Rouge (Red)
Bières de Chimay

 

 

Copenhagen 31/5 2015. 33 cl bottle from Fakta. The chummy little chubby bootle from Chimay with a red label.

Very foamy upon opening slightly overflowing. Pours hazy orange brown with a very big white head. Stable. Settles very slowly to a 1 cm thick creamy layer of foam. Massive lacing.

Intense aroma of characteristic Belgian yeast combined with fruity sweetness. Plum and caramel and a little spice.

Medium strong carbonation. Medium thick, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is of caramel and yeast with a mild sour bitterness in aftertaste. Distinct notes of alcohol.

Very Classic Belgian.

Pours clear with a ruddy medium brown color and a foamy light tan head. Woody, slightly sour notes in the aroma with a "forest air"-like quality (hard to describe). Toasted wood, plums, cherries, and vanilla in the taste, with a very light yeasty sourness. The body is lightly creamy with a slight astringency. Earthy, woody hop bitterness at the back of the tongue. Finishes with a lasting toasted wood and vanilla taste, and green, earthy bitterness. This is a classic Belgian beer for good reason.

Dark bread, coffee, apples, subtle molasses. Subtle spice. Unique savory flavor on the finish. Kinda watery. It’s a nice, comforting beer, but too expensive for how it tastes. Doesn’t taste particularly complex or fancy.

I slightly prefer this over Blue

The Chimay Red pours a beautiful copper red with a dense tan head. A rich, complex nose of malty bread, sugar and spice, with a balanced maltiness and a hint of alcohol. Full bodied with a persistent, pleasant level of carbonation. Divine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a cloudy reddish brown, with a tightly foamy white head that settles to a patchy coverage. Chestnut and cherry on the nose, then yeasty funk on the tongue with more of the same. Finishes long and sweet.

 

 

 

Dark amber colour with spicy fruit notes. The taste is spicy fruit and cloves. Bitterness isn’t too strong. Aftertaste is like dark bread. It’s medium sweet and slight Belgian turpentine.

 

Pours a luminescent brown. Creamy head with some nice lacing. Smells like bread, banana, and slight pineapple. Taste follows the smell, as well as well-rounded and satisfying. Bready raisin in the aftertaste. Very nice.