Chimay Bleue (Blue)

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Baileux, Belgium

One great beer. Aroma of malts,yeast,fruits. Taste is very nice and complicated with yeast,fruits,brown sugar and some chocolate(?). Long lasting finish. Nice body, strong in alcohol. Well balanced at all.

Pours dark and cloudy but nearly as black as I expected. Palate was the best part of the beer. Smooth, lush, and full till the last drop even with the sediment at the bottom of the beer. Flavor wasn’t as complex as I expected. Definitely as meal in a glass. Drank with a Chimay white and some Chimay Cheese that I found at Whole Foods. The Blue paired better with the cheese than the white. The flavors of the cheese and beer went amazingly well together. I didn’t particularly like the cheese by itself. With the beer though it was amazingly. Highly recommended either way.

330ml bottle. Dark, cloudy mahogany with varying shades and bubbly white head. There’s a sweet vinous nose with cloves and a dab of alcohol. The dry flavor is sultanas, cloves and fruity hints. A little clumsy and over rated from this sample.

750-ml bottle Marcello’s Lafayette, LA - Aroma: sweet (malt), raisin, spicy (yeast), alcoholic; Appearance: reddish-brown color, hazy, tan head, some laces; Flavor: sweet, salty (malt), raisin, spicy (yeast), alcohol; Mouthfeel: medium bodied, moderate carbonation; Overall: nice subtle and balanced aroma and flavored beer.

Bottle, 300ml. Sweet. Browinsh, copper, typical belgian head. Hints of raisin and other fruits, caramel and spices. Complex indeed.

citrus, raisin, spicey aroma, some sulfur presence, deep dark copper color cloudy with frothy white head, some sediment visible, light sweetness, some fruits, mild alchohol presence,medium body, lively, long finish,

bottle, nice dark brown colour with stable and white lacing head. Yeasty and fruity smell. Taste: dark fruits, sugar, plums, tofee, alcohol, yeasty. Nice touch of caramel in the afteraste.