Leffe Radieuse

Brewed by InBev Belgium
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Leuven, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

33cl bottle. Pours a brown burgundy yet clear with a small grayish head. Nose : Spicy (pepper, cloves, licorice and cinnamon) ! Dried fruits, mostly plums. Oranges. Alcohol. Sip : Mouthful and tingling. Spices are strong in this one. All of the nose aromas are there with a multiplied presence. Smoky and dried fruit bitter end. Warming with alcohol. Overall this beer isn’t an everyday beer for me. If they asked me to choose between a hot spicy wine and this one I could have a dilemma. Otherwise this beer is interesting winter brew and I just satisfied my curiosity and won’t be coming back there. Erf, I have impression to feel spice powder on my tongue...

Bottle at the Habbit in Ghent, Belgium. It poured a clear golden liquid with a dirty white head. Fruity, sweet and malty smell. Mild taste, fruity and malty sweet. It felt like this one was missing parts, felt one-sided.

Surprising in its complexity. Combines the obvious sweet fruit taste with other spices, perhaps cloves, to set this beer somewhat apart. One of the better offerings from Leffe.

From Carefour Nicosia/Cyprus. Nice colour with a very nice foam at the beginning (soon it disappears totally from the glass). Nice acid,fruity,yeasty taste with a sweet aftertaste. A very nice beer for special moments.

I love this beer - It fills your mouth with gorgeous fruity, spicy flavours. And tops up with a thick creamy head.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a reddish tinge and a small, beige head. Aroma is Belgian fruits, spiciness, sweet maltiness. Taste is caramel, spiciness, Belgian fruits, quite sweet.

Bottle from Carrefour in Brussels. Smells gross, like fruit. Browish. Tastes gross. Has some hops, but it tastes like an IPA with fruit mixed in. It tastes like radishes, which is what I assume the name is referring to.