Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

Poured a dark, cloudy caramel/molasses color with a thin beige head. The head disappeard to just a film rather quickly. The aroma was of toffee, raisins, dried fruits and some alcohol. There was good carbonation on the initial taste. The texture was lightly creamy/silky. Initially the flavor was slightly tart with maybe the flavor of cherries and then mellowed into more of a sweet flavor of the roasted malts with flavors of raisins and toffee. The finish was rather mellow and mild on the palate.

Bottle. Poured brown in color with a small off-white head that was fully diminishing and had fair lacing. The aroma was of roasted malts and mild flowery hops with a light scent of sweet yeast. It tasted slightly bitter yet sweet in the beginning and finished moderatley sweet and malty with the flavor only lasting a short time. Mouthfeel was medium in body with a creamy-oily texture. Overall an outstanding strong ale.

Bottle (small sample). Excellent beer! Murky brown pour, dark fruity nose with caramel. Dark fruit and bread taste - everything in balance, just an extremely well done beer.

overall a wonderfully crafted beer has a light flowery aftertaste caused by the fermentation of the yeast and it is not as bitter as most strong beers. This is one of the best beers I have ever had!! a must try

Pours a dark clear ruby brown with a very light tan head that starts off around 2 fingers and then faded. Nice punch in the aroma, sweet toffee and malts. Very nicely balanced -- the malts aren’t too sweet and the abv isn’t too overpowering.

From bottle on 12/24/2009. Pours a dcark amber/brown with light creamy head. Aroma to sweet side with toffee, caramel, dark fruit notes. Finishes a bit dry with a bite of alcohol. Overall a very pleasant beer to savor. Well balanced throughout.

Well balanced beer. Strong sweet nose with aroma’s of caramel, chocolate, nuts. Also light citrus flavours, herbal tones. In the flavor there were tones of raisins aswell. There is a long balanced aftertaste which evolves along flavour given before. Close to perfection in my opinion. The beer combined very well with dried peppersausages, dutch hausmacher, and beef stew with sirop beerjus and mashed potatoe.

Small bottle, the beer started to bubble up to the top of the bottle when the cap was popped, has a hazy/murky dark brown pour, the sediment in the bottle poured into the glass and left a lot of particles in the ale, I tried to avoid pouring the sediment, made a one finger high light tan colored head, head deflated to a ring and cover that had some open areas, there was a large effervescent hill in the center of the glass along with many small effervescent hills bubbling away, aromas of dark fruit aromas of raisin and prune, yeast, hint of chocolate, dark bread, brown sugar sweetness, flavors of dark fruit, bread, bread and brown sugar sweetness, this beer has a little pepper, citrus and hop bite at the finish and the finish is dry, has a nice mouth feel with some creaminess on the palate, I felt a little alcohol warmth on the tongue when the ale was at room temperature, a nice Dark Strong Ale.