Radieuse (Rouge)
(has 2 batches)
Abbaye de Leffe in Dinant, Namur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.78
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Leffe Radieuse is een amberkleurig abdijbier, rijk aan aroma’s en heerlijk verfijnd. Een heel complex bier voor de echte fijnproevers.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Utobeer. It pours reddish brown with a thick beige head. The nose is sweet dark fruits: date, fig, raisin, plum, blackberry and caramel and cocoa. The taste is wood, dark fruits, caramel, nut, guava, burnt toast and Pepsi! The mouth-feel is sticky and the finish lightly bitter. Overall the smell is pretty good, but the taste just doesn’t deliver.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2011
at 03:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle@home: too watery taste, aftertaste heavy on spices, little else, minor sugars & raisins, like a variation on their Brune, the “special” Leffe’s are marketing > taste in my opinion, the regular ones are ok for what they are
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2011
at 09:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle bought at Carrefour, Calais, France. A ruby/brown coloured pour with a very healthy head on top. Sweet, caramel, Belgian aroma. Tastes sweet, caramel, fruity, spice. Pretty decent for an InBev mass produced Belgian beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2011
at 12:25
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from a Carrefour in Ypres after another, purchased in a SPAR in Leuven the day before died in an accident (that I didn’t cause :P). Anyway, clear golden body, nice, slightly off white head. Typical Leffe sweet malty nose with spice and candied orange peel. Sweeter than average, kinda messy, malt dominated, strange herbal/vegetable dry notes, perfumey spicy notes too. The spicines is a bit too present and extends into the aftertaste. More warming than it has any right to be. Still, not really that bad a beer (though hardly a good Belgian).
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2011
at 13:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Bottle, Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm, 15 Dec 2010) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, slightly fruity taste with dark bread, caramel, dried fruit, red berries and hints of spices. Malty, fruity taste with notes of dark bread, brown sugar, caramel, raisins, prunes, blood orange and a slightly spicy finish with some sugary sweetness. More than medium body. A decent brew from InBev, but hardly daring and with some unmistakable mass production character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2010
at 09:15
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled, thanks Nightfall! Clear reddish brown, small head. Yeasty caramlel aroma with some cranberry tartness. Sweet and fruity. Raisiny and sugar. Medium bodied, not really firm. Slight notes of orange marmelade, some boiled vegetables in a finish with some spicy bitterness. A bit harsh and without real character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2010
at 10:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Nelson Wines, Merton. Reddish-brown pour with a beige head. Caramel, sour cherry, blackcurrant aromas. Nice, fruity angle. Fruity flavour angle. Lots of Morello cherries, a bit of cloves, licorice, blackcurrant and sweet spices. Smooth. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2010
at 13:29
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled, 0.33l from Presporska pivoteka, Bratislava. Deep amber color with rich beige head. Aroma, red fruit, caramel. Taste sweet, fruity, roasted malt, with nice long bitter finish. Coffee aftertaste. Nice complex beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2010
at 13:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled this one at the Pub St. Alexandre in Quebec City. Poured a deep amber colour with red highlights. Very beautiful. The head was medium with patchy coating. The aromas had apple scent with belgian yeast. Wow ! What a smooth brew for a dark strong Belgian beer. Apples in the start with dark fruits in the mild finish. Also mild bitterness with a smooth semi-dry aftertaste. Clean mouthfeel. Overall, loved this beer that is refreshing with extreme drinkability.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2010
at 19:34