Leireken Amber (Buckwheat Blond Ale)

Brewed by Brouwerij Strubbe
Style: Specialty Grain
Ichtegem, Belgium

An unclear orange beer with a thick fluffy white head. The aroma is sweet spicy with a light note of phenol. The flavor is sweet malty combined with strong notes of fruit and hints of phenol. I wonder if the phenol is a yeast flaw?

Bottled, June 07, Blind tasting session, 3.1: Sweet lemon aroma. Pale yellow color, hazy, white head, fair lace. Pretty neutral start but gets sweeter and more bitter. Light citrus, light hops. Light bodied. Bottled, Nov. 06, 2.5: Sweet dough and light fruity aroma. Hazy, light amber color, off-white head, good lace. Sweet, sourish, light bitter, strong dough and fruity mainly.

Bottled. Hazy yellowish orange colour with big tight creamy head. Aroma is fruits, yeast and spices. A bit earthy touch also. Flavour is sweet wheaty and a bit sourish acidic. Some vegetably notes. Biting carbonation. Sour and bitter fruits in aftertaste. Too much carbonation to be pleasantly drinkable.

Bottled 25cl (LOT 2/2006). Hazy pale orange, decent firm white head. Fruity, sugary-honey and yeasty nose. Wheaty, sourish, very bio beer feeling here, like potato flour added here - maybe that’s sarrasin. Citric bitter aftertaste. Quite special, but not very drinkable.

cloudy bright orange colour with some impurities floating within; fine white head; aroma of grapefruit, yeast, candi sugar and honey; medium-bodied and a creamy mouthfeel, some late bitterness/acidity before a dusty, yeasty finish where notes of apples appear - unexciting

Amber colour, white head. Strong hoppy aroma with yeast, floral, coriander, dried fruits, light apple. Hoppy flavour, light bitter and spicy. Not too complex.

Bottle 75 cl. Bio beer. Taste this at juli 06 and today. Buyed by bio planet. Golden-blond color. Full spicy aroma.Very good.

Bottle at ZBF 06. Pours a hazy orange golden, with a white head. Aroma is yeasty and spicy. Taste is bitter and very spicy. Coriander and a spice i can’t place.