Leffe Brune

Brewed by InBev Belgium
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Leuven, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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From bottle at a restaurant in Aalter, Belgium. Poured redbrown with a tan head. Aromas of dark fruit, brown sugar and clove. Especially the clove was dominant. A bit dry on the finish.

The scent is chocolate and somewhat metallic. Beautiful dark brown color. The taste of barley and dark chocolate. Lacks depth.

Pours a nearly opaque, with a huge head and incredible lacing. Aroma is of chocolate, yeast, coffee, and dried fruit. Tasting notes include rich malts, creamy, liquorice, brown sugar, and a dry finish. Excellent beer!

Bottle. Clear color. No fizze. Taste is watered down and bland. Taste like water with a hint of apple ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Smak och doft av humle, malt, karamell, knäck. Rund och lagom söt med trevlig beska.

Bottle (330 ml). Amber/brown with a small beige and and good lacing. Aroma of dark fruits, caramel/brown sugar, alcohol and slight spices. Taste is moderately sweet with caramel, brown sugar, dark fruits and spices. Medium body. Warming spices/alcohol (weird for a 6.5% abv beer). Not amazing, but a good Dubbel, especially considering how widely it’s available.

Taste is good but becomes too "samy" after drinking one. I really recommend it. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Floral, resin, grass, earthy, leaves, alcohol, banana, cooked vegetables, raisin, vanilla, caramel

UPDATED: APR 14, 2013 clear purplish cola brown with a foamy, thick mocha whipped cream head with incredibly long retention. a lot of plum, banana, black cherry esters with some white pepper and clove phenols and touch of basement must. malt aroma shows the dark malt cookie batter and char/roast character well. quite aromatic, nearly all of it yeast-driven. yeast and malt-driven flavor, some tartness but a lot of sweet, simple, cola-like malt with the yeast giving some life to taste: candy sugar, cookies, potpourri, almond/marzipan and bananas. after a time the banana esters are too strong, approaching dunkelweisse territory. firm carbonation that suits the body well. so this is a beer I’ve had more than a few times, but not for years after finding it growing simple, dull and tasting manufactured, so I was surprised to find it in good shape here. the malt is still pretty dull, but the yeast much more vibrant and expressive than before, and mostly clean as well, which is nice to see. reviewed blind so I no idea of batch or date. I’ll probably try to find a bottle in good shape to review again, but after finding out the result I was pretty surprised, so here’s a somewhat high rating for a brand and company I have no reason to like.

Nice colour to it with a decent head but it tastes a bit too sweet for me but not bad.