Leffe Radieuse

Strongly flavoured beer, a hint of cloves to it. Despite the high alcohol content I find it more drinkable than blond. Lovely stuff...

This is a splendid foreign beer. Not too heavy, a touch sweet. Some bitterness. Very pleasurable to drink. What we might call a barley wine. I simply cannot fault this drink. Cheerio!

Amber color, with a small beige head, with a yeasty, fruity nose, with a subtle wet oaky cherryish note, with some dried dark fruits, with some toast malts and spices, hint of candi sugar in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, malty, fruity character, with a toasty, caramelized malts, with a faint chocolatey note, with some oaky cherryish and fruity raisiny flavors, with an accent of nutmeg and coriander spiciness, in a warmth mouthfeel, leading towards a warm, malty, cherry-like liquor, hop bitterness finish.

Yeasty aroma, dirty amber and a fading head leaving laces. The flavour is spicy with notes of pepper, coriander and alcohol. Not fabulous, but oddly drinkable...

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 08/03/09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on October 25 2007; eye: copper with golden reflections, clear, light effervescence, creamy beige head, quite a lot of lacing; nose: starts with hops followed rapidly by and erased by the caramelized malt, good wave of sugar, yeast, spices, pepper from the alcohol; mouth: caramelized malt, a hint of alcohol, light hops, a bit of dark berries, hint of alcohol, spices, finale in caramelized malt with a mix of hops and alcohol, pasty sensation after the finale, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, full body, not much carbonation, slight astringency; overall: quite liked FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 08/03/09, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 25 octobre 2007; œil : cuivrée avec des reflets dorés, claire, légère effervescence, mousse crémeuse beige, pas mal de dentelle; nez : début en houblon suivi très rapidement et aussitôt effacé par le malt caramélisé, bonne vague de sucre, levure, épices, poivre de l’alcool; bouche : malt caramélisé, petite pointe d’alcool, léger houblon, petits fruits foncés, pointe d’alcool, épices dont le poivre, finale en malt caramélisé avec un petit mélange de houblon et d’alcool, sensation pâteuse après la finale, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, corsée, peu carbonatée, très légère astringence; en résumé : bien aimé

Bottiglia da 33cl al Corsaro Nero, versa rosso rubino intenso abbastanza scuro, con schiuma beige chiarissima. Aroma molto alcolico con note di amarena vaga, sapore dolcissimo come usuale per la linea, con però un etilico predominante che guasta un po’ e arriva subito in testa. Buon corpo, ma non certo la mia Leffe preferita.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear deep amber with a thick creamy light off-white head. Deep malty aroma and a lot of dried fruits. A minor spiced note too. Sweet caramel malty flavour with a lot of cane sugar. Nice balance giving a soft experience from start to finish. Finish is slight warming to burning. Nice by all measures.

Bottle. Clear amber colour with large frothy white mostly lasting head. Fruity aroma. Sweet Spicy flavor.