Grande Réserve 2015 Vieillie en Fût de Bois
Bières de Chimay (Abbaye de Scourmont) in Baileux, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Series Out of Production|
Score
7.62
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To the palate, it is a rounded, creamy beer. Amongst its sweet and roasted accents, it shows perfect balance, despite a higher alcohol content than its predecessor. Its refined sparkling properties add the finishing touch to the unique character of an exceptional product.
64% of the oak-barrels are sourced from France and 36% from America. This batch n°1 is 10% alc. vol.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the Essen Winter Beer Festival, 2015. Poured a murky medium brown with a frothy round off white head. The aroma is coconut, vanilla, red berry fruit. The flavour is moderate sweet with a rich fruity oak alcoholic bitter palate. Medium bodied with lively carbonation and a bubbly mouthfeel.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Chimay Grande Réserve Vieillie en fûts de Bois / Barrel Aged (2015) (by Abbaye de Scourmont - Chimay):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
17/XI/15 - 75cl @ Horeca Expo (Gent) - BB: n/a (2015-1597) Thanks to Stijn and Melissa for sharing the beer!
Could've been first... damn you back log!
Clear dark brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable. Aroma: sweet, caramel, raisins, dried fruits, some chocolate, banana. MF: lots of carbon, medium body. Taste: dried fruits, raisins, bit oxidized, spicy touch. Aftertaste: caramel, fruity, malty, raisins, some vanilla, little bitter.