3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Malzig-frischer Antrunk, der mit der Zeit richtig schwerfällig wird. Ein leichtes Kräuteraroma ist ab dem Mittelteil erkannbar, wirkt aber unangemessen mild neben dem mitlerweile dunklen und klebirgen Malzteil und kann sich daher logischerweise nicht durchsetzen. Dazu kommt eine besonders im Nachgeschmack deutlich erkennbare Alkoholnote, die den feinen Kräuterton endgültig eliminiert. Zwischendurch erscheinen immer wieder herbe und bittere Töne, die sich gut in das sonst grobe Bier einfügen.
Test vom 12.10.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 10,11,9,12,13,11 - 10,85
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma is caramel, sweet, fruit, spices. Flavour is hop, caramel, spices, fruit, malt.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Sample 2 yrs. old)
Dark brown colour. yellow-brownish head, thick but disappearing. Chalk in the nose. some nutty aroma, little or no madeirisation, but there is alcohol apparent. Bitter, burnt taste. There is a taste reminding of walnuts - but the nuts haven't been peeled. Extract of walnut-bolsters is used in home-wine making for emulating portwine... This bitterness is too harsh. There is a malty underbuilding, but it is not enough to achieve balance. Medium to full bodied, a bit oily. I have the impression there is more alcohol apparent in the younger beer. The horrible walnutpeel bitterness keeps going, but at least there are some more refined flavours, esterish, in the aftertaste.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. A mid brown coloured beer with a large off-white head and good lacing. The aroma is sweet and sugary with caramel fruits and yeasts. The taste is candy sugar and fruitiness. Typically Belgian without being mainstream like you would expect from a multinational beer. Nice malts and nice beer all round.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: AUG 8, 2007 33cl bottle, purchased at a grocery store in Antwerp
Clear brownish-red color with a tan head. A little sweetness, some cherries and brown sugar and maple flavors. Simple tasting, one dimensional and uninspiring. Lacking the requisite spiciness and yeast (totally filtered). Passable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Radieuse?…Not really…I would rather say faint…Complexity in the tranquility though…Cinnamon, pepper, coffee grain, hop bitterness…But so discrete…
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Another good looking Leffe. Fruitier and more complex than the brune. This is a far superior Leffe. There is a trappist-like foamy mouthfeel. Very nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 21, 2005 Red, brown color. Sweet, fruity, malty aroma and taste. medium body, nice finish.
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