Chimay Brewery

Chimay is a Trappist beer that is brewed in the Abbey of Notre- Dame de Scourmont in Chimay in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

Today, about 130,000 hectoliters annually Chimay brewed in the abbey. This is more than 10% of Belgian specialty beer market. One third of the production is exported. The bottling of about 35,000 bottles per hour currently happening outside of the monastery by laymen on the industrial site Baileux so as not to disturb the monastic life.

Chimay is unfiltered and unpasteurized.

Besides Chimay only five other Trappist beers must bear the proprietary label Authentic Trappist Product in Belgium: Achel, Westvleteren, Orval, Rochefort and Westmalle; and La Trappe in the Netherlands and since 2012 Engelszell in Austria.

History

1850 at the request of the Prince of Chimay, the Cistercian Abbey in Chimay Trappist abbey by monks of Saint Sixtus Westvleteren (see also Westvleteren beer) founded. There is brewed with a particularly delicate water since 1862 Chimay.

  • Chimay Dorée (Golden Chimay ): a blond table beer with an alcohol content of 4.8 %. Golden Bottle Cap, black sticker. It can be bought exclusively at the Abbey as well as in the neighboring hostel Poteaupré.
  • Chimay Rouge ( Red Chimay ): a copper -colored beer with an alcohol content of 7 %. Chimay rouge is available in bottles of 33 cl and 75 cl Red bottle caps, red sticker. In the 75 cl bottle of Chimay Première called. It is the oldest of today's Chimaybiere. It has a gentle, fruity taste. The beer should not be stored longer than one year prior to consumption.
  • Chimay Chimay triple also blanche ( White Chimay ): an amber triplet with an alcohol content of 8 %. Chimay Triple is available in bottles of 33 cl and 75 cl White bottle caps, white sticker. In the 75 cl bottle Cinq Cents called. It is the newest of today's Chimaybiere.
  • Chimay Bleue ( Blue Chimay ): a dark beer with 9% alcohol. Chimay Bleue is available in bottles of 33 cl, 75 cl, 1.5 liters and 3 liters. Blue bottle caps, blue sticker. In the 75 cl bottle Grande Réserve called. Chimay Bleue matures for several years in the bottle.

Enjoyment

Chimay Rouge and Chimay Bleue should be at cellar temperature ( 10-12 ° C) to drink because at this temperature the beer fully developed. Chimay Triple drinking after recommendation as to best between 6-8 ° C, on tap is a temperature 4-8 ° C is recommended.

Chimays be enjoyed in a clean, grease-free Chimaykelch. In a train you should then slowly pour the beer into the glass slightly angled. About a centimeter - the lees - should remain in the bottle. In second gear, you can then drink the rest safe with the vitamin-rich yeast lees.

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