Chimay White Trappist Beer: A Taste of Belgium in Japan
A Trappist tripel in a can is not a contradiction. The beer inside is the same pale gold, spicy, citrus-edged recipe that Scourmont Abbey has…
A Trappist tripel in a can is not a contradiction. The beer inside is the same pale gold, spicy, citrus-edged recipe that Scourmont Abbey has…
The name Cinq Cents — five hundred — refers to the 500th anniversary of the town of Chimay, and it is the name the brewery…
Among Chimay’s range, the White is the one that surprises people who arrive expecting the brewery’s darker, maltier character. Where the Red leads with caramel…
The Chimay Red is a beer most Belgians know from the standard 330ml bottle. The Première takes the same recipe and puts it in a…
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.…