Leffe Brune

Brewed by InBev Belgium
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Leuven, Belgium

Poured a huge castle of frothy head over a reddish brow body. Smelled of roasted malts and brown sugar. The taste had a faint hop bitterness, but was characterized by roasted toffee, burnt sugar, and nice raisins. Quick finish. The palate was a bit oily, but very clean and bubbly. My favorite of the Leffes. Appearance: 8/10 Nose: 6/10 Taste: 7/10 Palate: 6/10 Overall: 15/20

A light and more commercial version of a trappist beer. Good head, good carbonation. Caramel, toasted malt, toffee and some nuts. Really easy to drink, and delicious. Very good considering it’s an industrial beer.

Bottle, 33cl. Pours dark amber, with short-living off-white head. Malt and molasses on the nose, and similar on the palate with yeast undertones. But not that much going on with it, overall. A shadow of a beer in comparison to a genuine secondarily fermented beer, and added sugar is no substitute.

Deep brown flat color from tap. Complex fruit sweetness. Nice medium body. One glass was great two might be a bit to much.

Had this at the Cafe Leffe in Paris, my only chance to try a new beer in an entire week in the city, a desolate wasteland of Kronenbourg and Heinekin. Deep brown, nice head. Flavor is lush malts, caramel accented, with loads of dark fruit. Quite complex and enjoyable. Would get more love here I suspect if it wasn’t an InBev product. Score perhaps inflated a bit by what the alternatives were during the week.

pours a dark ruby brown (cola-colored) with an off-white head. special at tesco in prague! aroma is malty with some gentle dark fruits, a touch of brown sugar and some spice. taste is spiced with some faint dried fruits and lite brown sugar. not too complex, but has some nice flavors. even has a bit of a bitterish note in there. alcohol bites through with a slight numbing zing (no palate killer, but a little zing can be felt on the tongue), and a warming character on the finish. head retention is pretty good, with some foamy lacing present. mid- full bodied with a lightly prickly carbonation. overall a good brew. i wouldn’t pay too much for it, as i can see how this one could be overpriced (i payed 29Kc, or about $1.50 for a .33mL bottle). definitely worth a try though.

Shared this one w/ SkyCop32. Picked up at the Ramstein AB shopette. Pours a nice cola colored brown. Aromas of malts, fruit, and a touch of spice. Has flavors of chocolate, caramel, and a touch of wood. Kinda thin in the finish.

I was disappointed and expected more as this was a dark color and good smell. The initial taste was malty with a hint of sweetness but lacked body and taste.