Bleue / Blue / Grande Réserve
Bières de Chimay (Abbaye de Scourmont) in Baileux, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.81
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The Chimay Blue is a dark ale with a powerful aroma. Its complex flavor improves with passing time. The 75-centiliter version (since 1982) is called ''Grande Réserve'' because of its great storage potential., It was first brewed as a Christmas beer by the monks of Scourmont Abbey in 1956. But after its great success, it was decided to offer it permanently.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Cloudy deep brown with a perfect ivory-coloured head. Dark malts, rich Belgian yeast, massive esters, dried fruits, hop. Everything in balance. Medium dry. Notably bitter at the end. Not as groundbreaking as it was some 10 years ago still very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2026
at 20:04
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2026
at 10:26
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2026
at 06:38
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2025 version, Bruxelles café Lausanne with Raoul, a good classic on the Belgian way, boozy, medium body, malty, smooth with a right touch of plum, yeasty and bitter, well balanced, never boring with this one.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Bruxelles Café
on 22 Jan 2026
at 09:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
bottle at home ...Jan 2 2026..mdark red brown ... thin white lacing ...soft sweet blackcurrant toffee chocolate roast malts nose ...dark soft sweet umami ...sweet caramel toffee fruit ..definitely showing loads of age
Tried
on 02 Jan 2026
at 13:22
9/10
Tried
on 24 Dec 2025
at 09:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Barwa miedziana, niemal klarowne, piana w kolorze jasnego beżu, średnio obfita, średnio trwała.
W aromacie ciemne słody, ciemne owoce, cukier kandyzowany.
W smaku półsłodkie, jest sporo nut słodowych i owocowych, lekka słodycz cukrowo-karmelowa, figi, rodzynki, nuty rumowe szlachetnego alkoholu.
Goryczka średnia, nieco alkoholowa, wysycenie wysokie, ciało w normie.
Dobre, aczkolwiek brakuje większej głębi
W aromacie ciemne słody, ciemne owoce, cukier kandyzowany.
W smaku półsłodkie, jest sporo nut słodowych i owocowych, lekka słodycz cukrowo-karmelowa, figi, rodzynki, nuty rumowe szlachetnego alkoholu.
Goryczka średnia, nieco alkoholowa, wysycenie wysokie, ciało w normie.
Dobre, aczkolwiek brakuje większej głębi
Tried
from Bottle
from
Auchan Supermarket Warszawa Kobielska
on 19 Dec 2025
at 21:33
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2025
at 05:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Magnum to celebrate my 10,000th rating on RateBeer June 13th 2020. Shared with Blackhaddock and the beer share posse in the Quarry, Shrewsbury
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from Bottle
at
Chez Sophie
on 07 Dec 2025
at 10:19
Tried
on 14 Nov 2025
at 22:47