This beer completes the trio of Leffe Royale beers, bringing the total number of different Leffe beers to eleven.
For a brewery known for producing abbey type ales, it was an interesting decision to introduce a more hop-forward series. Originally, the first beer (Leffe Royale Whitbread Golding) was to be called ‘Leffe IPA’. There exists promotional materials showing images with this label, but they obviously thought better of that decision. But we’ll still classify it as a Belgian IPA.
The Mapuche people are indigenous inhabitants of parts of Chile and Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The hop is named after these people, and is grown on the plains of Patagonia. Leffe claim that the hops are grown exclusively for them. I’d never heard of this hop before, so this may well be the case.
The Mapuche hops are said to have a ‘bouquet of blueberry, red fruits, peach and apricot’. There is definitely a fruity aroma, with some tropical fruit flavours in the taste. The beer is a golden copper colour with a sweet caramel malt body, and a sustained bitterness.
A second version of this beer, with a dominant display from the Morpheus yeast supported by Cascade and Chinook hops
A Belgian IPA with Challenger, Smaragd and Citra hops, finished with a Belgian saison yeast
Hop bitterness, with dry spicing and just a hint of wild earthy funk
A bigger, hoppier version of the Noblesse Belgian Pale Ale
A Belgian classic - Duvel - with a current hop-driven twist
The classical Belgian Strong Blond Ale, jazzed up with an extra hop that changes each year
The 2015 special edition Duvel Tripel Hop features the Equinox hop
The 2016 version of Duvel's Tripel Hop, featuring an experimental hop from the Yakima Valley
This is now the permanent feature in the Duvel range, with the Citra version being voted the favourite of all the Duvel Tripel Hop varieties
The 'other' Duvel Tripel Hop in the range shows of Cashmere hops
The favourite of the Duvel Tripel Hop series is the Citra hop version
Five old-world hops are used in this fresh grassy Belgian IPA
The original Belgian IPA, from one of the three breweries in the 'Brewers Town' of Watou.
A seasonal batch of Hopus brewed in Spring, which is dry-hopped with Citra
by Brasserie d'Achouffe (Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat)
Best described as an extremely hoppy Belgian tripel style
A Belgian IPA with a strong citrus character and nice earthy bitterness
Another riff of the Troubadour Magma, this one is a more sessionable, last of the summer sun type of beer
The 2016 variation of Troubadour's flagship beer Magma features Maris Otter premium malt
The 2017 variant of Magma sees a change in malt and hop quantities, resulting in a fruity, earthy and dry IPA
The 2019 variant of Troubadour's Magma is a beer that has been made more sessional, with the addition of El Dorado and Nelson Sauvin hops
A perfectly balanced Belgian IPA, deceptively drinkable for the 9.5% ABV.
Not really fitting in to a style category - inviting sweet malt backbone with a good dose of hop bitterness.
Ella hops from Australia provide a tropical fruit character to this crisp and refreshing Belgian IPA
A Belgian style IPA, taking a step back to an older style IPA recipe
The second incarnation of this beer, featuring Columbus, Simcoe, Amarillo and Centennial hops
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An Anglo-Belgian style IPA, with a big malt body and balanced hop character
The biggest and best beer of the Leffe range - a 9% tripel style ale.
The newest beer in the Leffe range - a classy, tastier version of the iconic blond ale
Like a bigger, tastier (and classier) version of the classic Leffe Blond
