Citrus
Green apple
Floral

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Chimay White Triple

Name: Chimay White Triple 8% 330B
SKU: 124813
Price: 10.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · 13%

$10.99each

What it tastes like

Chimay White, a Triple style beer.

Citrus
Green apple
Floral

Additional information

Wine
Style: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Chimay White Triple

Chimay White is the pale gold beer in the Scourmont Abbey range, brewed by the Trappist monks at Forges in southern Belgium to a recipe that dates from 1966. At 8% it is a tripel, and it pours golden blond under a white head.

The aroma is layered: floral notes and yeast spice, with a trace of vanilla and a faint smokiness over sweet malt. On the tongue it is velvety, then the hops step in with a firm bitterness, and the aftertaste carries orange peel and red apple. Of the three standard Chimay beers it is the driest and the most hopped.

The name Cinq Cents, meaning five hundred, belongs to the 75 cl bottle. That size was launched in 1986 for the 500th anniversary of the principality of Chimay.

Serve it cooler than the Red and Blue, at 6 to 8 degrees. The dry, hoppy finish works well beside grilled prawns, or a salad of warm goat's cheese and pear.