Where is Leffe Blonde brewed?

By Mark Porter Last checked 9 September 2026 How we check

Mixed supply

The UK supply of Leffe Blonde is split between imported stock and stock brewed in Britain. Check the small print on the pack.

Listed by Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Ocado and Waitrose when last checked. The product pages are among the sources below.

UK strength by format
Format	UK strength	Units	At home
440ml can	6.0%	2.6 units a can	6.6%
4 x 330ml bottle	6.0%	2.0 units a bottle	6.6%
12 x 330ml bottle	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	6.6%
750ml bottle	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	6.6%
500ml bottle	6.0%	3.0 units a bottle	6.6%
6L keg	6.0%	3.4 units a pint	6.6%

Every beer on the shelf by strength · How the units are worked out

Brewed for the UK in

AB InBev UK Limited sites (Magor and/or Samlesbury), not named on pack; inferred

Mixed supply. Site inferred: the pack names the company, not the brewery

Sold as a beer from

Belgium

Abbey of Leffe branding, Dinant abbey imagery

Brewed in (country)

Mixed

Brand owner

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

HQ: Leuven, Belgium

UK strength

6.0%

3.4 units a pint

Strength at home (Belgium)

6.6%

3.7 units a pint. The Ocado listing for Leffe Blonde bottles gives 6.0%, while the brand's standard specification is 6.6%. This discrepancy is unresolved and the UK figure should be checked against a bottle.

What the UK label says

“Country of Origin: Belgium. InBev Belgium, Bd Industriel 21, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium, brewed for Br. Abbaye de Leffe s.a./n.v., Place de l'Abbaye 1, B-5500 Dinant, Belgium Asda 440ml can: Country of Origin United Kingdom; 'Brewed for: Br. Abbaye de Leffe s.a./n.v., Dinant, Belgium. AB InBev UK Limited, EC4A 1EN.'”

Source: www.ocado.com

More about the brand: rights, style, when it was created, where it is brewed at home

UK rights held by

Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I (AB InBev UK Limited) (as importer and distributor)

Style

Belgian Abbey Blonde

Brand created

1240, Belgium

Brewed at home in

InBev Belgium, Brussels, Belgium (for Br. Abbaye de Leffe s.a./n.v., Dinant)

What we have not confirmed

Brauwelt reported on 1 December 2023 that 'as of this year, all Leffe sold in the UK comes from the group's Samlesbury brewery', without saying which packs. The supermarket listings tell a more mixed story. Asda's 440ml can is marked country of origin United Kingdom, with 'Brewed for Br. Abbaye de Leffe, Dinant. AB InBev UK Limited', and so is the PerfectDraft 6L keg at Morrisons. Every 4 x 330ml, 12 x 330ml and 750ml bottle we have read, at Tesco, Ocado, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, names InBev Belgium in Brussels as the brewer or Belgium as the origin. We have gone with the packs: in the UK, Leffe Blonde cans are brewed in Britain and the bottles are imported from Belgium.

Most UK bottles are listed at 6.0%, against 6.6% in Belgium, and The Grocer reported the cut.

What we have not confirmed: the 500ml bottle at Morrisons and Sainsbury's names only AB InBev UK Limited, with no country and no Belgian brewer, so we do not know where that one is brewed, and no can names its brewery. Strength also varies by listing: most packs say 6.0%, but Waitrose's 4 x 330ml and the 12 x 330ml at Morrisons and Waitrose say 6.6%, which suggests some UK bottles are the Belgian-strength beer. We give 6.0% as the UK strength and leave the 12 x 330ml and 750ml strengths open.

If you have a can or bottle to hand, the producer's name and address in the small print would settle it.

In short

The UK supply of Leffe Blonde is split: some of what reaches the shelf is imported and some is brewed here. Pack by pack: 440ml can: brewed in Britain; draught: not confirmed; 4 x 330ml bottle: imported; 12 x 330ml bottle: imported; 750ml bottle: imported; 500ml bottle: not confirmed; 6L keg: brewed in Britain. The can in your hand could be either, so check the producer address in the small print. In Belgium the same beer is 6.6%. Here it is 6.0%, which is 0.6 percentage points weaker. The brand belongs to Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, which also owns Bass and Boddingtons in the UK.

It depends which one you pick up

The bottles, cans and draught version of this beer do not all come from the same place, or are not all the same strength. Here is what each pack says.

Format	Supply	Label text
4 x 330ml bottle	Imported	Brewed by: InBev Belgium, Bd Industriel 21, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. Brewed for: Br. Abbaye de Leffe s.a./n.v., Place de l'Abbaye 1, B-5500 Dinant, Belgium. Distributor: AB InBev UK Limited, EC4A 1EN.
12 x 330ml bottle	Imported	Morrisons and Waitrose: 'InBev Belgium, Bd Industriel 21 Industrielaan, 1070 Bruxelles/Brussel. AB-InBev France, Euralille. AB InBev UK Limited, 90 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1EN.' Sainsbury's: 'Brewed by: InBev Belgium, Brussels. Brewed for: Br. Abbaye de Leffe, Dinant.'
500ml bottle	Not confirmed	AB InBev UK Limited, EC4A 1EN. No country of origin field and no brewer named (Morrisons, Sainsbury's).
750ml bottle	Imported	Country of origin: Belgium. Brewed by: InBev Belgium, Bd Industriel 21, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. Brewed for: Br. Abbaye de Leffe s.a./n.v., Place de l'Abbaye 1, B-5500 Dinant, Belgium. Distributor: AB InBev UK Limited, EC4A 1EN.
440ml can	Brewed in Britain	Country of Origin: United Kingdom. Brewed for: Br. Abbaye de Leffe s.a./n.v., Place de l'Abbaye 1, B-5500 Dinant, Belgium. AB InBev UK Limited, EC4A 1EN.
6L keg	Brewed in Britain	Country of origin: United Kingdom. Manufacturer: InBev Belgium, Bd Industriel Industrielaan, 1070 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium. UK: AB InBev UK Limited, EC4A 1EN. (PerfectDraft)
draught	Not confirmed	Not yet read

Who has brewed it here

Years	Brewer	Site	Source
Dates not confirmed	Imported from Belgium (bottles)	Brussels, Belgium (InBev Belgium)	asda.com

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