Bières de Chimay (Abbaye de Scourmont)

Commercial Brewery in Baileux, Hainaut, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated with 2 Venues

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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7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Minimally milky, yellow-ish, golden colour with average, frothy, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Mildly yeasty spicy, yeasty fruity and floral aroma, pale malty background, some chamomile, apricot, mirabelle, whiffs of coriander and wasabi. Taste is sweet-ish, minimally biscuity, pale malty, yeasty spicy and yeasty fruity, slightly citrusy fruity hoppy and minimally floral, notes of apricot and mirabelle, lemon and mandarine, coriander and wasabi, some chamomile, a touch of honey.
Watery texture, slightly dry palate, medium, dense, prickly carbonation.
Very nice composition, fairly complex, nevertheless highly drinkable, quite hoppy and "modern" for a Trappist Ale - good.
Didn't really know what to expect from this. In the end it is no surprise that Chimay delivers at a decent level of quality. Everything else would do harm to the brand, of course. Somehow more Witbier than Belgian Blond and therefore maybe wrong labeled. Could have been a disappointment but isn't.
Tried from Bottle from Bierloods22 - Online Shop on 18 May 2026 at 20:59

9/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 9.5 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle: Poured a deep copper color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of caramelized malty notes with some dry fruits and residual candi sugar notes. Taste is also a mix of nice caramelized malt notes with some dry fruits, light barrel notes and some residual candi sugar and a smooth finish with no rough edges. Body is full for style with good carbonation and no real discernible alcohol notes. Seems to me like an upgrade over the original.
Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2026 at 17:34

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
15.05.2026 - 0.33l bottle from super u paris. pors a hazy chestnut. aroma of dried fruits, caramel. flavour of banana, dried fruits, malts, bittersweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2026 at 21:31

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tight white foamy head on a cloudy pale golden coloured body.
Citrus, yeast & herbal aroma.
Medium bodied, foamy & clean.
Citrus, yeast, herbal & clove tastes with a zesty finish.
Tastes a bit Saison-ish - Good.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2026 at 16:15

8.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 9
Fles gekocht in België en gedronken met Tomhendriksen. (Tht 2021)
Licht troebel roodbruin bier met volle beige schuimkraag die snel weg ebt.
Aroma is houtig met een lichte geur van cognac.
Smaak is vol fruitig, zacht zoet, houtig en cognac achtig.
Nasmaak is licht houtig.
Tried on 11 May 2026 at 20:07

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Fles gedeeld door Inoven. Het is een licht troebel roodbruin bier met een volle beige schuim welke snel weg ebt. Het heeft een aroma van houtige tonen en cognac. De smaak is vol fruitig, zacht zoet, houtig en cognac achtig.
Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2026 at 19:23

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle 0,33 ltr: Slightly clear golden colored brew with sweet bitter taste with hints of oranges, apricot and some coriander.
Tried from Bottle from De Bierwinkel on 10 May 2026 at 20:51

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
750ml @ Phill's.
Aroma: Belgian hops and esters.
Taste: along the same lines, nice body, flowery, fruity,
Overall: good one.
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2026 at 04:04

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Almost clear golden, huge, firm head. Peppery, spicy nose with coriander and esters. Mid sweet with medium to full body and rounded mouthfeel. Estery and grainy with marzipan and peppery heat and coriander. Warming bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle from Systembolaget Beställningssortiment on 02 May 2026 at 22:05

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Bottle at de Papil Brugge. Clear gold beer lasting white head. Plenty of peach and aproct.esters throughout More apricot to be honest. Its cold. Lovely. Good flavours. A tasty blond. Some hop sting on the finish. Good apricot type flavours. Lovely blond.
Tried from Bottle on 02 May 2026 at 12:41