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?

(Bottle 25 cl) Courtesy of henrikb. Unclear golden with a handsome, dense, shaving foam style head. Sweetish fruity - exotic fruit accents of both pineapple and mango. Medium body with sweet malt and fruit and without much bitterness. Decent all right. 181106

25 cL bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with a huge and fizzy white head, clearly carbonated. Leathery and yeasty aroma, mild caramel presence. Dry caramel flavour in the initial sip, followed by an almost wheaty/yeasty ester flavour into the finish. Goes classic wheat fruity in the finish.

Bottle @ Zythos Bier Festival 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Clear yellow color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, wheat, light to moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (010308)

Bottle, 6%. Watery fruit aroma, some CO2. Cloudy orange colour, small stable white head. The flavour starts off sweet, turns a little sour with some acidic fruit. Late plasticky flavour. Not too bad.

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.

Name: Leireken Buckwheat Ale
Date: January 26, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: cloudy yellow, wipsy white head
Aroma: sweet banana aroma with a hot spicy edge
Body: light creamy body
Flavor: nice sweet banana flavor, light bitterness, a nice sweet beer but not what I expected

Name: Leireken Buckwheat Ale
Date: April 05, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Aroma: sweet spicy and estery aroma, creamy
Flavor: spiced banana flavor, same as it ever was

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Hazy golden color, big head. Strong aroma of cereals. Some sweetness. Ordinary, but spoiled by some sourness (infection?)