LEFFE ROYALE ELLA
Belgian Ale
Brewed by: Leffe (In-Bev)
Bad side of my
personality is that whenever I see new beer I am teased to try it. Reasonable
part of my personality is telling me – what do you want from new Leffe? You
know yourself that this the only thing they can do is boring reproduction of
their own work. On top, you should know it better – anytime you have tried new
Leffe (eg. Belgian IPA) it was disappointing.
But again, I couldn’t
resist when I have spotted Leffe hopped with Tasmanian hops. Tasmanian hops
gave very interesting results in the Irish craft beers I have recently tried,
therefore the temptation was too big.
So was the disappointment
– beer is malty and yeasty in both aroma and taste. Bitterness from hops is
minimal and aromas of hops are clearly not there. Real waste of time and money.
But, don’t get
me wrong – this beer also had its good side – I was recently looking for a new
Leffe Caractere, just to see what they can obtain using whisky macerated oak
chips. But after the Elle I have realized that whatever they get its simply not
interesting for me anymore. I am getting excellent oak chips macerated beers on
the regular basis (and nobody is setting their price as high as Leffe) and am
simply fed up with another gigantic company trying to sell their products as
they would be craft*.
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This may be a bad surprise, but Leffe is not
small, independent family brewer. It is owned by AB-Inbev. One of the biggest
beer producers (I will not use brewers) in the world. Yes, same guys that are
providing you with “great” drinks like Budweiser (USA), Bud Light, Corona and
other water infused water.
