chimay red
RSD...@psuvm.psu.edu
imay Red, the worst beer on the planet. It is one liter of pure hell. It is
brewed by cloistered Belgian monks who have been cloistered for entirely too
long. Chimay is the only beer that I was happy to puke up.
CHRIS CANE
From: RSD...@psuvm.psu.edu
Subject: chimay red
Shame on you! After having 110 beers from around the world, you find Chimay
Red to be awful?? I would like to know what the other 109 were like! Surely
you must've had a bad bottle. I really like this beer and would hate to see it
get a bad rep. (especially in a forum like alt.beer, where opinions are
formulated on commentaries such as these.) Chimay Red is supposed to be
cloudy and murky because secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle.
Try some again (this time use a goblet) and you'll see.
Jeff Frane
Aren't you the same guy who said he loved the Silver Bullet? Somehow
there is a line of consistency here running through Coors Light, Chimay
Red--NOT, and drinking so much beer you puke. What a guy!
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Tim Seiss
excited when I saw the Chimay Red topic. I was surprised by
what I read, though.
For several years now I have thought that the Chimay Red
was one of the best beers that I had tried. In fact, my
father-in-law and brothers-in-law have been giving me bottles
of the Red Ale, the Cing Cents, and the Grand Reserve at
Christmas time. In describing the taste to others, I have
said that if beer, wine, and hard liquor have a common
denominator, then Chimay might be it.
In defense of your opinion that Chimay Red qualifies as the
worst beer on the planet, I have to concede that my brother-in-
law once gave me several six-packs of the 12-oz bottles that
were setting in the back fridge of a local bar he tended. My
anticipation turned to horror since the beer was so old that
it was almost like vinegar. Maybe you experienced an old,
stale bottle.
Jeff Frane
>Article 602 of alt.beer:
>From: RSD...@psuvm.psu.edu
>Subject: chimay red
>>My world beer tour (110 beers) at Old Chicago in Colorado Springs ended with Ch
>>imay Red, the worst beer on the planet. It is one liter of pure hell. It is
>>brewed by cloistered Belgian monks who have been cloistered for entirely too
>>long. Chimay is the only beer that I was happy to puke up.
>Shame on you! After having 110 beers from around the world, you find Chimay
>Red to be awful?? I would like to know what the other 109 were like! Surely
>you must've had a bad bottle. I really like this beer and would hate to see it
>get a bad rep. (especially in a forum like alt.beer, where opinions are
>cloudy and murky because secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle.
>Try some again (this time use a goblet) and you'll see.
While I agree with you that Chimay is a wonderful beer, it is *NOT* true
that the beer should be cloudy. When poured properly, it is perfectly
clear (although I suppose it might have a chill haze if served too
cold). On reflection, it seems possible that the above individual had a
beer that was mishandled: the Chimay yeast strain actually tastes pretty
nasty, unlike so many others. If the bottle had been shaken up before
pouring it wouldn't be at its best.
--Jeff Frane
Sergej Roytman
In article <1992Feb3.1...@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, t...@intrepid.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Seiss) writes:
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|In defense of your opinion that Chimay Red qualifies as the
|worst beer on the planet, I have to concede that my brother-in-
|law once gave me several six-packs of the 12-oz bottles that
|were setting in the back fridge of a local bar he tended. My
|anticipation turned to horror since the beer was so old that
|it was almost like vinegar. Maybe you experienced an old,
|stale bottle.
Speaking of age of Chimay, what does the date on the cork mean? Is it the
date of bottling, or of shipping, or what? Also, what is a good age for a
bottle (assuming, of course, that it was handled properly in transit) in
the States?
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Jeff Frane
>Speaking of age of Chimay, what does the date on the cork mean? Is it the
>date of bottling, or of shipping, or what? Also, what is a good age for a
>bottle (assuming, of course, that it was handled properly in transit) in
>the States?
>| (Sergej Roytman)
The date on the cork is the bottling date. Jim Kennedy, at Admiralty
Distributing (who imports Chimay into the NW) suggests that the Rouge
should be drunk fairly young; personally, I like to get a little age,
six months or so on the Red and a year or more on the Reserve. The beer
definitely changes over time, so the best idea is to buy several bottles
at the same time and taste them over several months. You decide what you
like best!
--Jeff
sir Ola Rinta-Koski
<RSD...@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>My world beer tour (110 beers) at Old Chicago in Colorado Springs ended with Ch
>>imay Red, the worst beer on the planet. It is one liter of pure hell. It is
While it's not the best beer on the planet (the Blue variation is),
as long as something like Bud (or Bud Light even more) is called beer
Chimay Rouge can hardly be the worst.
>>brewed by cloistered Belgian monks who have been cloistered for entirely too
>>long. Chimay is the only beer that I was happy to puke up.
>Aren't you the same guy who said he loved the Silver Bullet? Somehow
>there is a line of consistency here running through Coors Light, Chimay
>Red--NOT, and drinking so much beer you puke. What a guy!
Which reminds me of the fact (verified empirically) that what the
locals drink in Chimay (a picturesque village in Belgium, about 2000
inhabitants if I remember correctly) is Kronenbourg. What's even more
funny is that they consider it to be Belgian (the Kronenbourg sold
there is brewed in Belgium).
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Jeff Beer
the planet". (of course I have a weakness for Belgian beers, the top 5
beers on my list are all belgian.)
I have had the blue stuff too.
jeff beer