Type: Beer – Belgian Pale Ale
Name: Leffe – Blonde
Price: $1.79
Made: Belgium
Alc/Vol: 6.6%

OK, so not only have I been a bad little monkey and haven’t been posting much of anything outside of my New Brew Tuesday posts. To make me look even better I’m a day late and a hangover short, or something like that, on today’s post. The sad thing is I had it all written out on paper and just had to transfer it over to my computer – all pretty easy. But enough about this and that and on to the beer.

“Award winning Leffe Blonde is a full-bodied deep golden ale that is surprisingly subtle and delicate. Belgium’s classic abbey ale is best served in its own chalice-shaped glass, accentuating the ale’s aroma and creating the perfect head.”

OK this beer paints a nice delicate flowery frilly little picture that makes you want to go awwww how cute. This is not how I should feel about me beer, and my reaction didn’t fare any better. However, I do have to admit first and foremost – this brew did give a nice head (sorry I’m a bad bad monkey)

The beer was a nice golden color that gave a bit of lacing on the glass that dissipates pretty fast. I couldn’t get much off the nose, but my wife got something- not a favorable something, but something.

  The taste has a rich caramel deep coffee fruits taste, which is surprising since it comes from such a light-colored ale. There really was a lot of character in this beer, a rich sweetness to it. It was hard to pick out specific flavorings in it, it is a well mixed beer. However, this is not a beer for me. It was too sweet, it reminded me of an abbey ale but it was too sweet for me. I couldn’t finish this beer which is a sad thing to say, this beer was anything but subtle to me. It was too sweet and fruity but that isn’t saying it is a bad beer, it may be just what you are looking for if the description sounds good to you. If it does then I recommend you try it, yet if you like a little more bitter in your beer then skip this brew. I give it 2 1/2 out of 5 bananas.

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