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Chimay Blue Label is the one that really started my love for Belgian ales. I'm not as enamored with the sweet esthery strong ale style as I used to be, but Grande Reserve and Rochefort 6 still hold a special place in my heart.
Had a bottle of Chimay Grande Reserve last night. Love the stuff. My local beer and wine store has them cold in all sizes and I have two of Chimay glasses. When I find it in a restaurant I will always order one.
Got to have my Chimay Blue.
I have a 2007 bottle I've been saving; hoping to make it to ten years before I do a side-by-side with a fresh bottle. Excellent beer made even better by the fact you can find it at every freakin' Trader Joe's in the United States.
I have a 2007 bottle I've been saving; hoping to make it to ten years before I do a side-by-side with a fresh bottle. Excellent beer made even better by the fact you can find it at every freakin' Trader Joe's in the United States.
I don't follow the logic. In general beer doesn't age well. What you want is freshness, because it tends to spoil over time. Other than cask conditioning for a month or two under ideal conditions, I can't see the appeal of drinking a ten year old bottle of beer.
I don't follow the logic. In general beer doesn't age well. What you want is freshness, because it tends to spoil over time. Other than cask conditioning for a month or two under ideal conditions, I can't see the appeal of drinking a ten year old bottle of beer.
No, plenty of beers age well, including many Belgian styles. In general, beer with high alcohol content, particular yeast strains (such as lambics) and certain spices (i.e. Anchor Christmas) can be aged for years, even decades, just like wine.
Everything Chimay puts out is fantastic IMHO. I always buy a few bottles when I am in a town with a good liquor store.
And some beers can age well, I know many of my homebrews I made 5 years ago taste much better than they did when I made them. Now if you class fizzy yellow American water as beer, then no they dont age well at all.
No, plenty of beers age well, including many Belgian styles.
I actually know that. I should have said >>I<< can't see the logic in doing that, because I don't have the dark cool storage space for it, and I tend to move every 2 or 3 years.
This is in my opinion the best beer made that is readily available. BUT, it must be the 25.9 ounce bottle that is pressurized and corked, NOT the small bottles with bottlecaps. Big difference in taste.
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