Chimay Grande Reserve (Blue) - Beer Review

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Chimay Grande Reserve is a trappist quadruple with a long history. I was a little surprised at how the boys responded to it. Let's just say that two of the three reviewers wouldn't buy it again. Can you guess which members of the Better Beer Authority cast the dissenting votes?

Partial Transcript: "On Tap -- Chimay Grande Reserve

Hi, I'm James Knott and today we are talking about Chimay Grande Reserve from the Notre Dame Abbey at Scourmont in Chimay, Belgium.

This beer is the same as Chimay Blue, but they change the name for the 25.4 oz bottle because the brewery feels that the flavor is affected when secondary fermentation happens in a larger vessel. A larger 51 oz wine bottle is also sold called Magnum Grande Reserve.

Chimay is one of only seven Trappist breweries in the world -- 6 in Belgium, 1 in the Netherlands. To be officially recognized as a trappist beer the beer must be brewed within the walls of an abbey under the control of monks. Also, the proceeds must not be used for profit, but instead used for the Abbey and its charitable works.

Chimay Grande Reserve is a Belgian Strong, Dark Ale or Quadruple with 9 percent ABV. The water is drawn from wells on the Abbey grounds. It is not pasteurized and is a great beer for cellaring. Drink it out of a chalice at around 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

Q&A

Chimay Grande Reserve gets a (???) on the BBA scale. You can read more about our ratings at betterbeerauthority.com. What's your favorite Trappist ale? Let us know in the comment section. Thanks for watching. I'm James Knott and this is your Better Beer Authority."

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[pargement]

I CANNOT BELIEVE HE PREFERS COORS LIGHT OVER CHIMAY!!!!!!!!!!! He knows nothing of beer

[AgileHProductions]

@pargement This is one of our two most hated episodes. I hope you will check out some of our newer episodes and before you write us off. We have a blind taste test of Chimay Blue that was pretty interesting.

[pargement]

@AgileHProductions

Hello. Thank you for your response. I have watched a few more, and really enjoy the show. I love the history of the beers in the start of each episode especially, please dont slow down on that. Thank you.

Clay

[AgileHProductions]

@pargement Awesome. I'm glad you watched more. I think this isn't the best representation of what our show is about, so I'm happy you gave us a second chance.

[JanexxDoe]

How can these guys compare Chimay to miller and bud. Its a champagne style beer not crappy american corn beer! Please dude I rate this beer at least a 7. Is it the best type of champagne style beer I've had no. If you prefer carbonated water with a little alcohol added to it then fine. I'll stick to beer that actually has some flavor in it. "I'd go for the miller instead" haha

[AgileHProductions]

@JanexxDoe I think they came into this review with some preconceived notions about the beer. You should check out the blind taste test we did of this beer in response to all the poor feedback we received on this video.

[spewintothis]

Haha. I can't imagine anyone saying, "I wanna get drunk, let's drink Chimay"

[JackieChilds1]

your opinion is your opinion but this beer is probably one of the top 25 best beers in the world .the fruityness of the yeast and malty flavors lends itself to some of the most enticing ,earthy ,and ancient flavors in the world. please stop embarrassing the state of O-H-I-O

[AgileHProductions]

@jcomp21 You're not the only that was disappointed. That's why we did the blind taste of Chimay last month.

[jcomp21]

I just did a taste test with Chimay blue and bunch of different beers yesterday, including beers by great divide, deschute's, dogfish head, and north coast. Chimay blue beat them all and blew them all out of the water. Are you sure you had a bottle that wasn't expired? Maybe you were drinking one from 1805 or something?

[jcomp21]

Wow I literally, once again, disagree with almost everything Mark is saying. Does he even like Beer?? Go drink your Miller light!  Geeeeesh. Hundreds of years of monk brewing and he'd rather drink pee? find a new panelist.

I like Chef but was dissapointed by his response.

[AgileHProductions]

@marcfeyzeau I don't think we necessarily nailed it on this one, which is why we did a blind taste test of the beer this month. You should check it out. This is our second most "disliked" video on the web. It doesn't necessarily represent us well. I hope you will check out some of our other reviews and give us a second chance.