De Leite

Microbrewery in Oostkamp, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2008

Contact
De Leiteweg 32, Oostkamp, 8020, Belgium
Description
Brouwer - eigenaar Luc Vermeersch heeft een grote interesse voor traditionele ambachten. Niet vreemd dus dat hij destijds in zijn tuinhuis een broodoven en kleine brouwerij heeft geïnstalleerd. De minibrouwerij van 30 liter had hij in 1997 in Finland gekocht. Hij kreeg van de fabrikant juist geteld één weekend opleiding. Door veel zelfstudie en het maken van talloze kleine proefbrouwsels groeide zijn brouwkennis en -interesse. Na 10 jaar brouwen schreef hij zich in voor een brouwcursus. Tijdens het cursusjaar smeedde hij plannen voor een grotere brouwerij en begon hij her en der delen van de installatie te kopen. In april 2008 was brouwerij De Leite een feit.

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7/10
Tried from Draft on 19 Aug 2024 at 12:54

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Hazy dark golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, fruit, spices, apricots, hops.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, fruit, spices, apricots, hops.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2024 at 14:05

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Light hazy golden colour, white foam. Floral, herbal with fruity notes, woody and whisky notes. Interesting.
Tried on 16 Aug 2024 at 12:24

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
'Quadrupel blond' (which is as contradictory to me as 'triple brune') by De Leite, infused with rum; thanks to tderoeck for sharing. Eggshell-white, moussey, regularly shaped, shred-lacing head over an initially clear 'old' golden beer, misty and more peachy with sediment. Aroma of halfripe banana, white bread dough, apricot, touch white rum but very subtle, honey, old potatoes, clove, turnip, pear. Some dryish 'green' fruitiness in the onset, unripe peach and unripe banana, touch pear, medium carbonated with smooth, slick mouthfeel; cereally and white-bready malt core with an unripe fruit effect lingering on, some mild grassy hops in the finish alongside a 'coconutty' white rum effect, turning a tad astringent in the very end. Feels rather crude and boozy - and it being blonde and not brown, not even amber, makes it qualify as a tripel for me: screw brewer's intent (the term 'quadrupel' being relatively young in beer history and first used for La Trappe Quadrupel, which is not the same as La Trappe Tripel, then extended to the 'massive ales' of Belgium and that is how beer style names become solified by usage over the years - but I could go on about this for hours). Not my cup of tea, to be honest, I expected more from De Leite, but I think liquor-infused beers (usually a cheap and lazy alternative to barrel ageing) are just not my thing in general.
Tried on 10 Aug 2024 at 00:28

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
EB - Bottle 330ml. @ [ Trinntorp 🇸🇪 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡🇩🇰 ☀️ 🐝🦋 [ As De Leite Enfant Terriple Whisky Infused ]. ABV: 10.0%. [20240807]. 6/3/7/4/14
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2024 at 16:11

6/10
Tried on 07 Aug 2024 at 15:40

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark golden colour, white foam. Nose of vanilla, citrus peel, wood and whisky. Sweet and woody with light herbal notes.
Tried on 03 Aug 2024 at 20:16

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
--Bottled, from Systembolaget. -- Hazy golden, lively head. Aroma of marzipan, apricot and peppery whisky. Sweet with medium to full body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with grainy malt. Saké, fruity whisky and marzipan. Resinous bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2024 at 20:29

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
23/VII/24 - 75cl bottle from Carrefour (Oostakker), shared @ Alengrin’s place, BB: 15/III/29 (2024-596)

Clear orange to blond beer, big creamy off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of coriander, banana, yeasty, a bit sugary. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very sourish, alcoholic, sweet, more alcohol, malty, grains, alcohol burn, sugary, coriander, paint stripper. Aftertaste: a little bitter, yeasty, some herbal notes, very malty.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2024 at 21:15

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
opalescent amber colour, moderate sized creamy, ecru head, aroma of dried sour cherry, or rather sour cherry juice, woody, vanilla, some citric, marzipan and bretty, as well as tannin-like notes; taste is quite the same with some rum-like alcoholic notes; good one, though it's quite far from a typical tripel
Tried on 21 Jul 2024 at 15:36