Rouge (Red)
Bières de Chimay

Rouge (Red)Rouge (Red)
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From:
Bières de Chimay
 
Belgium
Style:
Dubbel
Ranked #7
ABV:
7%
Score:
92
Ranked #4,241
Avg:
4.15 | pDev: 10.84%
Reviews:
1,811
Ratings:
5,258
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 07, 2024
Added:
Nov 20, 2000
Wants:
  340
Gots:
  1,159
Known as Première in 0.75l bottles.

The Chimay Red is the oldest of the Chimays. Its coppery color and sweet, fruity taste make it a particularly tasty dark ale.
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Ratings by zoso1967:
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Reviewed by zoso1967 from Michigan

4.57/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a muddy orange brown with a wonderful almond head full of fine bubbles. The head slowly recedes but remains as a thin layer on top of the beer for quite some time and leaves no lace. The aroma is full of spice from the yeast as well as the aroma of dried cherries, raisins, bready malt, some woodiness and brown sugar. The flavor is mostly malty with a nice fruitiness and a sort of cherry/prune thing going on. Brown sugar is also evident, as is some dark, bready malt, earthy hop notes, some leather and a clove/cinnamon spice from the yeast. This beer is wonderfully balanced, so well balanced in fact that a quick sip would lead one to think this is one dimensional, but the more I slowly enjoy this goblet, the more nuances seem to surface. The mouthfeel is medium, with carbonation that I wish was a little bit more subdued, but it's not a deal breaker. Very drinkable and enjoyable. Probably my favorite of all of the Chimay offerings.
Jul 14, 2010
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Rated: 4.52 by ZOSO2192 from New York

Mar 07, 2024
 
Rated: 4.19 by Kost97

Feb 25, 2024
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Reviewed by Cathartes from Massachusetts

4.22/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
11.2 oz bottle acclimated to 51°F and poured into a Chimay chalice.

Pours a murky brown, dark but pale in saturation. Produces a 1.5 finger, foamy, persistent khaki head, leaving moderate lacing.

Initial aroma is prunes, rum extract, and molasses. Further smells yield notes of dark brown bread and a hint of caramel.

Initial taste before swallowing is rich in dark malt and dark fruit.

After swallowing I'm first hit by powerful dark brown bready malt, then a note of sticky caramel, which is joined by some mild to moderate hops, which mellow, yielding a slightly metallic but pleasant and sweet caramel malty finish in the back of the mouth with a kiss of hops in the front. Notes of raisin found throughout.

Feel is really wonderful, the best way I can describe it is that it really is really like drinking liquid grain.
Feb 25, 2024
 
Rated: 4.28 by OhioLimoncello from Ohio

Feb 16, 2024
 
Rated: 4.41 by mushycake from Connecticut

Jan 31, 2024
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Reviewed by Weisenbeer from Ohio

4.32/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Tastes like a delightful combination of a brown ale and sparkling champagne.... I should have known that once I popped the cork this Belgian beauty would be quite delicious ... I was not disappointed
Jan 19, 2024
 
Rated: 3.5 by SeanP99 from North Carolina

Jan 11, 2024
 
Rated: 4.29 by Prospero from Colorado

Jan 05, 2024
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Reviewed by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota

4.33/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Pours murky brown with a tan head that leaves spotty lacing. Aroma is caramel malt, dark bread, yeast and stone fruit. Flavor follows the nose, a touch sweet up front with just a hint of bitterness in the finish. Feel is light and well carbonated. Overall, a very nice ale.
Jan 01, 2024
 
Rated: 5 by drownedsorrows from Idaho

Dec 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4.53 by stfady2009 from Romania

Dec 16, 2023
 
Rated: 4.53 by KeithGreatNorth from Canada (BC)

Dec 02, 2023
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Reviewed by MadMadMike from France

4.02/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
.33 L bottle. Best by 7/2027. Poured with gusto into a snifter, a fab beige cap forms atop hazy mahogany fluid.
Aroma is caramel malt, yeasty dough, figgy plum.
Flavor is right in the same pocket. There’s nutty goodness, date, an assertive hop pops joy. Well balanced. A bit chewy. The yeast note corrals everything together and keeps any overt sweetness at bay.
Mouthfeel is medium-full, and it has bouncy carbonation.
Overall, a fine, really easy drinking offering from the Cistercian Trappist Monks of Chimay.
Nov 29, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by Nyoder

Nov 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4.69 by superwho24 from Arkansas

Nov 16, 2023
 
Rated: 4.18 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Nov 09, 2023
 
Rated: 4.16 by MrJones07 from Spain

Oct 21, 2023
 
Rated: 3 by BrisLoganite from Australia

Sep 18, 2023
Rouge (Red) from Bières de Chimay
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