page_title: Chimay Brewery
section_title: Beers
hierarchical_section_title: Chimay Brewery / Beers
caption_attribution_description: English: The four varieties of Chimay Trappist beer.In the customary Chimay glass is the Chimay blue.The rightmost (Dorée) is only normally available at the monastery or its associated inn. Update by Charly H Chimay is an authentic Trappist beer that is it is brewed within a Trappist monastery, under the control and responsibility of the monastic community. Official website: http://www.chimay.com Only 6 beers in Belgium are "Trappist": Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle, Westvleteren and Achel. La Chimay Rouge: 7% alc.vol. La Chimay Triple: 8% La Chimay Bleue: 9% Note that since 1876, the Trappist monks of Scourmont have known the secrets of making cheese! Beer and cheese&#160;: gr8 combination&#160;;-)
context_page_description: Chimay Brewery is a brewery at Scourmont Abbey, a Trappist monastery in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium, one of the eleven breweries worldwide that produce Trappist beer. They make three ales: Chimay Rouge, Chimay Bleue, and Chimay Blanche; and one patersbier for the monks. The monastery also makes four varieties of cheese.
context_section_description: The ingredients  are: water, malted barley, wheat starch, sugar, hop extract and yeast; malt extract is used in Rouge and Bleue for colouring.
  Chimay Red, 7% ABV. In the 75 cl bottle, it is known as Première. It is a dark brown colour dubbel and has a sweet, fruity aroma.
  Chimay Blue, 9% ABV darker ale. In the 75 cl bottle, it is known as Grande Réserve. This copper-brown beer has a light creamy head and a slightly bitter taste. Considered to be the "classic" Chimay ale, it exhibits a considerable depth of fruity, peppery character.
  Chimay Triple, 8% ABV golden tripel. In the 75 cl bottle, it is known as Cinq Cents. This crisp beer bears a light orange colour, and is the most hopped and driest of the three.
  Chimay Dorée (Golden), 4.8% ABV ale, brewed from very similar ingredients as the Red, but more pale and spiced differently. It is a patersbier, intended only to be drunk at the Abbey. Since 2007 it was available at the nearby inn Auberge de Poteaupré, which is associated with the abbey. The monks themselves drink this variety rather than the stronger three. Prior to 2015, it was unusual for bottles of the Chimay Dorée to be available outside the Abbey or local inn. However, from 2013, a limited quantity of this beer was sold on draught in the United Kingdom, at 19 Fuller's pubs and in Italy, where only 50 pubs sell this variety of beer, as well as in 330 ml bottles in some export markets. In the Christmas season of 2016, Chimay made available a gift set with all four varieties and two chalices, and since has been available in limited quantities in the USA.
caption: The four varieties of Chimay, with Chimay Blue in the glass.
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