Leffe Blonde

[Pumpy]

The night before I picked up a fourpack of Tetley bitter I drank one it was so Oxidised I took them back to Sainsburys They were a bit put out that I had drank one, but reluctantly gave me my money back .

So I decided to pick myself a beer that I can sit down and watch Aliens V Predator on Fox . I bought a 750 ml bottle of Belgian Abbey brewed Leffe Blond 6.6%& a Bruin 6.5%.
I must say that I love a nice crusty french baguette with some salmon and a fresh salad with my beer .
The bottles are corked and so far I am drinking the Leffe Blonde I confess to never having one although I have brewed beer with a belgian golden yeast which really grew on me athough the beer I made was quite strong .

I must say that this is a really lovely beer and I am really enjoying it .It is proabably one of the stronger beers I have tasted on my trip but the flavour and body are great , I cant wait to crack open the Bruin, It looks like I will be drinking the slab of Becks in the fridge while I watch Aliens V Predator

I have just come back to update the Bruin , again this is a really wonderful beer I love Brown ales and this over steps the mark .

One thing about both these two beers is they have alchohol in them ,perhaps I have been tasting too many English cask ales which are a nice flavour undercarbonated ,in my opinion and bit lacking in body and alchohol , I must give it to the Belgians ,I will be going back for a few of these before I leave ,
nearly A$12 Australian dollars for the two bottles which I am more than happy with .

I know where they have this on Leffe Blonde on draught so will be giving that a workout before I leave .

Pumpy

 

[kook]

Can I offer a tip while you're over here?

Go to Beer Circus in Croydon! It has the best selection of international beers (particularly Belgian) of anywhere in the UK. Plus if you get bored of international beers, they're a proper freehouse too, normally serving 2-4 cask ales from independant UK brewers.

You won't find any Leffe there though, they're very anti-Interbrew (can't blame them really, considering how they're killing the trade in Belgium). What you will find is a lot of smaller Belgian, Dutch and German breweries beers.

They normally have at least a few hundred available at a time, some of which rarely leave Europe (you can get Leffe back home anytime!).

Details here:

http://www.thebeercircus.co.uk/


PS - Leffe aint brewed at an abbey. It's a giant factory style brewery in Leuven. Stella Artios is brewed there too. They also happen to be the largest brewer in the world (www.inbev.com).

 

[Pumpy]

Thanks Kook will give it a try next week Pumpy

 

[razz]

G'day Pumpy. Tried the blonde for the first time this week, a very nice beer. I would like to make a clone of this. Wish I could get it in 750 ml bottle, Dan Murphy's only had the 330 ml. Also drank a Delerium tremens, the first half poured clear and I didn't like it that much. But the second half poured cloudy and the yeast made it a much nicer drink. :beerbang:

 

[Bizarre]

Hey Pumpy - Leffe is one of my favourite beers and I can also thoroughly recommend Hoegaarden (Im drooling at the thought!), and if you see a Hoegaarden Grand Cru grab one and try it!

Mmmmmm - 8.7% and tasty!

 

[mhan7073]

Hey there,

I had a go at the hoegaarden forbidden fruit last night. Very impressive. I'm a big fan of the normal hoegaarden, but I wasn't too happy with the grand cru. The forbidden fruit however has a wonderful colour, nice aroma and a really pleasant fruity taste.

I also again can't recommend enough the chimay grand reserve - (750ml)- but try and get a champagne stopper or drink it with a friend.

Mic

 

[monkale]

Hey Bizarre

I agree the hoegaarden Grand Cru is a very fine drop indeed I have one in bottles Just an extract brew though still two young only 2 months old but first try when bottling was on the right path another 6months should be good.Not as good as AG. Chimay Grand Reserve dont need a freind to drink him with unless he has his own bottle.
Cheers Monkale

 

[Pumpy]

Razz & Biz ,

Ohhhhhh!! my head is splitting this morning with the worst headache ever I just had the two bottles aof Leffe and a couple of Becks ,.
Sorry I cant bring a 750 bottle home for you they are pretty heavy in champers bottle .
Will give the HoeGarden a try tonight .

Wonder what gave me the headache ??
never get it with my home brew !!


Pumpy

 

[lunanick]

leffe ends its fermention at 25degrees. perhaps it's the long-chain alcohol giving you that headache.

 

[razz]

leffe ends its fermention at 25degrees. perhaps it's the long-chain alcohol giving you that headache.

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More like the 15-20 standard drinks that our globe trotting friend consumed !

 

[Bizarre]

Razz & Biz ,

Ohhhhhh!! my head is splitting this morning with the worst headache ever I just had the two bottles aof Leffe and a couple of Becks ,.
Sorry I cant bring a 750 bottle home for you they are pretty heavy in champers bottle .
Will give the HoeGarden a try tonight .

Wonder what gave me the headache ??
never get it with my home brew !!


Pumpy

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Just be sure to stop by the medicine isle in Sainsburys before you leave Pumpy, to grab some Paracetamol and Rescue Remedy incase the Grand Cru catches up with ya mate!

 

[Pumpy]

Razz & Bizz perhaps you are right I have been overdoing it a bit after all I do not have the constitution like Ross ,better get the pills from Sainsbury's and slow down a bit.,

I was after all doing it on behalf of the AHB community in belief it would help them in their brewing knowledge how misguided I was ,Ohhhh!!!!

Pumpy

 

[razz]

Razz & Bizz perhaps you are right I have been overdoing it a bit after all I do not have the constitution like Ross ,better get the pills from Sainsbury's and slow down a bit.,

I was after all doing it on behalf of the AHB community in belief it would help them in their brewing knowledge how misguided I was ,Ohhhh!!!!

Pumpy

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Ah Pumpy old chap, I never said you were over doing it I think I'm just a little jealous that you can't bring a few bottles back. Purely for research purposes of course !

 

[kook]

Leffe (the entire range) is distributed across most major AU cities by CUB. The blonde and brune are on tap in most cities too in the ALH Belgian beer bars.

It tastes no different in 330 from 750, it's all filtered / pasturised so any taste differences will purely be due to storage (and they won't be improvements!). The exception to this is the Leffe Tripel, which is bottle conditioned.

 

[Pumpy]

Despite the pain and sufferring it was sticll nice B)

Pumpy

 

[Boozy the clown]

Pumps, se if you can get your hands on some 'Adventis' (spelling?)

Strong, the eisbock is a killer. Financial controller is mad, spent the day in bed with a hangover...

 

[Pumpy]

Pumps, se if you can get your hands on some 'Adventis' (spelling?)

Strong, the eisbock is a killer. Financial controller is mad, spent the day in bed with a hangover...

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Boozy Now thats all I want a beer thats going to give me a thumping great hangover B)

But I will ask mmm where shall I start at the chapel

Pumpy

 

[NRB]

Do you mean Aventinus, brewed by Schneider & Sohn?

 

[Pumpy]

Schneider Weisse Adventinus

Hic very nice :blink: Pumpy

 

[Pumpy]

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