Abbaye de Leffe

Client Brewer in Dinant, Namur, Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Associated Venue: Maison Leffe

Established in 1240

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Place de l'Abbaye 1, Dinant, 5500, Belgium
Description
De Abdij van Leffe, opgericht in 1152, was een norbertijnenabdij waar kanunniken in een gemeenschap samenleefden met bijzondere aandacht voor opvang en gastvrijheid. In 1240 besloten de kanunniken een brouwerij te bouwen om een gezonde en versterkende drank te bereiden. Door de Franse Revolutie werd abdij gesloten. Pas in 1929 werd de abdij heropgericht. In 1952 besloten abt Nys en Albert Lootvoet de brouwtraditie en de goedbewaarde receptuur van Leffe te hervatten. In 1954 al werd Brouwerij Artois hoofdaandeelhouder van Brouwerij Lootvoet. De productie werd in 1977 overgeheveld naar Brouwerij Grade in Mont-Saint-Guibert, tot de sluiting in 1996. Tegenwoordig wordt Leffe gebrouwen bij de brouwerij van Stella Artois in Leuven.

De abdij van Leffe is middels de vennootschap Brasserie de l'Abbaye de Leffe slechts houder van het intellectueel eigendom op de naam Leffe.

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6.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5

New Year’s Eve cooking beer - spiced toasted sweet malty with some caramel and toffee like malty sweetness, yeasty action, spices, light metallic twang, medium body, spiced malty close. Ok supermarket tick ✅ --- Beer merged from original tick of Leffe Bi�re d'Hiver / Winterbier on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:24 - Score: 6. Original review text: New Year�s Eve cooking beer - spiced toasted sweet malty with some caramel and toffee like malty sweetness, yeasty action, spices, light metallic twang, medium body, spiced malty close. Ok supermarket tick ?

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 20:38


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle from Morrisons. Clear dark gold, two fingers of white creamy head, lovely retention and lacing. Wheat, banana, caramel, some spice. Sweet and fruity, mild bitterness. Medium bodied, slick, frothy carbonation. A classic, very tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:13


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 8

(Bottle, 0.33 l, at Tuulensuu, 20241230) The beer poured amber and hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had honey, grass, marmalade, spicy yeast and fruitiness. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, honey, fruitiness, malts, grain and bitterness. Aftertaste had fruitiness, spiciness and bitterness. A tasty and balanced brew. The sweetness was a little bit too strong.

Tried from Bottle at Gastropub Tuulensuu on 30 Dec 2024 at 17:30


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle 0,33ltr: Way to sweet this one of the Leffe-brand. Better got one of the others.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:51


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle 0,33ltr: One of the finest of Inbev, every big bad thing have something good. Amber looking brew, with fruity, caramel taste.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:51


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle 0,33 ltr: Dark amber coloured beer under the name of Leffe Kestbier, an sweet coriander taste, not the Dubbel or Radieuse but in between.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:46


3.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

Bottle 0,33ltr: Why, why an abbey-beer becomes an fruitjuice added brew. Why i buy this one, curiousity i think. Dark clear red/brownish brew with an load of lemonade juice. Hope all big abbey-brewers copy this brew.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:39


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 0,33ltr: Amber coloured brew from the Behemoth brewery, tastes pretty smoothly sweet and the aftertaste is quite balanced sweetbitter.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:39


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Bottle at ZBF’12, Leuven: Copper coloured brew with an great but slightly overwhelming honey smell and taste. AB Inbev abbeybrew especially for the France market, but debute on this beerfestival.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:39