Chimay in USA

[Viv]

Hey John,

I read yesterday about someone near you buying a Chimay box
( all 5 brews and 24 in a box (?) ).

Apparently it was sourced at Total Wines & More at their
Mountain View branch. Other local branches didn't have
any in stock.

Not sure how near it may actually be to you, or what prices
are involved, but I just thought that I would let you know.

Cheers!


Viv 
 

[John B]

Hi Viv,

I wonder if the person who said they bought that Chimay 24 bottle variety pack could be mistaken. Perhaps they meant it was a 12 pack, or that they bought a 24 bottle pack of a single Chimay beer. I can't seem to find anywhere online at Total Wine or any other retailer about Chimay having a 24 bottle variety pack. However there are various retailers who sell 24 bottle cases of a single Chimay beer, Blue, Red, White etc.  If you see something to correct me please let me know.

Total Wine stores and some other retailers do sell a Chimay variety 12 pack. I've actually purchased it before at one of the Total Wine stores here in southern California. As we all know they're great beers, but at $70 for the pack it's going to have to be one of those very rare treats for me.

Cheers! - John   

[Viv]

Hi John,

It must have been the 12 pack then.

$70 for 12 bottles making them c$6.00/bottles isn't that
expensive these days. You have to look around to find cheaper
but plenty of places in the UK are not far short of that price
either.

And I can go online and find literally hundreds of 440ml cans
of mickey mouse beers averaging about £8.00/can!

Cheers!


Viv



 

[John B]

Hi Viv,

Well, I suppose the term "expensive" is all relative. $70 for 12 bottles of beer is hard for me to justify on my budget, especially when I can get variety 12 packs of good quality beer from breweries such as Firestone Walker, Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, Stone, Deschutes, North Coast, etc for under $20. But certainly, if price was no object I'd be drinking far more Belgian beers than I do now. Including that nice Chimay variety pack. 

Cheers! - John

[Trappist]

Hi,
It is indeed about that 12pack. There is no 24packs available though, except if you buy two of the and put them in a box.
But that'll cost you a dirty 144 US $$.



https://www.totalwine.com/beer/specialty-styles/specialty-beer/chimay-trappist-variety-pack/p/242624117

Like Viv says, only available at the shop here: https://www.totalwine.com/store-info/california-sacramento-arden/1108

Indeed, that's about $6.00 for one bottle. That's about 3 times more expensive than you would pay here in Belgium.
But you sure can't fly for that price to Belgium! AND.... we only live once (I'm afraid to say)

Cheers,
Filip