Lefebvre Floreffe Prima Melior (Meilleure)

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

A very lively beer - it foamed over when I opened the bottle. It is black like a porter - I wouldn't call this a "brune" - I wonder if Belgium has a name for a black beer? The head is big and brown - but disappears rather quick because of the lively character. The aroma is sweet with notes of chocolate, apples, pears, and smoke - a very complex aroma. The flavor is sweet too with notes of apples and strawberries. It ends on a sweet-smoked note. The flavor is also very complex. With the color and the smoke notes - I would call this a Belgium Porter.

(Bottle: 33 cl) Clear, quite dark with a distinguished reddish tone. Head is huge, generous, creamy and quite sturdy. Extremely aromatic and spicy. Hints of chocolate and a discreet sweetness which is balanced by a ditto discreet bitterness. Hints of coffee. 120103

33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a huge light brown head. Yeasty spiced and roasted malt aroma. Complex spiced flavour, clear notes from the yeast but also roasted and somewhat herbal notes to. I sense some chocolate smoothness and some edge from a liqourice like note. Dry and again somewhat herbal finish.7-5-7-4-15=3.8

ZBF2008: From tap, as Floreffe Bruin. Pours dark brown with a dense tan head. Light malty and minor diacetyl aroma. Flavour is roasted malt, light spiced and mellow yeasty beneath. Lingering spiced and roasted malt finish.6-4-7-3-13=3.3

Bottled. Very dark brown. Aroma of bitter herbs and tobacco. Rather dry and roasty with a herbal flavour reminiscent of Jägermeister. Medium bodied with some caramel flavour and a clean finish with some bitterness.

Bottle. Dark brown color with ruby notes, beige head. Malty, sweetish nose with dark fruit. Malty, sweet taste with caramel, syrup, vanilla and some well balanced spicy hops coming through in the finish.

Bottle. Very perfumy malty tequila aroma. Dark brown colour, small head. Roasted, brown sugar flavour. Quite peppery, perfumy flavour. Seems there is too much perfume in this beer for me.

Bottled. Dark reddish/brown/amberish colour with big fluffy beige head, which sinks to one mediumsized creamy thick head in a few minutes. Aroma is caramel, burn sugar and some malts in it. Flavour is caramel malts, burnt sugar, slight raisins and alcohol. The finish gets grassy and hayish hops.

Bottled. Brown coloured with a creamy off white head. Complex sweet aroma with lots of dried fruits and notes of tobacco. Sweet flavour dominated by dried fruits with notes of tobacco and chocolate.