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Chimay Bleue (Blue) 4.01 2535

Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Percentile
99
overall
Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
25354.02/5.04.01/5.09%98.8Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Chimay Bleu is principally distinguished by its character of a strong beer. This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavour, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensations perceived in the aroma , while revealing a light but pleasant touch of roasted malt. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurised.
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 epf33 (222), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/514/20
Oct 31, 2008  
foamy head that doesn’t hold well, cloudy light brown, simply amazing


 PaulHegedus (469), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Bottle. Pours dark brown with a small, fast disappearing head. This is very aromatic stuff, with -get this- grape ’’Big Chew’’ bubblegum strongly asserting itself (and by no means does this mean it smells in any way cheap; it’s fantastic), then some raisin, sugar. The flavour is of grape, raisin, dark cherry, with alcohol, more bubblegum. Mouthfeel is medium with very little in the way of carbonation. A keeper.


 plovmand (1737), Helsinge, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Bottle. Poured dark brown with a medium beige head. Yeasty aroma with fruity notes of raisins and hints of brown sugar. Flavour is spicy and sugary with caramel and a touch of alcohol.


 danielcurtis81 (916), San Diego, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Getting notebook online. Bottle. Lots of yeast flavors. Some hopy flowers as well. A bit too much Belgium yeast for my taste. I am aging some more to compare.


KiwiJonno (70), Christchurch, New Zealand
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Tried this one at the Belgium Beer Cafe. Served in a small glass with a large head. Aroma seemed very faint to me, but of fruit and yeast. Complex tasting beer, with fruit, alcohol, yeast and malts in mixed in. Has that high alcohol warming to it. One I definitely want to try again.


xpimptastikx (41), Austin, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Oct 28, 2008  
Pours a beautiful hazy medium brown with an inch of nice khaki head. A good amount of sediment in this bottle. Smells like figs, grapes, dates, it’s dark and sweet. Taste is not as fruity as the smell leads on. A good body and feeling in the mouth. Excellent drinkability for the abv and flavor. This beer will always be a belgian favorite.


snook91901 (34), USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/105/517/20
Oct 28, 2008  
Brown/Burgundy in color with a somewhat small but long lasting head. The aroma is all esters and yeast, smells like the good parts of aging fruit. Flavor is similar with prunes/cherries and dark candi sugar flavor. Mouthfeel is thick and protein-rich


 guyinchicago (539), marengo, Illinois, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/518/20
Oct 26, 2008  
what an amazing brew pour was brown and clody aromas of yeast alcohol and malts taste was of alcohol,raisen bread and choclates and alot more very complex as iI lokked in to tmy glass it was blowing smoke rinngs that continely rose from the bottom smooth and sweet can not wait for the next one



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