Leffe Radieuse

Brownish almost-purple appearance, big initial frothy head, which quickly dissipates. After pizza smells a bit like sour milk but floral. Toffee caramel with a bitter aftertaste. Palate a bit thin.

Pours brownish amber with a mostly receding wispy off white head. Aroma of cotton candy, toffee, fruity esters, and slightly medicinal phenols. Taste is sweet and fruity, toffee, plums, and pepper. Mouthfeel is medium, slightly sticky with lush carbonation.

Bottle. Brown colour, little head. Sweet, malty aroma, caramel, toffee and yeast. Rich and sweet palate. Very good.

Bottle. Brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma is caramel, sweet, fruit, spices. Flavour is hop, caramel, spices, fruit, malt.

Bottle. Pours a nice clear black tea brown with a good sized light brown head. Not much in way of aroma but has a black tea, sugar, yeast, with an overall bitterness. Has some red wine character to it as an aftertaste.

Amber with a distinct pinkish tinge. Large frothy white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with some yeast. Taste is alcoholic, sweet and fruity. A slight bitter aftertaste. Found it a bit too fizzy.

Bottled. Clear, brown, with an off-white head. The aroma has tobacco, dried fruits, yeast, candisugar, caramel and spices. Sweet, malty flavor with dried fruits and alcohol. Medium body and a finish with alcohol, bitterness and dried fruits. The aroma promises a lot, but the flavor, body and finish don’t live up to it. (060812)

Mahogany brown with thick off-white head. Fruity aroma. Vinious and sweet. Fruity flavours and bitter caramel.