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Chimay Bleue (Blue) 4.01 2532

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
25324.02/5.04.01/5.09%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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 Aquilo (282), California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 27, 2009  
Dark cloudy brown with a lively head. Very fragrant. Aromas of dark fruit, caramel and spices. Flavor is mostly sweet, and the fruit flavors really come through in the finish. Very fizzy. Not my favorite trappist, but still very good, and very drinkable.


NickBerckmans (3), Tervuren, Belgium
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4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Nov 25, 2009  
Dark beer with a nice brown head. Malty aroma, some alcohol. Good taste, also malty, strong alcoholic .Maybe a little too carbonated. I love this one.


TheDoctor (53), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Nov 24, 2009  
aroma of fruit and yeast, hazy dark brown pour with lasting cream head, malty flavor with light sweetness and some late bitterness. full body. Alcohol becomes more present in finish.


 zizzybalubba (403), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 22, 2009  
750 mL from the local Farm Fresh (bottled August 2008 according to the cork). Reddish-brown pour with a fizzy off white head. Aroma of Belgian candi sugar, alcohol, and perhaps a hint of cherry (or at least some other dark fruit). Taste is lightly sweet with notes of raisin and prune. Medium bodied. A very good beer that typifies the style.


 ttutony (105), Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Nov 22, 2009  
Just a really fine Belgian ale, with slightly fruity almost champagne-like character. Complex, floral, well-balanced.


 davidm (186), Melbourne, Australia
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/105/519/20
Nov 20, 2009  
Bottle 330ml. Top class beer. Aromas of dark fruit, apple, roasted malt, and earth. Flavour is predominantly sweet, with some balancing bitterness. Palate is sirupy, full-bodied, and highly carbonated, with an alcoholic finish. Dark red in the glass, the head is fizzy, and it disappears.


rags2rags (29), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/518/20
Nov 19, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a dark, dark reddish-brown with a quickly diminishing tan head that yields an attractively sweet and spicy yeast aroma. The taste backs up the appearance nicely. It’s a complex net of yeast and malts that is fruity and caramelly at the same time. Very pleasant to drink.


gte620v (29), Georgia, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/519/20
Nov 19, 2009  
Oh Chimay, how I love you. Despite widespread distribution, Chimay Blue still really takes the cake for most delicious beer. There is enough alcohol to get you going and the high carbonation combined with taste of prickly spices is perfect for my carbonation-biased palate. The true test of Chimay’s staying power, though, is that it is the only beer that make sure is always stocked in my house.



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