Leffe blonde 6% - Perfect draft pro / Philips perfect draft - review No. 1778

[@paulturner6679]

Spot on mate,completely agree,shafted again on another decent beer.

[@allthebeernoidea180]

Just so annoying

[@richardwilliamson2366]

Yes, 100% brewed in UK for mass market - just like the cans, which are horrific - so now another beer is off the list. Just shocking how UK beer drinkers are treated but to be honest, AB InBev and the other major brewers only get away with this because the average pub goer keeps buying the beers regardless and letting them off the hook. If punters don’t give a s*@t, why should the brewing company!

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@richardwilliamson2366 yh unfortunately that's how it is. Cheers

[@liammcvey6517]

Sign of the times across the board. I think I’d rather pay more for what I want rather than the same for less abv

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@liammcvey6517 yh definitely. Cheers 👍

[@anonmk3387]

Fully agree with everything in the video!

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@anonmk3387 cheers 👍

[@seasorb]

Wrecks the whole point of having the fucking thing.

[@allthebeernoidea180]

Totally agree

[@chris9650]

Get you locked in then do you over.

[@sibbsnibbs]

Thank you for really your informative content and for saving me, in this case from making an expensive mistake ! ... I first discovered Leffe Blonde at Maison Leffe in Belgium many years ago and it quickly became a firm favourited mine :) ... The recent move, by Anheuser-Busch to alter the beer destined for consumption, in the UK has, in my honest opinion tainted a once great classic drink so I was really looking forward to being able to enjoy the taste of the original brew via my soon to be purchased Perfect Draft Pro machine ... I was therefore saddened to find out, via your channel that the beer that I was about to order, from the PerfectDraft store was the same “Brewed in the UK” drink that AB-InBev are passing off as being made for the UK’s consumer palate which, to my mind is somewhat presumptive ! ... I’d therefore be really interested to hear what you feel would be a good replacement for Leffe Blonde now that it’s been forever ruined ! ... You mentioned, at the end of your video a beer called “St Feullien Blonde and I would love to hear your opinion on this and anything else that you feel would be a good fit for those of us who are going suffering the equivalent of a Leffe Blonde Cold Turkey moment ! ... Thank you once again and all the best ... Siobhan :)

[@rogerperry4395]

Last juliper keg i purchased was brewed in the Netherlands!

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

Brewed in Belgium and juilper is Belgian

[@rogerperry4395]

@@louisbeerreviews8964 Check the label on p.d.keg states brewed in the netherlands.Aware juliper should be brewed in belgium thats why i was dissapointed.

[@nigelgordon4264]

great review,i was dreading the day ab did this to us uk beer fans.i purchased my pd last year to get the genuine leffe after spoons started flogging the uk piss,same as stella. I'll move to leffe prestige or st freulin ,or my fave kwak,but when they inevitably disappear,the pd goes to the tip

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@nigelgordon4264 I think a lot of people will. It's losing its attraction now

[@TomsManShed]

Nice review...I am a long time beer drinker but a total newbie to Perfect Draft and have just bought the Pro machine bundle with the Leffe Blonde and a pair of Leffe chalices like yours. I only got it on July 19th so just over 2 weeks ago and my keg was 6.6%(written on the keg) so I must have been lucky and got one of the last ones. I did a review on it vs a bottle (the bottle was imported so seems to be brewed in Belgium but for the UK market) of the 6.0% on my channel ..am not a beer reviewer so its very amateurish compared to you guys who can spot all sorts of aromas etc than I can't :) ..but even I could taste a difference ... Like you say this trend in lowering ABV's is not good...keep up the good reviews

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@TomsManShed Cheers tom. First of all hope you enjoy the pd pro it certainly is a quality piece of kit. Yh this tinkering with the beers for the UK market I'm not having, your right for sure but think it's a poor excuse to make more money. Certainly no pro on picking notes up I guess it's all the practice I've had drinking beer that's done that ( maybe not a good thing). Yh theres notes there that it's leffe but you just know it's not the same and not for the better 🤷. Yh massive bug bear for me this lowering abv and I tht think my turn people back to online ordering to get better beers and the full fat versions of beers. Just subbed 👍

[@TomsManShed]

@@allthebeernoidea180 Thanks for that subbed as well...just uploading a vid now on fitting my 2nd ever keg (Tiny Rebel Stay Puft) I give you a mention near the end when I am mentioning the Leffe stuff...maybe tomorrow till its published.

[@thebeermonsterreviews]

gutted was a great keg. i have one more keg of the 6.6 don't know if to drink it or keep it as a antique of what it used to be 🤣 ok ill drink it and try savour it lol

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@thebeermonsterreviews 😂😂😂 good idea Adam

[@jamesgibson3838]

Would be interesting to know what leffe think about it. They may not care as they get the good stuff still but sadly it's carrying their name and reputation. Definitely believe the germans will go the same way despite the reinheitsgebot

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@jamesgibson3838 if the German stuff goes that way I will be dumping it I think. Could be a plus for online shops that sell genuine brewed stuff

[@northyorkshirefieldsports]

You're right. I tried a UK brewed bottle when it came out and it's crap. Remember the experience you used to have with a bottle of Leffe, in the champagne style corked bottle with the cage. It's all gone and now they have ruined one of the best kegs on PD in the pursuit of more profit. Many including me bought the machine on the basis of it's range of Belgian beers and Leffe was one of the main ones. I won't be buying it ever again. They did the same with Stella and now another big beer gone. It's about time we all got together and stopped buying this sh1t.

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@northyorkshirefieldsports definitely but I know I'll end up trying all once like most so I suppose they'll keep coming. Cheers

[@jamiehookway6815]

It’s absolutely shocking what they are doing, Perfect Draft was all about getting away from all the crap uk supermarket beers, where is this really going to end 😞

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@jamiehookway6815 and that is now the direction we're heading. Get ready for carling 🤣

[@craigbarlow2225]

A landlord told me the reason its been lowered is because of spoons. The amount they sell and demand nation wide, led ABinbev to brew it in the UK

[@northyorkshirefieldsports]

They could have brewed it to the same strength but they didn't. It's profiteering and a complete disrespect for their customer base and nothing more. No import tax or transport costs and less UK tax to pay as it's lower ABV.

[@jasperhay]

Why is Leffe now 6 in the UK? “As we continue to invest behind and grow Leffe in the UK, the abv of Leffe Blonde was adjusted in the UK to better suit the consumer palate,” a spokeswoman for Budweiser Brewing Group said.15 Nov 2023

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@jasperhay what they mean is produce cheaper beer and make more money. Do they ever ask the consumer what they want coz I would suspect there'll be more pissed off consumers than happy. Cheers

[@tri-ls7744]

It's been a bad couple of years on PD, lost the 2 decent Tiny Rebel drinks, then they lower Clwb and it seems watery, it's still nice in the sun, but not as good. We lose Magic Rock dark arts stout, which was lovely. Then get a horrid Cholate Orange version and a disappointing one from BrewYork/Vocation. The worst was losing La Virgen Lager and their 360 IPA and replacing them with inferior beers from Camden IMO. If they mess with the German beers and Hertog Jan, I’ll be throwing the machine out, not like anyone will buy it.

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@tri-ls7744 shit stays and a lot good stuff has gone. And if it is good they just change it 🤷

[@ronaldtheriot]

I've only had the bottled version of Leffe Blonde.

[@leonlovelock-kn4fw]

they sell leffe blonde 6.6 in bottles from beers of Europe

[@MrLocke-dp7bb]

You may get the ferry to France Baz and stock up! 6.6%ABV for €23 over there.

[@allthebeernoidea180]

I tht that earlier may have to start doing a pd run to France with the inlaw

[@craighatto]

Jeez is that a new feature on the PD?

[@allthebeernoidea180]

New feature on the app mate 😂

[@Paul_Greenwood_]

Here we go another Bazza rant, this time it’s not sky tv and the boxes…it’s PD who now seem to think they can pull wool over our eyes with sneaky price rises and ABV drops. Naughty 🥊

[@allthebeernoidea180]

Might be another one on sky as they're getting debt collectors in for £16 cheeky twats

[@Paul_Greenwood_]

@@allthebeernoidea180 haha unbelievable for such a low amount

[@SlurpyDave254]

He normally rants in Petrol Stations n the Co Op check out😂😂

[@sambuka57]

Just stop buying the kegs is the answer, not a penny more until they decide to stop fucking about with the beers. Keep giving them money, they're laughing all the way to bank and think how stupid we are. Like someone mentioned below if they are going to make all kegs the same as you can buy in the Supermarkets then what the point of the PD machine?

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@sambuka57 to be fair I did look online about the abv on this particular keg and it was saying 6.6% when I looked hence the reason I got it. If it carrys on tho I would think about getting shot of it

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

No IT’s slit 6.6 abv in weathers spoons

[@northyorkshirefieldsports]

I thought it was still 6.6 when I had a pint there about a month ago? Surely with the amount spoons sell and how popular it is on PD they could have stuck with it. Just greed!

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@northyorkshirefieldsports no 6% now

[@abdelatiftikniouine956]

@@allthebeernoidea180still 6.6% abv in Europe 😢

[@allthebeernoidea180]

@@abdelatiftikniouine956 always shafted in the UK