Leffe Vieille Cuvée

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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94 bottle - i guess it wouldn't be the first belgian one would think of cellaring but a friend had bought this years ago as a souvenir and decided to open it. as exoected this had a full brandy nose and mellow, port-like woodiness and nut. vanilla and sultanas in the finish. good stuff

Bottle by 30/09/13. Beautiful yeasty-fruity nose, very sparklingly Belgian with plums, cherries, even some wheat. Red body with a creamy beige head. Surprisingly dry in the mouth with hoppy water-sink and strong yeast character. Fruit becomes somewhat less well-defined, alcohol well-integrated with warming after some volume. Scratch-and-soft feel, medium body, and easy to like.

Head: bubly, off white
Colour: dark redish amber
Smell: bit skunky, grains , irony, bit of yeast , sweet , some alcohol and grass
Taste: start is barley , some caramel , a bit of cream bit of alcohol and spices. then a flaw irony taste hits in followed by a alcoholic taste that stings and drys the mouth , bit of yeast in the end , end is bitter after is sweet. not bad but could use a little aging ...

Bottle from Geneva Coop. Dark amber with big head. Nose of sweet, fruit and caramel. Taste sweet caramel and sugar. High abv. Okay. Not a best Leffe.

Dark amber/almost violet color with a frothy tall head. Good and long lasting lacing. Aroma of belgian yeast, alcohol, red berries. Taste is a bit bitter, with hints of sugar, spicy. Ends dry

33cl bottle at 1.50€, 8.2%, best bef. feb.’13. Clear dark amber to ginger red and a touch of brown hue beer, lively carbonated with a wonderfull off-white fine head and excellent lacing. It looks magnificent. Fruity and flowery nose. Candy fruits allover, soft malts edge and strong peppery hoppiness, spices, woody, yeast. Warming alcohol. This appears to be definitely less sweet than other Leffe range, the bitter bite is more prominent. Mouthfeel tend to be watery. Final is long, dry and bitter, quite aggressive and sharp, as aged wine do. I prefer the Radiuse, because it’s smoother, this seems more aged and mature, but harsh indeed.

Had this beer some time ago, transferring data from database before Januar I was using to rate beer. As I drink this again I will add a complete review.

chocolate, bread, toast, floral, citrus, herbs, basement aromas, leather, vanilla, smoke, skunky, cough drop, bubblegum, butterscotch, orange, frothy, brown foam, rocky head, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, full body, average carbonation, bitter,

(330ml bottle). Pours a clear dark amber color with nice 1 finger light tan head. Light carbonation bubbles. Aroma has caramel, candied sugar, Leffe’s belgian yeast. Taste is sweet with a hint of bitterness. Medium bodied with a slick texture. Lightly bitter, dry finish. Alcohol is providing some warmth. Pretty tasty.

(330ml bottle, BB 26/06/12) Pours a clear copper body with a medium white head. Aroma of candi sugar, yeast, basement, mustiness, and hard baseball card bubblegum. Flavor of yeast, florals, earth, raisins, and candi sugar.

33cl bottle. Dark amber/brown colour with a good formation of tan head, but quickly diminishes in a thin layer. Aroma is sweet, caramelish and moderate alcoholic. Flavour is sweet, strong candy sugar, bready, moderate dense on palate, alcoholic and a final strong caramelish. Carbonation is soft to medium. Body is medium to high. Texture is creamy.