Leffe Brune

Brewed by InBev Belgium
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Leuven, Belgium

330mL bottle. Pours brown with reasonable head. Aroma is rich caramel and spices. Flavour is a mildly sweet spiciness, full-bodied. Leaves a nutty taste on the palate. A solid old favourite.

Bottled. This dark brown beer tastes nicely of dried fruits: raisins and plums. There is a hint of alcohol on the finish.

Bottle. This thing is dark amber brown in the glass with a hefty head, spicy aromas, yeast, orange zest. At cellar temperature more of the flavours come out: dark cherry leading to brown sugar with some fig, sweetness then a hint of licorice before a slightly plain, short finish.

I find the regular blond Leffe rather boring, so I was pleasantly surprised by the brown Leffe. Slight mocha and toffee, strong but well-balanced, nice head. If you find it too hard or too bitter, you can add a bit of grenadine; it blends very nicely with this beer. I personally like it both ways depending on my mood.

Drank in a bottle at home. A very heavy, flavorful beer. Chocolate-smell. Have enjoyed many of these in Bruxelles. Prefer it over the blonde.

Bottle.33cl. Spicy rich aroma. Great appearance, deep brown with almost a perfect off white dough head. Long and pleasant aftertaste.

Roasted malt, chocolaty aroma. Some hops are present. Golden syrup/toffee sweetness. A weak coffee aroma. Subtle flavours of chocolaty malt and hops. Some spiciness of licorice, maybe a bit peppery. Medium bodied, almost no aftertaste. Quite an average beer, but still very nice.