Bleue / Blue / Grande Réserve
(has 30 batches)
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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Pretty mellow and soft with most original flavor is gone.
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from Bottle
at
Kulminator
on 07 Sep 2021
at 17:16
Birth Year beer. Might have been infected, it is super tart like an oud bruin.
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from Bottle
at
Kulminator
on 07 Sep 2021
at 17:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,33l bottle at home. BB 2013. almost black color, small off-white / tan head. smells of dried fruits, sherry, marzipan, hints of soy sauce, cherries. very nice smell. full body, light carbonation. tastes of sherry, dried fruits, marzipan, soy sauce, spices, doughy, bit dusty. finishes lightly sweet with notes of sherry, dried fruits and some marzipan. quite good one, liked this a lot better then a fresh one.
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Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2021
at 16:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2018. Dark brown. Aroma of raisins, caramel, hard candies, dried dark and red fruits, spices, chocolate. Very intensive, sweet and belgian. Taste of caramel, raisins, spices, chocolate, some fruits. Not as sweet as aroma. Aroma announce sweet and full beer but taste is medium bodied and drier. Medium carbonation. Very nice one but obviously expected more.
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from Can
on 21 Jul 2021
at 20:12
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
75cl bottle. Pours roan brown with reddish highlight when held to a light. Medium beige head that slowly recedes. The aroma features mixed dark fruits, red fruits, Belgian type yeasts and something that reminds me of spruce tips. The taste is raisins, dates, plums, some spices, vanilla, and colas. Finishes with lingering Belgian yeasts. The palate is full and creamy with soft carbonation. Overall; Top shelf stuff. My old age has taught me to appreciate these old masters when I can get them.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2021
at 01:05