 tupalev (2337), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jul 14, 2004
Bottle. Deep red/brown pour, decent sized tan head (long lasting). Sweet aroma with spiciness. Very malty taste with a little kick of spices and perhaps some slight fruit/berry hints as well. Kind of thin and syrupy, but not enough to ruin what is otherwise a pretty decent beer. I prefer this to the blonde.
TheJollyOne (46), Kofu, Japan
Nov 29, 2008
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
johnnygm (15), Santiago, Chile
Nov 20, 2008 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.
SeanMacGC (102), Dublin, Ireland
Nov 18, 2008 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.
gearbike (385), West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA
Oct 29, 2008 Deep brown flat color from tap. Complex fruit sweetness. Nice medium body. One glass was great two might be a bit to much.
Kinz (1931), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
Oct 25, 2008 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.
|
