Leffe Brune / Brown - Abbaye de Leffe S.A.

cratez

Ontario (Canada)

2.08/5  rDev -45.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

Leffe Blonde is a pleasant and complex beer but this is nothing of the sort.

Appearance: promising. Pours with a thick head and robust, brown body. Lacing is excellent. Makes you want to drink the beer.

Smell: fruity with a dry, wine-like aroma. However, the smell is the calm before the nasty, bitter storm.

Taste is awful. A thick and musty wine flavour with hints of fruit. There is no "sweet caramel" to speak of (as the label suggests). The dry, bitter finish and high carbonation accentuate an unpleasant aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: also terrible. The head on this beer is too thick and carbonated and therefore tough to get through. The aftertaste is painfully dry. This beer can best be described as bitter and bloated.

Drinkability: the review says it all.

Serving type: bottle

06-20-2006 18:06:22 | More by cratez

desint

Belgium

2.5/5  rDev -34%

05-24-2013 12:51:25 | More by desint

DutchBeerDrinker

Netherlands

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

05-22-2013 22:03:44 | More by DutchBeerDrinker

randomNBGD

Serbia

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-22-2013 19:28:34 | More by randomNBGD

pin

Australia

3/5  rDev -20.8%

05-21-2013 18:03:41 | More by pin

Ciocanelu

Romania

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

05-21-2013 12:35:47 | More by Ciocanelu

Janeinma

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -20.8%

05-21-2013 02:22:07 | More by Janeinma

johntfox

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

05-21-2013 00:40:31 | More by johntfox

BeerForMuscle

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-20-2013 21:01:38 | More by BeerForMuscle

Photekut

Azerbaijan

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

05-18-2013 21:11:54 | More by Photekut

dvmky

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-18-2013 16:54:44 | More by dvmky

bobbyr5

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +12.1%

05-17-2013 21:58:03 | More by bobbyr5

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -14.2%

05-15-2013 02:18:15 | More by SmellsofMahagony

hotsudge

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -14.2%

05-15-2013 01:16:24 | More by hotsudge

Bikeboy1

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

05-13-2013 04:41:04 | More by Bikeboy1

pacino77

Maryland

3.64/5  rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75

generally speaking, i only grab a leffe if i'm strapped for cash and am trying to stretch bucks and still have something resembling the experience of drinking a nice belgian. it's a bizarre and probably mostly unsuccessful compromise (as most compromises are) because i wish the whole time that i was sipping corsendonk instead of slugging leffe, unless i can take a step back and temper the averageness of the brew with the beauty of being a being in time at all, and in my own humanness, rejoice. so, then, as a stepping stone to realizing a higher plane of consciousness, i am a bit indebted to this beer, though my getting there is traceable quite readily to it's just-a-hair-above-mediocre character. it does look nice in a glass, though its head was thin and weak and it smelled a bit like dried montmorency cherries.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 02:20:14 | More by pacino77

pkenkman

Estonia

4.25/5  rDev +12.1%

05-10-2013 19:22:41 | More by pkenkman

Molson2000

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-09-2013 00:12:00 | More by Molson2000

merc7186

New York

3.65/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

12oz bottle into plastic cup at CitiField.

A: Brownish Hue, Passes Mild Light, Off White Head, Some Lacing

S: Chocolate, Mildly Bready

T: Bananas, Chocolate, Mildly Bready, Mild Belgium Yeast

M: Decent Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Mildly Filling

Overall, not a bad drinking beer, has nice balance but seems a little forced on the flavors.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 01:18:43 | More by merc7186

Stugotzo

Florida

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-07-2013 21:38:17 | More by Stugotzo

TomG2751

Maryland

2.5/5  rDev -34%

05-05-2013 20:23:44 | More by TomG2751

SuomiHobbit

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +18.7%

05-03-2013 22:20:06 | More by SuomiHobbit

YamagamiTravis

Japan

4/5  rDev +5.5%

04-30-2013 08:34:53 | More by YamagamiTravis

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -20.8%

04-27-2013 16:21:52 | More by Jason1337

randylangford

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +5.5%

04-26-2013 22:19:13 | More by randylangford