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Chimay Triple / Blanche (White) 3.81 1840

Chimay Triple / Blanche (White)

Percentile
98
overall
Brewed by Chimay
Style: Abbey Tripel
Baileux, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
18403.81/5.03.81/5.08%98.2Trappist glass, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Chimay Blanche (White), with its typical golden colour, its slightly hazy appearance and its fine head is especially characterised by its aroma which results from an agreeable combination of fresh hops and yeast. The beer's flavour, as sensed in the mouth, comes from the smell of hops: above all it is the fruity notes of muscat and raisins that give this beer a particularly attractive aroma. The aroma complements the touch of bitterness. There is no acidity, but an after-bitterness which melts in the mouth. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurised.
Ingredients: Water, malted barley, wheat starch, sugar, hop extract and yeast. See Protz and John White
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 rmalloy (195), los angeles, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Dec 5, 2002  
Very special. One of the best beers I’ve had. Hoppy, yeasty, and earthy. Everything is balanced. The aroma is refreshing and uplifting. The taste is refined, and more complex than that in the rouge. Perfect head. The only negative is that it isn’t ultracomplex like some stronger Belgians. My favorite Chimay.


 CQC (224), Sydney, Australia
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/518/20
Jul 5, 2002  
Bonus. Drunk this baby a number of times.. never realised that we hadn’t rated this lover. Orangey, honey, smokey Tequila pepperpinch (eh wtf?). Like the 750ml bottles.... Nice. But don’t drink through your nose. Well you have to get up close to get the full aroma..... ’The Palate, she doesn’t linger too long and when she’s gone she leaves her shoes at the door.’ Don’t care..gonna drink it again and will re-rate it again. again.


 RichardGretton (3153), Leicestershire, England
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Jun 3, 2002  
Darker than a normal blonde ale and the head lasts for ever. The aroma and flavour are more akin to an English ale with citric undertones. Thoroughly drinkable, one of the best Belgium ales you will drink.


 bierkoning (6082), La Tropica, Netherlands
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
Nov 16, 2002  
a firm, creamy, long-lasting head. Strong aroma of hops and citrus. Also hops and citrus in the dry taste, combined with a slight tartness. Long hopbitter finish. A real, complex, trappist ale, maltier and easier to drink than Orval and Westmalle tripel. Re-rate from tap, Café de Nieuwe Roos Ootmarsum: I’ve boosted the rating from 3.8 to 4.3. Sweeter than the bottled version, almost honeyish, but with the raw hoppiness and the long lingering hoppy finish. Maybe the bottled version is a bit more complex, but the tap version has a much more appealing taste.


 mikeben (344), Naperville, Illinois, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/518/20
Aug 10, 2003  
While the least impressive of this brand (I like red and blue a bit better) this is by no bad. In fact its quite good and gave me a good buzz. It is like Bass ale in its thickness and sweet sour flavor but much more consistent. Obvousliy this is higher in quality than Bass but there are similarites. I would drink this again and you know what I like it.


 William (183), Utrecht, Netherlands
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/517/20
May 15, 2002  
Beautiful head that stays around. I particularly liked the combination of hop bitterness and fruityness. Excellent trappist ale, but still comes short to Bleu.


 uhorpheus (215), houston, Texas, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/518/20
Dec 3, 2002    Updated: Jan 15, 2003
Good stuff. Nice thick but short head. Cloudy body, nice belgian lacing, spicy, aromatic taste with a sweet, carbonated finish. cleanisng aftertaste.


 Trogdor (193), brisbane, Australia
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/518/20
Jan 27, 2004    Updated: Jan 30, 2004
toffee, honey and dark chocolate and nectary flowers [some australian natives come to mind] on the nose. looks fantastic in the glass, with a rich amber colour and excellent head. for me the dominant flavours were dark chocolate [without much of the bitterness associated with dark chocolate] and toffee, with subtle hints of dried fruit. nice smooth body with fantastic bitterness that seemed to me to compliment the flavours beautifully.



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