Chimay Blue

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

Taverne Horta, Brussels, Belgium

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		18 Jul 2019	Tried this after SH's review, superb 2019 edition, smooth bready wheaty and bizarre as it sounds, bananas!
Stephen Harris		28 Sep 2016	From a bottle. My first taste of the 2016 vintage, and it is probably as good as ever.

Sam's Café, Brussels, Belgium

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		23 Jan 2018	A 2017 vintage bottle and on excellent form I thought.
ChrisE		19 Oct 2015	Exactly as described by Stephen Harris although I must confess I did not check the vintage on the bottle.
Stephen Harris		13 Oct 2015	From a bottle. 2015 vintage: fresh and very well-carbonated. With the yeast and sediment all poured in (important to do this with this beer I think) it had much of the character I was beginning to think had been lost from this beer. Rich, spicy, warming and just a hint of sourness.

The Edmund Halley, Lee Green, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		14 Nov 2017	Bottled 2017 version, nice nightcap nick too
Philip Pirrip		27 Jun 2017	2016 bottle, very metallic smell and taste
Philip Pirrip		19 Apr 2017	A bottled 2016 Vintage in very fine form indeed

Hotel Ibis Brussels Gare du Midi, Brussels, Belgium

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		19 Nov 2015	2015 vintage bottle. Smooth and very lovely dark beer.

Cafe Noir, Braga, Portugal

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		10 Jan 2014	A couple of Chimays helped the afternoon pass in to evening. These 2013 bottles still tasting just a little raw and not yet quite the full ticket.

Tavern de Jachthoorn, Hoogstraten, Belgium

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		07 Dec 2013	Bottled 2013 vintage is starting to mellow nicely.

The Rambler, Ghent, Belgium

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		06 Oct 2013	Served from a bottle. I am amongst those who believe that this beer is no longer the exceptional, classic beer it once was. This bottle was of the 2013 vintage, so still pretty fresh. It is still a wonderfully rich, strong, brown beer in the Abbey Dubbel style.