Lefebvre Floreffe Prima Melior (Meilleure)

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

Bottle. Pours jet black with a nice off-white head. Aroma is metallic pear. Flavor is wild berry with sweetbread, flat grape soda; alcohol nonexistent. Watery mouthfeel. Thin mouthfeel and a bizarre mix of flavors, but it’s not bad. However, one is definitely enough.

33 cl bottle from the Cracked KEttle, Amsterdam. Dark brown, almost black beer with a firm head. Brewed with candy sugar and spices. A full, well balanced flavour. Some roeasted malt, some burned sugar, but there is a nice bitterenss, too. The spices? Ginger and cinnamon blend in with the sweetness. And there is a warming aftertaste. Pleasant for a nightcap with a good book. I wouldn’t mind having a few of this in my cellar.

Bottle from Capone’s. Dark brown pour with 3-finger tan head that reappears with each repour. Aroma of caramel malt, brown sugar, toffee, figs, raisins, berries. Complex aroma. The taste is very dark fruity, with notes of blackberry, plum, brown sugar, caramelly malt, toffee, spices, and some funky yeasty notes as it warms. Again, a very complex taste for this one, with a rich, lively palate. This one reminds me a lot of the profiles of the greats like St. Berny, Rochy, and Westy, and perhaps I’ll set up a horizontal with this one one of these days. At any rate, find this one. It’s well worth looking for.

750. beer is clear, very dark brown. Head is initially huge, light brown, frothy-to-rocky. Pretty.<P> The aroma is malty with moderate notes of toasted grain, light note of creme brulee/caramel, traces of toasted nuts and toasted bread crumbs; Hoppy with heavy notes of fresh minty herbals, light note of pine; Yeasty with light-to-moderate notes of squelchy basement; Light notes of earthy stone fruit, clove, alcohol, trace of bubble gum.<P> The flavor is moderately-to-heavily sweet, lightly bitter, with a long, lightly bitter, lightly sweet, trace acidic finish.<P> The body is medium, the texture is thin velvet and the carbonation is lively.<P> Very complex and likable.

Pours brown, with a large, light brown head. Aroma is malt and dark fruit. Flavor is darl fruit, roasted malt, chocolate, and spices. Pretty good.

33cl bottle from Noel Cuveliers, Abele. Very deep brown colour with thick lasting beige head. Some really nice choccy malts on this. Bit of hot alcohol. Bit powdery in mouth, but great intensity of choccy malt. Yeah, it’s a bit simplistic, but it’s done well. I thought it was pretty decent if a bit sweet.

33cL bottle, via trade with janka at GABF. Deep brown, with a huge frothy tan head. Complex aroma of spice, chocolate, apple, and alcohol. sweet up front, with licorice and herbs coming to the forefront at the finish. tasty.

One of the best beer I found during my 6 days in Belgium. This is a dark brown beer with sediment and looks like an Abt. Big fruit and malt aroma. Flavor has sweet fruit and loads of malt with a very light alcohol taste. I perceive no flaws in this beer. Very good.