Leffe Radieuse

Brewed by InBev Belgium
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Leuven, Belgium

Nice deep ruby color with a large brown head. Looks great! Aroma had definate notes of rasberries mixed with some yeasty belgian fruity notes. Flavor was quite bitter, the kind of bitterness you get from green berries, mixed with a rather cloying sweetness. Guess it just went down hill from first to last impression.

33cl bottle at L’Autre Oeil. Amber with a medium head. Aroma is prunes and dry fruits. Taste is like aroma with notes of cherries. Very nice beer. Rating #59

Bottle: Amber, clear, lively carbonation, small, but stable creamy beige head; a subtle fruitiness in the by caramel and coriander dominated nose; moderate sweet, slightly bitter flavour, medium bodied, sweet-caramelly finish with a subtle fruitiness and some spices around. Pleasant, not too complex.........

Bottle. Pours red/orange, off white head. I do like the colour. Aroma is sweet, like sugary plums. Flavour has berries and plum, which fade to some hop bitterness. A good balance in the flavour. Finish is bitter and dry. Nicely made ale, alcohol doesn’t show at all.

Bottle 3/4/10 Brown clear with very good head. Aroma of esters,banana, high alcohols with crystal malt background. Flavour of warm alcohol balanced by a good malt background, slightly sweet,not much hop. Overall a well balanced strong ale, not cloying, wouldnt of guessed 8.2%

330ml bottle. Poured with a large foamy off white head, ruby copper in colour. Aroma of mouthwash, tasted a bit like mouthwash at the start but once I drank some more it started to taste better. Strong bitter aftertaste.

Bouteille de 330 ml. Nos yeux observe une bière de couleur cuivrée-rougeâtre qui possède un col de mousse imposant et durable. Au nez on respire des arômes de bananes, de fruits secs, de grain grillé, de sucre brun et de gomme baloune. En bouche le corps est moyen avec une effervescence moyenne. On goûte des saveurs de grain grillé, de chocolat, de fruits secs et d’alcool. L’arrière goût présente des saveurs agréable de chocolat et d’alcool.

The beer looked great from the pour and had a beautiful fruity aroma. The first taste was again of sweet fruityness but the aftertaste was quite harsh, it mellowed as a drank a bit more but still wasn’t great.