has some alcohol warmth, some malty dark wheat aroma and banana. Sweet mouthfeel. Frankly, I had more expectations for this.

750 mL bottle from Trader Joe’s ($9.99). Pours a murky dark chestnut brown. The carbonation seems to give this a very cola-like head which was composed of large tan bubbles which disappeared very quickly. Light and sweet aroma of yeast and bready malts. Tastes stronger and better than it smells with sweet dark bready malts, caramel, musty yeast, brown sugar, cherry and possibly some other stone fruits. All that carbonation moves playfully over the tongue. Alcohol is quite well hidden. Certainly my favorite of the Chimay line.

Aroma - nuts, malts, plums. Appearance - Dark brown with fizzy head that leaves a small layer behind. Flavor - plums, dark fruit, sweet malt and a touch of light chocolate. Palate - medium body, creamy, average carbonation, astringent. Overall - very good beer that hides the abv very well. Sweet but not overly sweet with a nice astringentness that makes you keep sippling. Like a much more concentrated Chimay Red.

Who hasn’t had Chimay? It is what is. I’m not a big fan considering how commerical its gotten.

Pours with a nice big head that fizzes away into a smallish but tight head. The color is a very dark hazy brown. Aroma is yeasty and nutty with some deep malty sweet notes and some plum like fruitiness. Flavor is very good, the malty sweetness is very present here but it’s not cloying, this is one of those where the alcohol seems to balance the sweetness, which I always find is either brilliant or a total disaster, more often it’s the latter of those two but in the case of this beer it is brilliant. Fruity notes of cherry, apple, and pear are present and work well alongside a good nuttiness.