I don't speak flemish (Leffe Blonde)

Member Name: iamasadlittleboy

Product:	Leffe Blonde
Date:	29/10/07 (111 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Makes you feel well off (maybe)

Disadvantages: Taste, Price, Texture

Having just tried this recently, I realised I had to review it. I'd had it hugely recommended and the shop down the road sells it (£1.39 a bottle, bit extortionate tbh), but with the eager sales man (the same guy who knows I'll go in there several times a week) advising me that it was "very good" (same thing he said about Kingfisher the week before), I should have realised he was wanting rid of it.

Now before I get into my third rant in almost as many reviews, it's not that Leffle blonde is terrible, far from it, but it's no a world beater like Cobra, Kronnenbourg or Kopperberg.

The beer is a light beer (though a strong light beer, unlike other similar beers such as Coors) and does have a bit of a thick deep taste which I would describe as having a tar like texture (much like how I'd explain dark beers or a similar strength). This is kinda nice for the first few sips but quickly becomes rather off-putting and kinda stomach churning by the time you've nearly had a bottle of it.

I know that people do like stronger beers/lagers (I myself love the 7% Okocim Mocne from Poland, and rarely drink anything beneath 5.2% light or dark) but they usually do have a somewhat offish taste (the Leffe Brune for example has an almost treacle like feel to it). Sadly this drink falls into this trap, and doesn't have the smoothness of it's rivals (lagers in general not just light beers).

The drink is from Belgium (and apart from the Brune version of the drink is the only drink I've had from Belgium apart from Stella Artois) so I'm not sure if the taste is somewhat one made for the Belgium palette (much like British Curry's are made for the Brit's palette) and with Stella tasting much like any other continental lager this may well be the case.

The price and taste are both huge negatives for this drink, it would seem to want to treat it's self as a premium light beer, but taste slightly worse than the cheaper (less alcoholic) alternatives so personally I'd rather good with a good old fashioned bottle of Coors or Miller but may drink this again every so often as it's a very averagey product for the price.

Summary: Not my pint