Chimay Red Beer: A Taste of Belgium in Japan
The Chimay Red is where most Belgians begin with Chimay, and for good reason: it is the original. When the monks of Scourmont Abbey first…
The Chimay Red is where most Belgians begin with Chimay, and for good reason: it is the original. When the monks of Scourmont Abbey first…
For most of Chimay’s history, the Gold did not exist for the public. It was the beer the monks of Scourmont Abbey brewed for themselves…
There is a point at which a bottle stops being a vessel and starts being a statement. The Chimay Blue Magnum Grande Reserve is that…
The Chimay Blue is a beer most Belgians know. The Grande Réserve is the version that asks something different of you: patience. It is the…
The Chimay Blue is the beer that Belgians reach for when the occasion requires something they do not have to explain. It has been in…
In 2012, the monks of Scourmont Abbey marked one hundred and fifty years of brewing by releasing a beer that sits outside their standard range.…
Bruges is a city that takes its beer seriously in the way that only a place with two centuries of uninterrupted practice can. The canals,…
The Weizenbock is what happens when a wheat beer stops being modest. The banana and clove yeast character that defines a standard hefeweizen is still…
A hefeweizen poured correctly takes time. The bottle needs to be rolled gently before opening — not shaken, but turned slowly to rouse the yeast…
The German pilsner is a different beer from its Czech cousin, and most Germans will tell you so without being asked. Where the Bohemian original…