Grande Réserve Fermentée en Barriques - Chêne Français, Chêne Américain, Whisky (2018)
Bières de Chimay (Abbaye de Scourmont) in Baileux, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Special Out of Production|
Score
7.86
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To the eye, an intense brown beer, with bright glints and creamy foam.
On the nose, woody notes and delicate hints of pears as well as plums.
On the palate, the barrel-ageing provides bread crust, roasting and smoky aromas, enhanced by a touch of honey and vanilla.
34% french oak
41% american oak
25% Whisky
On the nose, woody notes and delicate hints of pears as well as plums.
On the palate, the barrel-ageing provides bread crust, roasting and smoky aromas, enhanced by a touch of honey and vanilla.
34% french oak
41% american oak
25% Whisky
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 0.375l at Ardes residence, Helsinki. Color is almost clear brown with small white head. Ripe fruits, some plum, vanilla, malts... Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2021
at 14:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml corked and caged bottle.
It pours a dark brown with reddish highlights, ample, no, more than ample head of off white foam.
Dark fruits and whiskey dominate the smell. Malty with some oxidation, figs, nice complex aromas.
Malty, some oxidation, whiskey taste. Dark pitted fruit, very light hint of port, which will probably grow as the vintage ages more.
Fullish body, lively carbonation.
Very good but not worth $40.
It pours a dark brown with reddish highlights, ample, no, more than ample head of off white foam.
Dark fruits and whiskey dominate the smell. Malty with some oxidation, figs, nice complex aromas.
Malty, some oxidation, whiskey taste. Dark pitted fruit, very light hint of port, which will probably grow as the vintage ages more.
Fullish body, lively carbonation.
Very good but not worth $40.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2021
at 22:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours dark brown, big white head. Smell is sweet, sugar. Taste is sharp, bit booze, sugar, mild wood. No real whiskey. Some extra sweetness.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2021
at 13:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel woody aroma with hints of dark fruit. Fruity malty woody caramel flavor. Has a fruity sweetish malty woody caramel spicy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2020
at 15:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by Jack, thanks! Pours a clear amber with a slight brown hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet grains, caramel, belgian yeast and a bit of whiskey barrel backing. Flavor has sweet grains and bread supported by Belgian yeast, Belgian candied sugar and a hint of whiskey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2020
at 21:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12.5 oz corked and caged. Aroma is toffee, apple, marshmallow, woody, banana, light whiskey. Pours dark brown with red highlights and sediment under a one finger cap of beige foam with good retention. Taste is highly sweet and a bit savory, caramelly, with apple-y fruity esters. A nice sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2020
at 04:23
8/10
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Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2020
at 17:25
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
I’ve held onto this 375 ml bottle since February after getting it at Total Wine in Santa Fe. On a per ounce basis, this has to be the most expensive single purchase I have made in my almost four years doing RateBeer, just saying. But nobody made me make the buy, I am a fan of Chimay Blue and this is an extension of that. Tonight I have Mindi Abair providing the chill jazz and my Chimay glass doing the honors for my 750th rating, all apropos. High expectations since I believe barrel aging almost always improves a brew over the original version. The pour provides a clear, cola-brown body with a steadily recharged, parchment colored head. I get the scent of figs, raisins and whole grain bread. Finally I have a taste, dates, figs, dark cherry, some caramel and cane syrup. I detect a minimal amount of barrel effect, would not have minded more. A chewy sensation, thick, I like that. An improvement over the base Chimay? Perhaps. But not enough to offset the cost. Time to sit back, drink the rest of the bottle and enjoy the ride.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2020
at 00:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sample, dark brown beer, small head, aroma is fruit, candy, sweet, wood. Taate is the same, sweet, fruity, light bitter. Very nice
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jul 2020
at 19:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
A 375ml bottle kindly shared by djoeye. Bubbly pearl white head leaving rich lacing down the glass, brown coloured body with a deep rustic shade. Solid aroma of dried fruits and caramel. Solid taste profile as well, impacts of prunes, dark plums and choco-caramel, woody, distant hints of whisky.Lingering, warming ending. Full bodied. Great slow sipper qualities. (Rating session with djoeye and Finn, Tromsø 05.06.2020).
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2020
at 07:59