Category Archives: Chimay
#165 – Chimay White
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % This is my fourth and final Chimay (Red #7, Doree #49, Blue #45). Unless the monks decide to suddenly launch a new brew then I need to sum up succinctly and clearly all there … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Tripel, Chimay, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey, Baileux, beer, Belgian, Blue, champagne, Chimay, Cinq Cents, Cistercian, Pius IX, Pope, Red, Scourmont, Sixtus, Theodore, Trappist, Westvleteren, White
#49 – Chimay Doree
Size: on cask ABV: 4.8 % There are some beers that you can’t just buy from your local off-licence, or if you are lucky to live in or near Belgium, go pick up from your nearest Drankencentrum. Some you can’t … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Chimay, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey Beer, Auberge, beer, Belgian, breakfast, brewery tap, cheese, Chimay, Dendermonde, Doree, Drankencentrum, golden, monks, Pater, Poteaupre, Scourmont, Tripel
#45 – Chimay Blue
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % Chimay print the year of bottling on their ‘Blue’ labels. Many other beers do, but not prominently on the front of the bottle. One of the unique selling points of good Belgian beer is … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Chimay, Trappist Beer
Tagged as aging, beer, Belgian, Bleue, Blue, bottle, cellar, cellaring, chill haze, Chimay, conditioned, floordrobe, Grand, Reserve, Rochefort, Trappistes, vintage
#7 – Chimay Red
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7% Chimay is an authentic Trappist brewery, located at the Scourmont Abbey deep in the Hainaut countryside. The Abbey was formed in 1850 and beers have been brewed there since 1862. There are 171 Trappist monasteries … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Chimay, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey, Belgian beer, Chimay, Premiere, Scourmont, Trappist, Val Dieu
