Dorée / Gold / Spéciale Du Potaupré
(has 5 batches)
Bières de Chimay (Abbaye de Scourmont) in Baileux, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.84
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The Chimay Gold, which is brewed in the heart of Scourmont Abbey, was for long reserved for the monastic community and its guests and staff. Its refreshing aromas of hops and spice are now yours to try.
Originally this was the refectory beer drunk by the monks and as such it was a water-diluted version of the Red Chimay, but it was given its own recipe in 2006. Initially it was only available in the abbey itself but since 2013 it is generally available. At the nearby Auberge de Poteaupré, it is tapped from the barrel as Chimay Spéciale Poteaupré.
Originally this was the refectory beer drunk by the monks and as such it was a water-diluted version of the Red Chimay, but it was given its own recipe in 2006. Initially it was only available in the abbey itself but since 2013 it is generally available. At the nearby Auberge de Poteaupré, it is tapped from the barrel as Chimay Spéciale Poteaupré.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to chalice.
Appearance: amber in color with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: Belgian spices, coriander, some sweet apples, bananas, clove, apricots, herbal whiffs, slight floral then super light funk
Flavor: does a pretty good job of combining the prior noted aromas to a fairly good spicy to Belgian-like sweetness; finishes leaning into the bananas, apricots and floral tones
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper (and this is only a 4.8%-er! Woweee!); some smoothness but noted "Belgian-back-of-the-throat" grabby like dryness, it's quainter than other Chimays but still there and I expected it and was ready for it
Overall: another nice Chimay beer but also my last one of theirs until I can find more by them. Also, if this is the standard of patersbiers then all these Americanized ones I've been trying are way too watered down. Hence - my doubletake at some American brewers. Hmmmmmm....
Bottle to chalice.
Appearance: amber in color with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: Belgian spices, coriander, some sweet apples, bananas, clove, apricots, herbal whiffs, slight floral then super light funk
Flavor: does a pretty good job of combining the prior noted aromas to a fairly good spicy to Belgian-like sweetness; finishes leaning into the bananas, apricots and floral tones
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper (and this is only a 4.8%-er! Woweee!); some smoothness but noted "Belgian-back-of-the-throat" grabby like dryness, it's quainter than other Chimays but still there and I expected it and was ready for it
Overall: another nice Chimay beer but also my last one of theirs until I can find more by them. Also, if this is the standard of patersbiers then all these Americanized ones I've been trying are way too watered down. Hence - my doubletake at some American brewers. Hmmmmmm....
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2026
at 02:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Aromass are malt, Belgian yeast and a little spice. Flavors are similar to nose. Fairly mild. Probably least favorite from this brewery.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
on 18 Dec 2025
at 00:42
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 5
Overall 7
16/10/2025. Bottle at the Sky Tower Bar, Tirana. Pours well. Aroma is flowery, citrus, yeasty, bready, spiced, coriander. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Light herbal, spicy, coriander notes. Moderate body, quite lively. Oily palate. Having run out of new Albania beers in Tirana, this was an okay alternative in ones of Tirana’s best spots.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2025
at 11:07
