Leffe
About this Brewery
Leffe is a recognised Belgian abbey-beer brand associated with the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Leffe at Dinant. The Premonstratensian abbey was founded in 1152, and records show that it acquired a brewery in 1240. Brewing gave pilgrims and travellers a safer alternative to often-contaminated water, and became part of the abbey’s long tradition of hospitality.
The brewery endured wars, fires and the destruction of the abbey during the French Revolution, but production finally stopped in 1809. In 1952, Abbot Cyrille Nys and the brewer Albert Lootvoet revived Leffe Brune, beginning the modern beer range. The brand later passed to Interbrew and is now brewed commercially by AB InBev. Leffe remains a recognised abbey beer, rather than a Trappist beer; its familiar Blonde and Brune are among Belgium’s most widely enjoyed beers.
Abbey: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Leffe, Place de l’Abbaye 1, 5500 Dinant Now brewed by: AB InBev