Leffe Blonde

Click for more images

Price: £2.60

Description Belgian abbey beer brewed since the 1950s to raise money for the Norbertine Monastry Notre-Dame de Leffe near the brewery, 6.6%abv. Leffe blonde is a distinct brandy like abbey style beer, it is smooth and quite heavy with a gentle kick like a pale trappist beer. It has more complex flavours than any of our other regular draught beers, containing a clove and orange peel flavour on top of the tasty hop and malt balance. Served by the half pint. Tasting a Leffe is paying tribute to a centuries-old tradition: sincerely enjoying a feeling of satisfaction. With its brewery tradition dating back to 1240, Leffe is rich in every meaning of the word: flavour, colour, taste, ritual and history. For over 700 years this abbey beer has been brewed using the finest ingredients and brewing techniques. Leffe allows you to optimally savour its exceptional flavour experience accompanying you in in moment of peace and relaxation with friends and loved ones. The moment of aperitif is the perfect occasion for catching up with people who are special to you. History The abbey Notre Dame de Leffe was founded in 1152 on the Meuse River in the province of Namur in southern Belgium. Like many monasteries across Europe, the Premonstratensian (Norbertine) canons of the abbey brewed ale. Using knowledge passed from generation to generation and ingredients found in the wild near the abbey, the canons developed a unique ale, brewed only at the abbey. The abbey itself has known hard times and has been damaged by both natural and human circumstances over the years. In 1460 the abbey was destroyed by a flood, a fire swept through the settlement in 1466, in 1735 billeted troops damaged the brewery, and in 1794 the outbreak of the French Revolution resulted in the abbey being deserted and the brewery destroyed. The canons returned in 1902. In 1952, the production of beer was continued after a partnership with the Flemish based Lootvoet brewery in Overijse. This brewery was later bought by the international beer company Interbrew (now InBev). Leffe was then brewed in Mont-Saint-Guibert until Interbrew closed that brewery. Now all Leffe brands are brewed at the Stella Artois brewery in Leuven. The 1952 agreement between the Leffe abbey and a commercial brewery is said to have been the first of its kind (royalties continue to be paid to the abbey