Leffe Radieuse

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

Second rating.
Sampled from 33 cl bottle at Haket, Göteborg.
Bottle marked with 8.2% ABV.
Dark copper color, tan head. Acidic almost sour scent. Strong Belgian ale and also malt taste, lots of fruits. Some warming alcohol.
7/4/8/3/16=3.8

First Rating.
Bottle from Swedish "Systembolaget" in December 2005.
Dark red close to brown color. Smell is almost non existans and taste is weak. Compared side by side to the Leffe Tripel the Tripel wins by at least a mile.
5/3/5/3/9=2.5

slightly brownish head, that lets a nice film on the beer beautyfull chestnut-like color smells spicy,darkly malty,some bergamot smell good carbonation malty,bitter-sweet taste,bergamot taste,even something meat-extract-like is there,hops,some dried bananas aftertaste first,malty,bitter-sweet but then fruity too,some alcohol seems less alcoholic than it is. the maltyness is a hiddeng a bit the fruity flavours,but by longer tasting they are there,so don’t drink that beer too fast interesting beer

from bottle, served in tulip - sweet fruity aroma, clear dark amber color, taste has alcohol and plum? quite good but palate is a little thinner than i thought it would be, overall a great beer and one worth a re-visit

Bottle at home. cereal, spruce, amber, clear, aminimal head, light sweetness, medium body, average carbonation,

Flaske. Flot mørk ravfarvet øl. Intet bundfald men en kraftig duft af malt. Smagen er frugtig maltet på en særdeles fyldig måde. Virkelig flot øl, med et strejf af kanel til sidst i smagen.

Grain/molasses/toffee aroma. Large, creamy, off-white head. Burnt toffee appearance. Lightly sweet/salty flavour. medium to full syrupy palate.

33cl bottle with ethereal at home. aromas of raspberry and strawberry, dark reddish brown in colour with a quite decent head. Boiled red berries, roasted malt and treacle in taste. long balanced finish. decent.

Bottle. Pours a reddish amber with a beige head that quickly dissipates to a ring around the top. Aroma not that strong but nice; notes of toffee, honey and berries. These are also the main elements of the flavour with added brown sugar, cherries and a hint of alcohol. Medium bodied with a slick mouthfeel and a little sourness on the finish. More well rounded than I remembered and overall very nice.