Abbaye de Leffe
Client Brewer
in
Dinant,
Namur,
Belgium 🇧🇪
Owned by
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Associated Venue: Maison Leffe
Established in 1240
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.
De abdij van Leffe is middels de vennootschap Brasserie de l'Abbaye de Leffe slechts houder van het intellectueel eigendom op de naam Leffe.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rerate Not as good as i first thought. Typical commercial brew. No, it doesn't fill me with enjoyment. Bit sweet, nothing special. Original rate Spicy aroma. Fresh, full of flavors. Very very nice blond beer. 3.6
Tried
on 08 Sep 2002
at 03:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
A beutiful deep red color but with no head. It has a very special and nice taste of cinnamon and other spices. It is a very filling beer with a great balance between the hops bitternes and the sweetness of the malt. A very fine beer.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2002
at 11:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Beautiful tripel. Maybe not the best, but it certainly looks brilliant!.....
Tried
on 09 Aug 2002
at 04:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear dark brown color, medium lasting head. Aroma of chocolate malts, oatmeal, bread. Taste is full complex and malty, with a lasting finish.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2002
at 04:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rerate: finally after 10 years a rerate. Original rating I can still remember, as I drank it in a small beer in Como, Italy. Great time, where the bar was about to close at dinnertime, but me and my friends were staying much longer than supposed to. We wanted to tip the owner, but he was very happy with our visit and insisted on a discount. Great times. For the beer itself: I relive a lot of nice memories. Quite decent fruity and malty aroma, bit spicy of belgian yeast. Bit sweet taste, bit dry, fruity. It still is the best leffe and a pretty decent beer. Original rating: Brown color. Sweet aroma. Malty taste. The best Leffe. 7 4 8 4 17 --> 4.0
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2002
at 04:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Looks great! Full-bodied, flavourful with liquorice and nuts................
Tried
on 17 Jun 2002
at 23:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled:
Pours clear, deep golden with a big, foamy head. Sweet and wheaty aroma. Flavour is sweet, fruity and wheaty with notes of yeast. A little bit of alcohol in the finish. Nothing spectacular about this beer, but it might be a good introduction to belgian ales.
Pours clear, deep golden with a big, foamy head. Sweet and wheaty aroma. Flavour is sweet, fruity and wheaty with notes of yeast. A little bit of alcohol in the finish. Nothing spectacular about this beer, but it might be a good introduction to belgian ales.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2002
at 23:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown-reddish colour. Yeasty, somewhat complex aroma. Nutty, clean-tasting. A beginner's abbey.
Tried
on 14 May 2002
at 10:45
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pours thick and orange brown. Fruity aroma, full bodied, but overly sweet for my liking. Lacks the complexity of the better examples of the style.
Tried
on 01 May 2002
at 23:46
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
A helluva lot better than the Leffe Blond! (Guess I'm a malty guy.) Pretty sweet; caramel, chocolate, oak and dried fruits in the aroma, malts (somewhat roasted), caramel and oak in the flavour, hops in the finish, a little too sweet in the aftertaste. Not bad!
Tried
on 30 Apr 2002
at 04:26