Leffe Brune Belgian Abbey Beer Large Bottle, 6 x 750 ml

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I’m not a fan of blonds. I do prefer stout beers. I’ve never tasted a Leffe beer that I liked (and I already tasted the blond and the triple). But I should try this Leffe Radieuse. At least, seems a little bit different in flavour. Produced at a Trappist monastery in the Ardennes, Rochefort beers are typically dark and sweet and come in three main versions: Rochefort 6, Rochefort 8, and the extremely popular Rochefort 10, which has a deep reddish-brown colour and a delicious fruity palate. 17. Rodenbach (Rodenbach 5%, Rodenbach Grand Cru 6.5%) Dinant, 1240. In the heart of the Leffe district lies an abbey well-known among the village locals. One morning, the Premonstratensian Fathers that live in the abbey hold a meeting in the refectory on a subject that concerns all the inhabitants of Dinant: how can they avoid the epidemics that spread through contaminated water? After giving the subject some serious thought, the monks come to the idea to purify the water through a process they knew only too well: by turning it into beer.
Before long, the inhabitants of Dinant have the pleasure of discovering a deep, dark brown beer, and thousands of pilgrims passing through are more than happy to sample the monks’ hospitality. Leffe Brown was born.

After Blond and Brune, Leffe Radieuese is only available in bottles, but at 8.2% ABV it’s not something you would expect to encounter on draught. As you pour, the head is the colour of a stronger latte than the Brune shows, the beer is a rich ruby colour if held up to a bright light, and the coffee connection follows into the flavour. There are distinct hints of strong coffee and dark chocolate… and a deep rich fruit cake flavour in there, but I also got hints of caramel and even honey. Leffe Triple is the only bottle conditioned ale in the Leffe range and comes through very dark, more of a garnet than a ruby, with a more coffee coloured head. The body is full and the nose slightly sharp, but that sharpness doesn’t translate into the flavour which is rich and warming. Again the roasted barley comes through to give a coffee / chocolate flavour, with maybe the merest hint of bitter oranges and spice. The flavour is well rounded, slightly sweet, slightly spicy, but with all these brews there is something that is distinctively ‘Belgian’. Okay so not quite trappist, but once you’ve tasted a Belgian beer, you’ll spot that flavour whenever you are fortunate enough to encounter it. Named after – and allegedly the favourite tipple of – the Habsburg emperor Charles V, Gouden Carolus is a full-bodied dark brown ale with a sour and slightly fruity aftertaste. Brewed in the Flemish town of Mechelen. 7. Delirium Tremens (9%) spring water, phenolic, wheat, rye, buttery hopes, roasted hops, corn, and some type of coal ash. Not dry and crisp. Also something instead of caramel something like eucalypti sweet sap.i need a leffe…it has been way to long…….. anyone know where to get one on the colorado springs area…. Finally to Leffe Triple, brewed to a full 8.5%. This is still not the strongest of the Leffe brews, there is a 9% brew around, but I’ve not managed to find that yet.8.5% should still be strong enough to be a cause for some reverence.

And while I might not kill for draught Leffe (Jenlain or Westmalle maybe) I agree, as you’ll see from my review – I am not a big beer drinker but was introduced to Leffe Blond on a trip to Nottingham a couple of years ago. Simply excellent and now I look for it every where. Was hugely pleased to find it in my local supermarket in MALAYSIA(!?!) – Jaya 33 for those interested. I like the sound of the Belgian place in NYC, sounds like a VERY nice place to spend a lazy afternoon.

Leffe brune 6.5°

Straffe Hendrik, a smart little Belgian brewery located in the centre of Bruges, produces zippy, refreshing ales. Their Blond is a light and tangy pale ale, whereas the Bruin is a classic brown ale with a full body. 3. Chimay (red top 7%, blue top 9%) The Leffe Blond does create an enormous head that took a LONG tome to go down, and when it does it leaves an incredible amount of lacing on the glass. The aroma and the taste, are, for me, hard to describe except that they were different – and very satisfying! Bob the Brit, I think, describes it perfectly in his review above, so I won’t try to add to that.

Well, after reading Bob the Brit’s great review of all these Leffe beers, I knew I had to try one. Fortunately for me, my local shop had the Leffe Blond – which I tried. This was my first ‘Abbey Ale’, and all I can say is that this beer is very different than other beers – special even. Mark, that is rough! I know the Leffe Blonde supply is pretty strong here in NJ, but I hope that some makes it way out there sometime soon! The Trappist monks of Westmalle, just north of Antwerp, claim their beers not only cure loss of appetite and insomnia but reduce stress as well. Whatever the truth, the prescription certainly tastes good. Their most famous beer, the Westmalle Tripel, is deliciously creamy and aromatic, while the popular Westmalle Dubbel is dark and supremely malty. 20. Westvleteren (Special 6°: 6.2%, Extra 8°: 8%) There are hints of vanilla and toffee in this flavour, it’s not too heavy, in fact, I was pleased to note that I had a large (75cl) bottle of Blond on my shelf for the weekend. Abbaye de Leffe in Dinant was founded in the 12th century and, like most abbeys and churches, they built a brewery to serve drinks to parishioners and pilgrims. Most people, including children, drank beer of some sort as it was much safer to drink than water.A am very satisifed with it overall. Not crisp. Full As. Very Caramel. Not watery. It is like drinking a dark FORREST. Recently in Spain I found what I now consider the best beer in the world, a draft called Leffe Negra. Why is Negra never mentioned here? It is a Guinness type but much smoother and somewhat sweeter. WHERE can I find Leffe Negra? I would kill for it?

The beer takes on a dark brown colour in the glass, covered by a robust head of froth with the colour of café crème.We’ll start with what should be the lightest of the Leffe family, although still a respectable 6.2% ABV, as you can see Leffe Blond came out considerably paler than I remembered, but make no mistake, despite its pale amber colouration, this is a full bodied ale. It has a full mouth feel, and a substantial head that lasted well down the glass, leaving a distinctive lacing down the glass. Leffe is great when compared to commercial beer manufacturers. But compared with most Belgian brewers with the excepton of Stella, it's not as good...but it is cheaper. So it deserves some overall marks for this. So, in conclusion, Leffe produce a fine range of Abbey style beers. As such they’re industrial rather than craft or artisan beers, but they’re full bodied, full flavoured and well worth seeking out.