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Rouge (Red)
Bières de Chimay
- 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:
- 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.
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 mmva321:
Reviewed by mmva321 from Missouri
4.45/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a Chimay chalice.
My first experience with a Trappist brewery, and I was not disappointed.
The body pours a very dense reddish-brown. Almost the color of rust. As you drink, there is a yeast deposit that forms near the bottom. The head is a very thick and creamy two fingers of off-white goodness. There is also some carbonation, which makes the beer seem to glisten in the light.
A very subtle smell. Some bitter hops mix well with smooth malts. There is a little bit of funk to the auroma which really makes the smell pop and some bready yeast that smooths it all out. I also love the fruitiness (maybe prunes) which come off as more spicey than sweet.
Tastes how it smells. Same great balance and refinement. Once again, the fruits in the beer have more of a spicey tone than sweetness, a nice and unique characterisitc of this beer.
Perhaps my one complaint is with the feel. The beer to me is slightly too watery. When the beer hits the sides of my tongue, I usually mark it down if the beer seems too thin. The beer is of a good consistency, but perhaps something could have given it a little more substance.
One of the more well-refined beers I've ever had and an absolute pleasure to drink. You can't drink it that fast, but you're not supposed to. Sit back and enjoy.
Mar 14, 2010My first experience with a Trappist brewery, and I was not disappointed.
The body pours a very dense reddish-brown. Almost the color of rust. As you drink, there is a yeast deposit that forms near the bottom. The head is a very thick and creamy two fingers of off-white goodness. There is also some carbonation, which makes the beer seem to glisten in the light.
A very subtle smell. Some bitter hops mix well with smooth malts. There is a little bit of funk to the auroma which really makes the smell pop and some bready yeast that smooths it all out. I also love the fruitiness (maybe prunes) which come off as more spicey than sweet.
Tastes how it smells. Same great balance and refinement. Once again, the fruits in the beer have more of a spicey tone than sweetness, a nice and unique characterisitc of this beer.
Perhaps my one complaint is with the feel. The beer to me is slightly too watery. When the beer hits the sides of my tongue, I usually mark it down if the beer seems too thin. The beer is of a good consistency, but perhaps something could have given it a little more substance.
One of the more well-refined beers I've ever had and an absolute pleasure to drink. You can't drink it that fast, but you're not supposed to. Sit back and enjoy.
More User Ratings:
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
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, 2024Pours 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.
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
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, 2024Reviewed by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota
4.33/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
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, 2024Reviewed by MadMadMike from France
4.02/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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, 2023Aroma 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.
Rouge (Red) from Bières de Chimay
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
5258 ratings
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