Leffe Brune

Brewed by InBev Belgium
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Leuven, Belgium

330ml bottle. Brown to black in colour with a deep cremy thick tan foam head. Aroma of liquorice with a hint of smokiness. Thickness in the mouth, robust and comples with a nicely balanced mellow flavour.

330ml bottle. Dark fruity (raisin, prune), banana, brown sugar/molasses, malt, chocolate aromas, though very little aroma at the serving temperature recommended on the bottle ƕ to 6 degrees Celsius). Cellar temperature 12 to 14 C) much better. Frothy large head rapidly diminishing, good lacing. Rich dark brown ruby hue. Medium to full body with smooth velvety mouth-feel. Mixture of flavours in there - chocolate (bitter and sweet) malt & caramel sweetness, spice. Nice beer but marginally preferred the Leffe blond

Bottle from LCBO (Toronto, ON). Pours a dark brown to black with one finger off-white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of banana, clove, wheat, caramel, spice, chocolate, light molasses notes. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of caramel, honey, brown sugar, light spice, dark fruit, some hints of toffee. Generally medium body with a pleasing malty finish.

Bottle. Pours very dark brown with an off-white head that lasts and leaves a good amount of lacing. Aroma isn’t very strong but does contain brown sugar, sweet malt and dark chocolate. Flavour is fairly similar but the chocolate is more milky than cocoa and there is a bit more spice without the whole being too sweet. Overall not a good representation of a dubbel but a fine beer in itself and more than appealing to my palate.

Beuatiful aroma of malts, wheat, brown sugar. The appearanmce is ruby red/brown, tan head. The flavor is spicy, wheat, brown sugar. The finish is a bittering from the spicyness of the beer. Medium mouthfeel. Very good overall.

Had at the Hop Leaf in Chicago. Malty sweet and deliciously spicy! I think I still like the Blonde better, though.

Tasted on tap, many times, most recently 8/15/09. Pours dark brown, semi-hazy and with a cream colored head. Aroma is nutty, with dried fruits and toffee. Flavor starts with milk chocolate and nuts, moves towards a minerally-sweet mid-palate, and a semi-sweet finish with some alcohol and general chalk peaking through. Especially on a big gulp. Palate is medium-thick and syrupy throughout, finishing rather long. Overall, I must say that this beer just doesn’t come together for me. It is a touch thin, maybe a bit simplistic. And there is just something about the flavor that doesn’t work.

Sampled on tap at Brixie’s 75th anniversary beer tapping in Brookfield, IL. Poured into my fluted fest glass a brown hue with amber tones showing through, a modest, off white, bubbly head and light streaks of lacing. The aroma was toasty malt, caramel and some sweetness as dark fruit. The flavor was the same notes with a sweet, syrupy texture and very low bitterness. Nice combo of flavor notes,..okay.