Bières de Chimay (Abbaye de Scourmont)

Commercial Brewery in Baileux, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Chimay

Established in 1862

Contact
Route Charlemagne 8, Baileux, 6464, Belgium
Description
Chimay is an authentic Trappist beer: this means that it is brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery, under the control and responsibility of the community of monks, who are involved through the process of making and marketing the beer. Most of the income generated by this activity is devoted to the needs of the community and social works.

The brewery was founded inside Scourmont Abbey, in the Belgian municipality of Chimay in 1862. Since the seventies the beer is transported from the monastery to the bottling plant 12 km away at Baileux, where also the cheese factory and a visitor center are located. The beer is then refermented in the bottle for three weeks before being shipped around the world. 50% of Chimay beer production is sold on the export markets. The brewing plant was updated in 1988.

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6.9
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

Tried from Bottle from Auchan Supermarket Warszawa Kobielska on 19 Dec 2025 at 21:33


6.8
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

gave a cheers!

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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Aromas are pale Mall Belgian yeast and spice. Flavors are similar to nose with just right sweetness body and carbonation. A bit champagney. Very nice. At a Chimay 175 tap takeover.

Tried from Draft at Bodega Brew Pub, Inc. on 17 Dec 2025 at 23:32

gave a cheers!

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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Draft at De Paas, Den Haag. Poured a slightly hazy yellow golden colour with a big lasting frothy white head. The aroma is yeasty, aromatic. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a fresh, smooth, yeasty, light aromatic hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Draft at De Paas on 16 Dec 2025 at 22:15

gave a cheers!

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8
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

Tried from Bottle at Chez Sophie on 07 Dec 2025 at 10:19