Leffe Brune

Brewed by InBev Belgium
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Leuven, Belgium

Sweet coffee and dark chocolate nose. Beige, quickly dissipating, short head with dark brown and reddish body. Sweet, fruit, coffee and dark chocolate flavor. The palate is rich and full also. Not too bubbly, excellently balanced. Was expecting roughly the same as Leffe Blond but was pleasantly surprised... This one is much better in almost all respects.

Bottle picked up at Sainsburys, Kidlington. Pours a dark brown colur sweet fruity and malty aroma, nice roasted flavours with hint of chocolate and some dark rich fruits.

Medium bodied, malty, fruity (apples?), some dried fruits, some chocolate notes, a little woody, yeasty with some weak sour notes, very nice beer.

(Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a medium-sized off-white head. Aroma of malt, fruit (raisins, dates), and molasses. Flavor of malt, raisins, and licorice.

Pours a deep brown colour with thin lacy head. Nice level of malty sweetness. Finish is slightly bitter.

330ml Bottle: Poured a rich mahogany with a thick foam head. Excellent head retention and lacing throughout on this one. A complex aroma rich in cherry, apple, and grape alongside sugar and roasted malts. The flavour is quite yeasty with great caramel malt flourishes and faint hops in the back. As it warms I noticed a strong port wine flavour with a touch of nuts in the aftertaste. One of the few abbey dubbel’s to lose intensity and flavour as it warms, but still a good brew.

Bottled. Malt, banana, raisin and cove in the aroma. Flavor is initially burnt malt, progreesing to fruit and bitterness. Mouthfeel is surprisingly thin. A little nice lasting bitterness. Overall a decent mass produced belgian ale and i like the roasted quality, but i probably prefer the blond.

One of the first beers that open my eyes to what great beer could tast like. First go at a double at the time. Smooth, ritch and very drinkable, with a light/dark color and tast. A slight bit of burned caramel and a sweet ending.