19 1862 152 years ago headquarters chimay belgium products beer production output 123000 hl website chimay.com chimay brewery bi res de chimay is a beer brewery in chimay southern hainaut belgium . the brewery is located in the scourmont abbey a trappist monastery and is one of the eleven breweries worldwide that produce trappist beer . they make three widely distributed ales chimay rouge chimay bleue and chimay blanche ; and they make one patersbier exclusively for the monks . the monastery also makes four varieties of cheese . contents 1 brewery 2 beers 3 cheeses 4 see also 5 references 6 external links brewery edit scourmont abbey in chimay belgium the brewery was founded inside scourmont abbey in the belgian city of chimay in 1862 . 1 the brewery produces three widely distributed ales and a patersbier exclusively for the monks occasionally sold as chimay gold ; they are known as trappist beers because they are made in a trappist monastery . it was the first brewery to use the trappist ale designation on its labels . 2 as with all other trappist breweries the beer is sold only for financial support of the monastery and good causes . 3 the brewery business pays rent for use of the property within the abbey which is used to support the monastic community . the majority of the profit from the sale of the beer is distributed to charities and for community development around the region . 4 as of 2007 sales figures for chimay products exceeded 50 million per year . 5 the water for the beers is drawn from a well located inside the monastery walls . the filtered solids from the beer mash are recycled into livestock feed which is given to the same cows that produce the milk for chimay cheeses . the beer is transported from the monastery to the bottling plant 12 km away which can fill 40 000 bottles per hour of which many are returns . the beer is then refermented in the bottle for three weeks before being shipped around the world . fifty percent of chimay beer production is sold on the export markets . 6 the brewing plant was updated in 1988 and as of 2005 produced 12 megalitres annually . 7 beers edit the four varieties of chimay with chimay blue in the glass . the ingredients are water malted barley wheat starch sugar hop extract and yeast ; malt extract is used in rouge and bleue for colouring . 8 chimay red 7 % abv . in the 75 cl bottle it is known as premi re . it is a dark brown colour dubbel and has a sweet fruity aroma . chimay blue 9 % abv darker ale . in the 75 cl bottle it is known as grande r serve . this copper brown beer has a light creamy head and a slightly bitter taste . considered to be the classic chimay ale it exhibits a considerable depth of fruity peppery character . chimay chimay triple 8 % abv golden tripel . in the 75 cl bottle it is known as cinq cents . this crisp beer bears a light orange colour and is the most hopped and driest of the three . chimay dor e golden 4.8 % abv ale brewed from very similar ingredients as the red but paler and spiced differently . it is a patersbier intended only to be drunk at the abbey or at the nearby inn auberge de poteaupr which is associated with the abbey . the monks themselves drink this variety rather than the stronger three . it is unusual for bottles of the chimay dor e to be available outside the abbey or local inn and those that do are from unofficial sources . however from 2013 a limited quantity of this beer was sold on draught in the united kingdom at 19 fuller s pubs 9 and in italy where only 50 pubs sell this variety of beer as well as in 330 ml bottles in some export markets . 10 11 cheeses edit chimay s grand cru cheese since 1876 the monastery has also made cheese and as of 2010 offers four cheeses . 12 the cheeses are chimay with beer whose rind is soaked in chimay beer . chimay grand classic a semi hard pressed cheese . chimay grand cru made from pasteurised milk and matured for six weeks . old chimay a hard cheese matured for at least six months . see also edit beer portal companies portal references edit bi res de chimay s.a. history . chimay . retrieved 2010 06 09 . sawyer christopher may 8 2003 . u.s. acquiring a taste for belgian ales . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2011 04 16 . chimay.com archived march 28 2010 at the wayback machine . bi res de chimay s.a. beers from chimay beer export distribution and international partners . chimay . retrieved 2010 06 09 . miller john w. november 29 2007 . trappist command thou shalt not buy too much of our beer . the wall street journal . retrieved 2011 04 19 . bi res et fromages trappistes bi res belges de tradition moines trappistes entraide sociale . chimay.com . retrieved 2012 07 24 . the beers of chimay by roger protz . beer pages.com . retrieved 2010 06 09 . john white of white beer travels . trappist beer from scourmont abbey chimay belgium europe . whitebeertravels.co.uk . retrieved 2010 06 09 . morningadvertiser.co.uk benekeith.com beeradvocate.com bi res de chimay s.a. products of the soil degustation of belgian cheese and beers of high fermentation . chimay . retrieved 2010 06 09 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to chimay beer . official website v t e trappist beer trappist breweries achel chimay engelszell la trappe orval rochefort spencer tre fontane westmalle westvleteren zundert others mont des cats mariawald related articles trappists cistercians la trappe abbey v t e belgian cheeses brussels cheese chimay floreffe cheese herve cheese maredsous cheese mimolette nazareth cheese passendale cheese rodoric coordinates 49 58 55 n 4 20 15 e 49.98194 n 4.33750 e 49.98194 ; 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