Chimay Grand Reserve Clone?

[Hackwood]

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but this COULD have possibly been my best beer ever brewed.....

I aged the heck out of it and finally ran empty right about the 3 year mark. This beer got better and better as time went on. No joke. The last pull was a growler for my buddy helping me move and he STILL goes on about how this beer was great to begin with and only got better and better as time went by. I'm getting back into brewing after 2 years(yes, I brewed, but not REALLY) and this will be one of the first beers I brew. LOVE IT!

 

[tvissoc]

The Chimay clone I brewed turned out very good. I kegged 2 gallons of it and bottled the rest in belgian bottles. I've got 5 bottles left. I think they're approaching 1 year old. I need to start another batch to always have some on hand and aged.

 

[tvissoc]

I'm interested in the results of those who have brewed this and any variations from the OP recipe. Thanks! Oh, and I'm considering a harvest of yeast from a bottle of Chimay for my attempt.

I brewed the extract version of this recipe, which seems to be taken straight from "Beer Captured". I used real Chimay Blue yeast. And as one other person commented, it took a LONG time to finish fermentation. Great brew. I do want to try doing all grain soon.

Tony