The dark Leireken, also with buckwheat, also tasted as Leireken Boekweit Bruin. Light beige, mousse-like head, dark chestnut colour, lightly cloudy. Sweetish caramel profile with weak spicy accents and buckwheat sourishness, bit tart, roasted bitter accent in the finish. Could (and should) have been softer to be truly enjoyable.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Leireken Bio Boekweit Bruin Sarrasin Brune (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 4/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.6/5

24/VIII/13 - 33cl bottle @ Bierweekend Lambiekstoempers (Alsemberg) - BB: n/a (2013-796) Thanks to T. for sharing today's beers!

Clear dark orange to pale amber beer, what's so "Bruin" about this one? Creamy off-white to yellow head, very stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very soapy, floral, orange peel, bit of caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: spicy, some honey, brown sugar, bit soapy, citrus. Aftertaste: some caramel, metallic, citrus and soapy. Very mediocre, and I'm really being kind here.

Bottle. Frothy off-white mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hopy aroma. Bockwheat present, but not bad. Light bitter bockwheat flkavor with some week fruity ester notes. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate.

Bottle from Asao. Nutty, spicy nose, caramel and chocolate, minerals. A bit dull, though. Dark brown with orange tints, fine head. Sweet caramel, nuts, pepper, fruits. Nice, rather interesting and like a dubbel, though the blond was nicer.

33cl bottle at the Kulminator. Creamy off white head. Dark amber pour. Malty aftertaste.

Bottle. Pours a clear brown color with a small off-white head. Has a weak roasted malty caramel aroma. Sweetish malty caramel flavor with yeasty hints. Has a sweetish malty caramel yeasty finish.

Bottle 250ml.Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, sweet brown sugar, moderate to heavy yeasty, sweet, soap. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, yeasty, fruity sweet yeast, burned brown sugar. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111126]Earlier Rating: 4/1/2008 Total Score: 3Bottle 75cl @ Zythos Bier Festival 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, wheat, fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (010308)

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear reddish amber with an off-white head. Sweet burned sugar in the nose. Medium body, sweet overripe dark fruits and friendly phenols. Some brown sugars. 261111
Earlier Rating: 11/23/2006 Total Score: 2.8
(Bottle 25 cl) Courtesy of henrikb. Pours a very cloudy reddish brown with a tall, somewhat rough beige head. Fresh and fruity - apples - aroma. Medium body with a sweet and somewhat unclean malt profile. Roasted, lightly tart maltiness without much bitterness. Rather heavily carbonated. An odd brew. 181106

Bottle @ FOneFan. Dark amber/red with small beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, fruit and yeast. Flavour is malt, caramel, fruit, yeast, sweet,