Chimay Rouge (Red)

Brewed by Chimay
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Baileux, Belgium

Pours a amber color with a small tan head. Nose is delightful but not pungent, with spice, dark fruits, belgian sugar, clove, and yeast. Mouthfeel is crisp, refreshing. Initial tastte of clove, touch of banana, light fruits and bready malts. Finishing clean with mild hop balance. Good palate duration and head retention. Excellent brew.

he last Chimay for me to try is also my favorite of the three styles ..yes yes I know a Quad is technically a bigger Dubbel, bear with me. Pour is a very murky brown with some floaties and a nice eggshell white head that gets pretty big bud also disappointingly dies down rather quickly. Smell is great, bread and some light spice and malty goodness, no sign of hops. Taste is surprisngly bold, mimicking the characteristics of nose with a bit more prominent spice. This is going to rank in front of the White but behind the Blue as far as my taste is concerned. As with most Belgians, the mouth is refined to a point where you almost take it for granted. Relatively thin and bubbly, where it needs to be. A fairly easy drinker for a relatively big beer, and definitely a good and slightly cheaper alternative to it’s bigger brother, but for me anyway it doesn’t hang with some of the better dubbels around such as St. Bernardus’s 8 and of course the King, Westy 8.

Excellent! Many brew dubbels, but this one might be the benchmark. Plenty of malt brilliance and a perfect mouthfeel. I will look for another dubbel to top this balanced beauty.

Pours dark copper/amber color. Very smooth. Aromas of spice and fruits. Sweet start but also has a very slight bitter finish. From a tasting set.

One of my all-time favorites. I love abbey dubbels, and this has got to be the best one I’ve ever tried. Simply delicious and something every beer drinker should try!

Bottle @ Metro. 7%. Dark brown/amber colour with a tan head. Aroma is toffee, hazelnut, sweet malts. Taste is light, grainy and sweet fruits. Quite pleasantly spiced and extremely smooth on the finish. Dark, strong bodied, and absolutely superb.

Dark ambar body and tan head. Caramel, nuts and yeast aroma. Nuts, fruits and malts flavor. Dry finish. A good beer.

Bottle. Cloudy amber beer. Head does not last. Slight caramel taste very well balanced with mild hops. Very clean taste. Medium body. Alcohol is masked very well. Very good.