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Leffe Brune Belgian Abbey Beer Large Bottle, 6 x 750 ml

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The dubbel – literally ‘double’ in English - refers to the quantity of malt used. Dubbels tend to be sweet at the start with touches of dried fruits, giving way to a dry and slightly bitter finish. I like the sound of the Belgian place in NYC, sounds like a VERY nice place to spend a lazy afternoon.

A am very satisifed with it overall. Not crisp. Full As. Very Caramel. Not watery. It is like drinking a dark FORREST. It’s still a great beer and, I observed, the preferred drink of the locals in Brussels, and you can’t get a better recommendation than that. And while I might not kill for draught Leffe (Jenlain or Westmalle maybe) I agree, as you’ll see from my review – Well, after reading Bob the Brit’s great review of all these Leffe beers, I knew I had to try one. Fortunately for me, my local shop had the Leffe Blond – which I tried. This was my first ‘Abbey Ale’, and all I can say is that this beer is very different than other beers – special even. Neil, keep looking! Where I am its hard to find anything other than the Blonde as well. I would just ask the manager of the places you find the Leffe Blonde if they can get the others for you.

Produced at a Trappist monastery in the Ardennes, Rochefort beers are typically dark and sweet and come in three main versions: Rochefort 6, Rochefort 8, and the extremely popular Rochefort 10, which has a deep reddish-brown colour and a delicious fruity palate. 17. Rodenbach (Rodenbach 5%, Rodenbach Grand Cru 6.5%) Brewed in Leuven, just to the east of Brussels, Leffe is strong and malty and comes in two main varieties. Leffe Blond is bright, fragrant, and has a slight orangey flavour, whereas Leffe Brune is dark, aromatic and full of body. Very popular, but a little gassy for some tastes. 15. Orval (6.2%) So, in conclusion, Leffe produce a fine range of Abbey style beers. As such they’re industrial rather than craft or artisan beers, but they’re full bodied, full flavoured and well worth seeking out. I’m not a fan of blonds. I do prefer stout beers. I’ve never tasted a Leffe beer that I liked (and I already tasted the blond and the triple). But I should try this Leffe Radieuse. At least, seems a little bit different in flavour.

Mark, that is rough! I know the Leffe Blonde supply is pretty strong here in NJ, but I hope that some makes it way out there sometime soon! Gil – good call. Total Wine in NJ always has Leffe Blonde as well. Seems to be available in most of the larger and chain type places. The other varieties are proving to be elusive though! This was probably my favourite beer when I used to sit downstairs in E55 when I was 18 years old, in Melbourne. I hardly drank it since then, until now. Just drank the Leffe blonde, now let's try this. Finally to Leffe Triple, brewed to a full 8.5%. This is still not the strongest of the Leffe brews, there is a 9% brew around, but I’ve not managed to find that yet.8.5% should still be strong enough to be a cause for some reverence.

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Similar aromas as the blonde, just a little more caramelly and more bready. I actually prefer the blonde aroma. In 1952, the production of beer was continued, when Father Abbot Nys, helped by brewer Albert Lootvoet, brought a brown ale to market. [2] The brewery was later bought by the international beer company Interbrew (now AB InBev). Leffe was then brewed in Mont-Saint-Guibert until Interbrew closed that brewery. [ citation needed] Now all Leffe brands are brewed at the Stella Artois brewery in Leuven. As of 2012 [update], there were five top-fermented brands made under the Leffe brand. Royalties are paid to the abbey. [2] Leffe Brune is a dark abbey beer of the dubbel type. The roasted malt used is the base note of the flavour, responsible for the slightly sweet taste of caramel. The finish is zesty and dry. Dinant, 1240. In the heart of the Leffe valley is an abbey that all villagers are familiar with. The Premonstratensians, who live in the abbey, consult that morning in the large refectory on a theme that concerns all residents of Dinant: how to avoid epidemics spread by polluted water? After hours of deliberation, the monks get the idea to sterilize the water through a process they know all too well: brew beer. Shortly afterwards, the residents of Dinant can enjoy a deep brown beer for the first time, as well as taste the thousands of pilgrims passing through and enjoy the hospitality of the monks. Leffe Bruin was born.

Leffe Bruin (Leffe Brown) is an authentic abbey beer with a deep, autumnal brown color and a full, slightly bittersweet taste, both thanks to the dark roasted malt. Experienced tasters will discover a creamy taste with aromas of coffee, vanilla, cloves and other roasted aromas, where brown sugar and caramel can also be discretely used. For those in or near NYC, I recommend this little Belgian place on 75th between 2nd and 3rd Ave (can’t remember the name) — some decent selections on tap, more in bottles, nearly all in the abbey/trappist style. A fun place to spend a lazy weekend afternoon. The abbey that first produced Leffe, Notre-Dame de Leffe, was founded in 1152 and has a long and rich history. In 1240, the monks decided to build a brewery. Beer at that time was a much healthier alternative to drinking water, which was often full of diseases. The brewery was a great success. In fact, it was said at one point that the master brewer at the Leffe brewery made a beer that was so delicious, parishioners preferred drinking it to going to church on Sundays. Needless to say, the abbot at the time had to step in! Barley Water wrote:Humm....it's been awhile since I have had that beer but I don't remember there being any roast flavors in there. I think if I were going to brew that recipe I would at least cold steep the roast barley or perhaps even use dehusked carafa just to avoid the astringent roast flavors.

All in all a very satisfying drink, my favourite of the bottled Leffe’s by a small margin, one to treat with respect though. Drinking bottled Leffe Blond right now, fabulous beer, my favourite lager that I have tried thus far, can only get it bottled in Ireland also. I was surprised to hear it is made by Artois, I don’t really like Stella, I am assuming they are made in the same brewery. I will look out for some of the other Trappist beers, but I can’t imagine they get much better than Leffe Please can anyone tell me if a 3l bottle of Leffe Blond that is 10 years plus old will still be good to drink or will it poison us? It has a champagne cork. Leffe Brune is my favorite beer. It kills me that I can’t get it since I moved to Michigan. We have the Blond and everytime I’m skimming the beer cooler at the store and the Leffe Blond bottle catches my eye I get excited and then see it is the Blond and my heart sinks. Then any beer I buy tastes like bath water in comparison to my memories of Leffe Brune. If anyone from Leffe reads this, please distribute Leffe Brune in Michigan, USA!!! Abbey beers are different from (although similar to) Trappist beers, they are brewed by commercial breweries in something approaching the Trappist style and tend to take the name of a nearby Abbey. This is a largely successful endeavour by the Belgian brewing industry to cash in on the reputation of Trappist beers. In the case of Leffe, the brand was resurrected in the 1950’s although the original abbey was devastated during the French Revolution; beer hadn’t been brewed at the Leffe Abbey for nearly two hundred years. And indeed still isn’t!

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