Hopus Primeur 2013
(Batch of Hopus Primeur)

Hazy golden with a smll white hed. Aroma of hops, grassy and herbal, with a yeasty and mineral note.

Bottle from beernavigator. A strong hopped belgian blond ale. Pours with a huge head, straw, slightly cloudy. sweet and sour nose, lemon, lemonthyme, grain, pineapple and yeast. Lots of warming alchohol, sweet but with a lemon tratness. Very little bitterness, grainy, sweet white wine. A bit astringent and odd and the hops are not very appearent. But it also sticks out in an interesting way.

Hazy yellow/blond colour, a lot of white foam. Hoppy aroma, bitter finish. Very refreshing beer with notes of citrus. Easy drinkable.

Slightly hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma of hops, sweat, grass, hay, old hay, and resin. Bitter malty flavour. Sweet finish, cloying, bitter notes.
Drinkable, though not very exciting. Nice idea, but too many of these ’hopped up’ Belgian beers from the bigger breweries just miss the mark.
(Draught @ Cafe De Deut, Nijmegen)

Bottle shared at Cafe De la Gare. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma of citrus, bread, light caramel and yeast. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Bottle at Cafe De La Gare, Den Haag. Poured a hazy medium amber with a huge frothy white head. The aroma is major hoppy with lots of grass. The flavour is medium bitter, grassy, with lots of hops and yeast. A true Belgium meets the UK/US/Denmark (delete as appropriate) beer. Similar to the Duvel Triple Hop Citra. I’m not sure which one I prefer.

33cl bottle shared with kermus and john. Thick white head. Hazy blond pour. Citrusy bitterness.

Has a ’green’, fresh hoppy aroma. Very fresh taste too. The hop is present but not overly bitter. The alcohol is well hidden. A bit sticky on the lips.

heard about this trough.. a non-beerdrinking student ? wtf? anyway, my bottle says something completely else than the description given here. as far as i understand from the bottle, this version of hopus is with younger hops ( januari untill april ) .. well, anyway, poured into my hopus glass. fuck the yeast-glass, i just put everyting into the glass. non shaken. like i drink all my beers. yellow colour, foam is the same as the regular hopus ( wich i , btw, do not realy like ) way more hoppy smell than the hopus ( ive hadf it 2 times, but i dont know wether it was fresh and im sure this one is , so that might be part of diffrences as well ) WAY more hops in the taste ! regular was ( to me) a belgian blonde alme with a hint of hop, this is realy hop forward ( in bitterness) with a sweet (belgian blonde ale kind of) sweetness. not an IPA taste, but exactly that bitter, if not more. carbo is sharp and high, but does not realy bother. aftertaste is fading hops, while the belgian blond beer - caracter comes more to front. overall way better than hopus. i’d drink this again, maybe, if not to expensive. but hey, the hops are finaly ( FINALY) getting known by the belgian beer market. after duvel tripel hop ( 2013 was delicious ) palm hopper ( this year renames to hop selection, both are LOVELY) i must say there’s just way better on the same market, with the same prices, and the same availability. either way , i thought of it way worse.

Bouteille, merci les forestins. Que dire? une bien triste bière si on compte le bruit fait par la brasserie autour de cette bière et aussi le panel de connaisseurs qui ont du voter pour choisir ce houblon si spécial. Dorée, col blanc moyen. Arôme est fruité citronné mais restant modéré, et ici je rejoins mon avis précédent de la Hopus. Bière qui se veut d’explorer plusieurs houblons mais en fait évolue dans une gamme de houblons neutres, et de ce fait, ne change pas grand chose. Ici, une comparaison à la Duvel Citra est suffisante que pour voir comment Lefebvre à manqué cette bière en ajoutant le minimum de citra qui pour moi ne m’a pas impressionné lors de notre test. Palais reste léger malgré le niveau d’alcool, malté avec un houblonnage moyen.Le citra se trouve à la ramasse et ne brille pas vraiment dans le produit final qui de ce fait évolue très peu de sa version d’origine, mais a le bénéfice d’évoluer avec cette mode d’avoir une bière primeur pour la saison. Fin de bouche est herbacée et garde ce profil belge typique. Bordel Lefèbvre, faites moi voyager avec vos bières !!! On est loin de la Delhaize Citra. Bière reste correcte, mais rien de nouveau ici.