Brasserie Lefebvre Hopus Primeur 2013

Hopus Primeur 2013
(Batch of Hopus Primeur)

 

Brasserie Lefebvre in Rebecq-Quenast, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Series Out of Production
Score
6.75
ABV: 8.3% IBU: - Ticks: 157
For the seventh year in a row, the Lefebvre brewery celebrates its hop, know-how and expertise of its employees by offering a new dry-hopping version of the traditional Hopus.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Swing top bottle. Blonde. Citrus dominating the slightly floral aroma. Lemony flavor with floral notes and hints of yeast. Could have a bit more hop character, otherwise a very nice beer.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06



6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottled@Tuulensuu, Tampere (old backlog). Golden colour with a creamy white head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is floral, some herbal notes along with sweet malts, mild alcohol as well as some yeasty notes. Flavour is sweet malts, toffee, some herbs, mild yeast, spices as well as some slight alcohol sweetness. Feels a bit thin, but otherwise it’s quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2015 at 10:21


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. A hazy orange-golden beer with a dense, finger-thick off-white head. The aroma has some Belgian yeast, old damp cellar, some berry hints, a caramel note and some candy. It’s lightly alcoholic on the palate, full-bodied and pleasantly carbonated, but with an unpleasant, weird flavor I can’t really pin. Some cellar, quite a lot of fruityness, some pale malts and yeast. Lasting finish. Rather weird this one, although sort of nice when I had some sips. 150328

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2015 at 12:35


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle 330ml @ Geokkjer
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, wheat, banana, caramel, and some spices. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long warm, malty, spiced finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2015 at 12:32


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle in the Old Nickel. Pours hazy pale yellow, light fruit, sweet, sugary.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2015 at 03:03


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Further building on the success of Hopus, Lefebvre made this variation in 2013 with a sixth, American hop added as well as dry-hopping applied to it. Thick, snow white, creamy head, light blond colour with greenish hue. Refined aroma of ’green’ grassy, citrussy and leafy hops, lemon, grapefruit, tonic water, caramel, mineral water, pepper, apple peel. Fresh citrussy onset, malt sweetness, round fruitiness, more and more shifting to a delicate, refined and complex hop profile, ensuring an exciting and satisfying, dry and spicy finish. Quite delightful really, at least to Lefebvre's standards.

Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2014 at 16:47


9.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bardzo bardzo dobre bogato smakowe piwo. Tresciwe, slodowe i chmielne. Aromatyczne juz po wystrzeleniu porcelanki hucznym glosem i po srogim dymku do mojego nosa dotarl zapach swiezego chmielu cytrusowego, wiec pewnie ta Citra. W smaku slodowosc sie nieco oclania, a po przelknieciu mila goryczka ktora jest dloga i wyrazna. Piwo metnawe zlotawe i o pieknej borzliwej pianie bardzo trwalej wielkiej i slimakowej. Podczas degustacji niewielki smak alkoholowej nuty sie wdal ale chmielna gorycz zaraz to tlamsila.

Tried on 20 May 2014 at 11:44


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Flip top 330ml (Saveur)
Golden color, huge white head. Musty, grainy aroma. Medium-bodied. Overriped lychee, peach and grain. Not very fresh. Sticky sweet and papery. Citra almost unexistent.

Tried on 18 May 2014 at 12:34


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Has different hops than the original and tastes a bit more bitter and sharp. Nice as well.

Tried on 09 Feb 2014 at 09:31