Chimay Tripel

Also known as Chimay Blanche or Chimay White. The beer is essentially the middle beer in the popular Chimay trio. Like the other Chimay beers it is reported to age quite well and can be cellared to improve or develop more character. It is a crisper beer than the other Chimay offerings thanks to a more developed hopped flavour.

Origin: Scourmont Abbey, Belgium

Alcohol/vol: 8.0%

Style: Ale

Average Rating: 6.25 

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Danny’s tasting

This Chimay is more commonly known in the business as Chimay White (refer colour of the bottle cap). It is the middle beer in the divine Chimay threesome which range in alcoholic content and price from Red to White and then to Blue.

The white has a slightly more fruitier taste than the Red and is lighter in taste. It reminds me of a typical Belgium beer only in a nice way. It’s more than average but I can’t rate it as high as the Red.

Chimay White is a sequel to the Red in the same vain as “Back to the Future 2”, “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Empire Strikes Back”.  They all follow a classic and all struggle to match the original

God himself being the perfectionist he is, was recorded as saying (in an extract from the Dead Sea Scrolls sub titled “What are my followers offering me this week”)

“and lo the lord didst try this new drink with the white cap and after long deliberation didst say “……………. bugger ……………… it wouldst appear that thine trusted followers have droppedeth the ball on this one”

and lo the lord was slightly miffed and didst turn his attention to the inventor of Pilsener and didst smite him (he had been warned)

JC might have been a bit harsh in his review of the white but it shows what a good judge of a beer he is.

Chimay White has a TP ratio (taste to price) of approx 1:1  so if you’re prepared to spend the $7.99- per 330ml stubbie then give it a go once but the smart money says you will get better value elsewhere.

7.5

5.0

Craig’s tasting

In an effort to get a full appreciation for this beer I ensured that it was perfectly chilled to a temperature between its recommended 6 & 8 degrees celsius. I am after all, widely considered to be one of the biggest fans the Chimay range in the Southern Hemisphere.

Getting straight to the point however I am very sorry to say that this beer is going to fall short of the mark no matter what temperature you take it at.

Its taste is bitter with one of the longest lingering aftertastes on offer anywhere in the world. Which is fine if you like that sort of taste hanging around and repeatedly abusing every taste bud have.

Despite its shortcomings it is still a high quality beer no matter which way you look at it. To give you a better understanding of the point I am trying to make here just look at the late Michael Jackson. Here was a man that had some obvious floors in his personality but having said that so do we all.

The difference between Michael Jackson and the rest of us is that even at his very worst he still managed the be the definition of someone who pisses excellence.

Tripel as with Michael may not be to everyones taste. But you would be moron to even suggest that what they offer is average.

At the end of the day, thanks to the internet and the lack of unscreened feedback capacity on this website I am still able to give it an average rating. The day I ever reach for this offering over the other two in this range is the day I download a Lady GaGa song over a Michael Jackson one.

CRAIG

DANNY