Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Bio Boekweit Blond Sarrasin Blonde from Leireken 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
F: medium size, white, quick gone. C: blonde, hazy. A: malty, light citrus, grassy, coriander, herbal. T: malt, citrus, herbal, grassy, yeasty, medium body, medium carbonation, good, 25cl bottle from BIO-PLANET JAMBES supermarket in Namur.
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Bio Wilde Vruchten from Leireken 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
F: thin, off-white, quick gone. C: brown, hazy, opaque. A: a lot of red fruits, red berries, blueberries, cherries. T: malty, red berries, cherries, raspberries, quite sweet almost syrupy, medium body, medium carbonation, too sweet for me and this kind of beer, 25cl bottle from BIO-PLANET JAMBES supermarket in Namur.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Pils - Pilsener - Lager from Leireken 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Gluten-free ’pilsje’ (Belgian / Dutch pale standard lager) under this organic brand carrying the Certisys logo; this brand, originally brewed at Silenrieux for a beer company called Guldenboot, has moved to Strubbe ten years ago already (I’m getting old) and is now brewed for a company called Thylbaert, but it is still the same people who are behind it, apparently. Medium thick, ’papery’ lacing, off-white, regular head, moussy and remaining (thinly) closed for a long time, over a cristal clear, pure golden blonde beer with ochre-ish ’old gold’ tinge and lively sparkling. Aroma of wet, sweet breakfast cereals, white sugar sweetness even, old and dry white bread, very clear tin-like iron in a completely non-natural way (the ’hand test’ leaves nothing to the imagination), soaking wet paper, whiffs of grass, apple juice, dull sourish grains, whipped cream, something very vaguely sulfuric and, when warming up, an odour of fried broccoli which I suspect is linked to pasteurization. ’Clear’ and clean, grainy onset, malt sweet in a simple and thin way all the way through with that typical ’standard lager grainy sourishness’ underneath but the malt sweetness clearly prevailing, unsurprisingly very metallic, a bit ’oilier’ than average for the style with just a bit more body to it, faint minerally flavors, ending the same way as it began but with a dash of late yet not unpleasantly drying, grassy hop bitterness added, almost (but not quite) balancing the initial malty sweetness and even a tad peppery after a while, albeit in a dull, non-aromatic kind of way. I can see why gluten-free beers can be useful to gluten-intolerant people, thus targeting a very specific segment of the market, but why is this idea so rarely applied to anything else than standard pale lager? Because this is still, in spite of the global craft beer revolution, the most consumed style by a wider audience, I assume. This one has some flaws, but I must admit I had worse in this style, gluten-free or not; at least it seems to be all malts and has a certain hop bitterness in its tail, both of which cannot be said of the utterly boring pool of larger ’pils’ brands in this country. People who are not much into beer often ask me about the ’best pils’ in Belgium - not a very relevant question in a country that has produced a lot of good beers in any number of styles except for pale lager; this, to me personally, is at least not the worst and even though I will never fully understand the immense popularity of this boring beer style, I would recommend Leireken Pils (as it is now simply called - replacing ’Leireken Lager’ and its variants) over the likes of Jupiler, Maes or Primus.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
25cl bottle. Pours almost clear pale golden colour with a huge most good lasting white head. Aroma of sweet banana, yeast, some tropical fruits. Taste of tropical fruits, belgian yeast, banana, sweet malty finish.
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Bio Boekweit Bruin Sarrasin Brune from Leireken 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
F: big, light off-white, good retention. C: deep gold, hazy. A: malt, caramel, toast, herbal, sweetness. T: malt, caramel, herbal, bready, grassy, medium body, sharp carbonation, not very smooth mouthfeel, as Leireken Boekweit Bruin, 0,25l bottle from Pick Eat shop in Brussels.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
F: huge, white, good retention. C: pale gold, hazy. A: malt, hint of wheat, grassy, floral, orange, spicy, coriander. T: malt, dusty, grassy, floral, orange peels, spicy, coriander, medium boy, lively carbonation, nothing special, as Leireken Witte Spelt, 0,25l bottle from Pick Eat shop in Brussels.
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Pils - Pilsener - Lager from Leireken 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
F: average, white, not long lasting. C: gold, light hazy. A: malty, grainy, caramel, metallic, bread. T: malt, bread, caramel, metallic tones strong, grassy, medium body, good carbonation, not bad for gluten free bio beer, 0,25l bottle from Pick Eat shop in Brussels.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Leireken Bio Boekweit Blond Sarrasin Blonde (by Brouwerij Strubbe):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5
22/XI/16 - 33cl bottle @ HoReCa Expo (Gent) - BB: n/a (2016-1364) Thanks to kraddel and Erwin for sharing today's beers!
Clear pale blond beer, creamy white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, lot of lime juice and watermelon candy, very interesting. MF: soft carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very fruity start, lemony, bit sourish, lime juice. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, lemon and lime, fruity, sourish, some grapefruit. Decent enough!
Deanso (15673) reviewed Bio Boekweit Blond Sarrasin Blonde from Leireken 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
33cl bottle shared with Kermis at the "Disaster, Trump will be president" Medium white head. Very hazy blond pour. Refreshing. Better than the bruin