Name: Le Chimay à la bière
Brand: Chimay
Place of Purchase: QFC in Bellevue, WA
Country/Region of Origin: Belgium
Price in Washington: $24.99/pound
Milk: cow
Processing: all I know is that it's aged for three months and bathed in beer made by Belgian Trappist monks
Texture: semi-soft
Color: cream to apricot
Rind: Natural washed with beer made by the Trappist monks of Chimay
Aroma: slightly stinky dairy
Taste: dusky, strong aging like limberger, cream, salty, bitter (maybe hops?)
Mouth feel: Soft, in-between a string cheese and a brie
Notes: I got this cheese during a trip to Seattle. My friends tell me that the Chimay beers and cheeses are very popular in the Northwest. This cheese is very strong, capturing the most intense flavors found in an aged cheese and an artisan beer. You can taste both cave and cask with this cheese. I wouldn't recommend it to the casual fromageophile, but if you can appreciate the complexity of flavors of this very well-made Trappist cheese, then I think that you're in for a treat.
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