Svesse (1839), Hässelby, Sweden Aug 14, 2008 (Draught at Dovetail, Farringdon, London, 4 Aug 2008) Dark brown colour with a frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with chocolate, spices (clove, cardamom) and roasted malt. Malty, sweet taste with notes of chocolate, brown sugar and cola. Got a kind of industrial feel to it (no surprises). Way too sweet. Taste doesn’t manage to deliver what a promising aroma indicates. As with the other Leffe beers, quality seems to be going down, but it’s still drinkable.
johnnygm (14), 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 (93), 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 (382), 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 (1923), 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. efrumtheidiot (177), Czech Republic Oct 21, 2008 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.
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