Royale Whitbread Golding
Abbaye de Leffe in Dinant, Namur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.34
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Leffe Royale Whitbread Golding is een uiterst verfijnd bier. Haar blonde kleur met subtiele bitterheid en een toets van citroen en hars, in combinatie met een smaakpalet van vruchten, bepalen de elegantie van dit uitzonderlijke bier.
"High quality belgian blond beer, masterpiece from the masterbrewers at Leffe". Refined bitterness and delicate hops aromas. Charles Nouwen, brewmaster of Leffe, traveled the world in search of the best hops. Whitbread Golding Hops is grown in the Poperinge region of Belgium. Leffe Royale Whitbread Golding is the original recipe for Leffe Royale, launched in 2012. Its delicate bitterness with citrus and resinous notes, reminiscent of that of banana or vanilla, as well as flowery aromas define this exceptional beer.
"High quality belgian blond beer, masterpiece from the masterbrewers at Leffe". Refined bitterness and delicate hops aromas. Charles Nouwen, brewmaster of Leffe, traveled the world in search of the best hops. Whitbread Golding Hops is grown in the Poperinge region of Belgium. Leffe Royale Whitbread Golding is the original recipe for Leffe Royale, launched in 2012. Its delicate bitterness with citrus and resinous notes, reminiscent of that of banana or vanilla, as well as flowery aromas define this exceptional beer.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Dark golden color with a white head with medium retention. Aroma has sweet notes, some bread, belgian yeast and light caramel. Flavor is yeasty, sweet notes, good maltiness and bready notes. Light bitterness in the final.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2014
at 13:23
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Clear gold color with big foam. Yeasts and light fruits in the aroma. Taste is the typical bad Belgian feeling: High carbonation, and a bit of yeasts. Vanilla. Sweet. Doesn’t feel nice. Not really my cup of tea.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2014
at 08:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 7.5%. Clear deep golden colour, large white head. Strong sweetish aroma of white kandij sugar syrup, ripe bananas and dust, hints of green peppercorns and ginger. Sweet flavour, notes of white kandij sugar syrup and malt sugar, with a much needed counterpoint in spicy notes of green peppercorns, ginger and moderate hops. Might well have another one, but not necessarily in the same session.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2014
at 13:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Fra flaske på Mandag i annen, Cardinal okt-14: klar gylden og hvitt skum. Aroma av peppernøtter, ingefær og maltsødme pluss litt støv. En god dessertøl, eller til en kopp kaffe - minner om fet gjærbakst som wienerbrød med banankrem. Høres ikke så godt ut, men det smaker godt!
Tried
on 14 Oct 2014
at 12:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 13.10.14. Clear golden. White head. Vintage banans, coriander and sweet tropical fruits in aroma. Similar and very sweet taste, with hints of Danish pastry. A bit nausiating sweetness, leading to low drinkability.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2014
at 11:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle) Slightly hazy golden amber with ridiculous white foamy head. Pleasant, fairly subtle aroma of estery yeast with hints of peppery spice. Medium body with pleasant carbonation. Some fruitiness at the start along with caramel and honey. Peppery spice develops and grows into a rather harsh bitter finish. Odd beer: harsh bitterness does not fit well with other softer interesting Belgian flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2014
at 14:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
It was just a matter of time before AB InBev was to decide to seize on the new ’tripel hop’ hype in Belgian specialty beers. This, in 2012, was the result: AB InBev’s answer to the new wave of strongly hopped blonde Belgian ales. It has a moussy, very stable and sticky, cream white head and a colour of ’old gold’, clear with relatively active sparkling. Artificial and, as always with Leffe, very ’cooked’ pasteurized smell, impressions of boiled rice, wheat, burnt vegetables, honey, iron, cake, smoky bourbon, chicken broth and tobacco, but very little noble hoppiness. Fruity and metallic onset, medium carbonation, light and slick, caramelly with sweetish corn, something meaty as in Leffe 9° and some faint grassy hops in the finish - but not a trace of the firm and elegant hoppiness of the beers it is inspired by, not surprising in view of AB InBev’s tactic of making beer which offends as few consumers as possible. Instead, I get bourbon-like, not too well hidden alcohol.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2014
at 12:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
BOTTLE 33CL.
Look: brandy amber and clear, off-white frothy to creamy head.
Aroma: delicate maltiness with spicy peppery notes, light blonde fruit perfume with light acid notes and a slight alcoholic scent.
Taste: light blonde fruit perfume with light acid notes, malt sweetness, some alcohol but not too bad, spicy peppery and light bitter finish.
Look: brandy amber and clear, off-white frothy to creamy head.
Aroma: delicate maltiness with spicy peppery notes, light blonde fruit perfume with light acid notes and a slight alcoholic scent.
Taste: light blonde fruit perfume with light acid notes, malt sweetness, some alcohol but not too bad, spicy peppery and light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2014
at 06:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can @ St. Nicolas, Brussels. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, yeast, sugar, light spice, little citrus. Flavor is sweet malty, little yeast, fruity, honey, little spice, light citrus. Medium body, lively carbonation. 280714
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2014
at 12:27