Chimay brews three beers that are locally available: Premiere -- a dubbel or brown ale with a sweet, malty flavor, heavy body and red label; Grande Reserve -- a darker, slightly more bitter and ...

Cheese At Chimay, a Holy Alliance The Belgian community that crafts the acclaimed Chimay beer is also a source for excellent cheeses that pair well with the ales In Chimay, the tradition of Trappist ...

Belgium’s Trappist breweries rarely do new releases, but Chimay’s Scourmont Abbey is adding its 150th anniversary beer, Chimay Verte, to the permanent lineup. (Chimay) ...

The lighter Vieux Chimay cheese is smooth and slightly fruity. While he enjoys Chimay’s cheese, Van Mechelen is more excited to preach the Chimay beer story. He knows these Trappist ales intimately.

Chimay cheese and beer tastings are scheduled for the Charleston Beer Exchange Sat. Jan. 23 and at Whole Foods Market on Sat. Jan. 30.

The word “beer” doesn’t normally elicit thoughts of monks and monasteries, but in the case of Chimay Ale it absolutely should. Chimay comes exclusively from a brewery operated by Trappist monks in a ...

Beer probably isn’t the first thing you’d associate with a monastery, but for the fellows at Chimay, beer and cheese making is a spiritual labor of love. The whole enterprise began in 1862 ...

Got a day? Try Chimay. Beer aficionados might recognize the name. Chimay is synonymous with Belgian beer. It’s made at a Trappist monastery in Scourmont, about five miles outside the town of ...

This week, Liam brings Luc 'Bobo' Van Mechelen of Chimay Beer for their Foodie Chap chat.

Was the beer frozen in the bottle or did it freeze after you opened it? If it was frozen in the bottle it will be flat but may be drinkable. If not it should be ok. <BR><BR><BR>Chimay blue is a ...

The craft-brewing revolution has given Chimay some healthy competition, something Van Mechelen takes in stride. As a beer professional since landing in Texas in 1979, he’s seen the general public’s ...

You’ll find the beer. Just 100 yards in the background of this photo, in the base of the rock wall, a bottle of “blue-label” Chimay dwells in a rock hole. Photo by Alastair Bland 2.