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Then it was time for a Chimay... a '97 Grand Reserve.
C_hotel_100 * It was late when we arrived at the l'Auberge de Poteaupré and to our good fortune, there was a room available. ( I thought you made reservations!) * 700 x 288 * (45KB)
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C_restaurant * The next morning, having discovered that we were then only guests that night, we had a great breakfast in a beautifully decorated private dinning room. * 956 x 1050 * (1.66MB)

C_cheese_tn * Now, just when you think it can't get any better than this, Jean Yernaux tells us that there is a group from the US which has a tour of both the bottling plant and the brewery and ask if we'd like to join. Are we dreaming? * 100 x 102 * (9KB)

C_hotel_comp * We said goodbye to Denis, who works at the hotel, and Jean escorted our car to the bottling plant. * 1553 x 1102 * (175KB)

C_washer * The bottle washer was an enormous unit that sorted out the non-Chimay bottles, cleaned the bottles and removed the old labels. Another unit tested the bottles for defects and removed them as necessary. * 1781 x 1171 * (246KB)

C_filler * The filling units handled about 38,000 bottles per hour... or about 16 per second! * 1818 x 1190 * (269KB)