Lefebvre Floreffe Prima Melior (Meilleure)

Brewed by Brasserie Lefebvre
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Rebecq-Quenast, Belgium

Bottle. Very pretty nose of spices, cherries, liquorice and fresh cut flowers. Pours dark brown with some amber highlights. Dry yeast, some sweet sugar and spices on the palate. Average carbonation.

Thanks to akevitt for sharing. Light brown color with faint anise in the spicy nose. The star anise is there in the body but doesn’t dominate or cause offense. Yeasty character and plenty of spice and some chocolate.

Pours a very dark brown with a nice light tan head. Amazing nose with hints of banana, toffee, anise, chocolate. Good medium to heavy carbonation with a little alcohol kick, as well as some sweet smokey toffee, anise, and great spicy yeast flavors.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is dry, cellar notes. Flavour is dry, cellar notes, roasted, alcohol, dried fruits, hop. Nice beer.

Bottle. Chestnut body that looks quite clear, topped by a big, beige, lasting head. The aroma has lots of cellar, dominating the experience, and is backed by dried fruits and some hops. There’s too much cellar in the flavor as well, but it’s not as heavy as in the aroma. It’s followed by dried fruits, sugar, some tobacco and wee hints of alcohol. Sweet, warming, dusty, full-bodied mouthfeel, and finishing with raisins and sweetness. There was so much cellar present in this one that I had to double check the BB-date, but that was ok. Yet it is a decent beer. (070528)

Interesting. On the label it said this contained star anise and orange peel, but no one seemed to notice. Hmmm... It pours a dark mahogany highlighted in ruby and sports a fizz-based rocky beige head. There is some licorice in the nose, and the smell increases as the drink warms. The aroma also has dark stone fruits, molasses, lightly roasted malts, and a touch of toffee. (Didn’t catch the orange peel.) The mouthfeel is light and creamy, almost fluffy. The flavor is a smooth blending of lightly roasted malts, a quiet floral bitterness, molasses, nuts, and a subdued anise. Pretty good ale.

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Bottle. Moderate malty, light bread and alcohol, molasses, a hint of coffee. Huge rocky off-white head, fully lasting. The body is black. The flavor is light bitter, average duration. Medium body, dry & quite creamy texture, soft carbonation. A great beer, superb balance between the alcohol and the taste.

Dark amber of color with a beige longlasting head. An aroma of spice, sweets and notes of dark fruits, metallic notes. A flavor of prunes, spice notes, caramel and chocolate notes. High carbonated.