Floreffe Prima Melior (Meilleure)
Brasserie Lefebvre in Rebecq-Quenast, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.21
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After secondary fermentation in the bottle in the purest tradition of Floreffe’s abbey beers, it has a very deep, almost black colour with a brown head
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Very dark brown beer, beige head. Aroma of dark fruits, malts and chocolate, a bit musty. Flavour is very soft and sweet, malty, dark chocolate, ripe fruits. Nice slightly bitter finish. Creamy and soft mouthfeel. Very good beer!
Tried
on 19 Aug 2008
at 05:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma is very musty and earthy with some candi sugar and dark fruit. Flavor is some burnt brown sugar and dark fruit with a little vinegar. Finish is no problem as the flavors are somewhat dulled as this goes down. Still this is a somewhat tasty Belgian and something to at least try for the aroma alone.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2008
at 22:28
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a rich, dark red, with a frothy, lasting, 1-finger off-white head - the aroma is an interesting, complex, but soft mixture of overripe fruit sweetness, and lightly tart apple and cherry skins - a little bit of earth and must add depth - the flavor is a bit on the sweet side, with none of the tartness the aroma hints at - still, it isn’t bad - brown sugar, baked apples, raisins, and cherries are all in the mix to make things interesting - there is a tiny bit of the earthy character from the aroma present - dries out a little in the finish, as notes of cocoa become apparent - a little bit of alcohol heat on the back end - quite an understated brew - if the flavor were more like the aroma, it would be a home run.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2008
at 20:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml corked bottle. Murky deep brown-amber color, with a nice frothy head. Deep, rich, and malty with a significant spice. Mellow brown candi sugar, anise, and orange peel all come across in the aroma as well as the taste. Smooth and creamy, a little dryness intertwined with the warming of the alcohol. Excellent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2008
at 20:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Cafe Erasmus in Brugge. Deep dark aromas of fruit, dark malt, and a touch of coffee. Very dark brown color with a huge lacing tan head. Flavor is dark fruit; dark malt and hop. This is slightly sweet, but finishes rather smooth and dry, with a hint of prune.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2008
at 14:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled(750ml). -from some Match in Budapest.
Reddish/dark brown coloured, big stable tan head, fruity alcoholic nose. The taste is also very malty and pleasant fruity with notes of dried fruits, chocolate and spices. Mild alcoholic notes in the pleasant fruity finish. Very good Floreffe.
Reddish/dark brown coloured, big stable tan head, fruity alcoholic nose. The taste is also very malty and pleasant fruity with notes of dried fruits, chocolate and spices. Mild alcoholic notes in the pleasant fruity finish. Very good Floreffe.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2008
at 04:19
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Big bottle courtesy of and shared with ogivlado (thanks!) Post Tuborg Lemon Melior. Heh. Poured a huge, extremely persistant and stable caffe latteish pale tan head and a dark, almost black reddish colour. Impressive. The nose is strong... dark malts, raisins, some coffee and fruitiness. All in all, respectable. The taste is more of the same. A nice, somewhat coffeeish earthy roastiness surrounding a very pleasant, fine fruty sweetness... some fruit I cannot think off. Apples I guess. A bit estery. Sweet aftertaste. All in all I really liked this one. Seen the Floreffe beers in a few stores in Budapest (Ogi got the bottle in one) and I thought that 1200-1300 Forints is a bit too much for a bottle. I was quite possibly wrong.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2008
at 16:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very dark brown body with a medium creamy tan head. Cork popped as opening and nearly hit me on the way to the ceiling. Huge molassas and anise aroma, with some dry malts. More molassas and lighter anise in the flavor with some light caramel and faint bitterness in the finish. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 12 May 2008
at 19:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
First ratingRating added 2/2/200875 cl bottle at Bishops Arms, V Hamng, Göteborg.Shared with deftLabeled "Floreffe Brune - Bruin"BB 2005, no date labelClear dark reddish brown color, medium sized tan head. Acidic, wood and red wine scent, a bit dry and sweet. Sweet and spicy, caramel taste. Sweet aftertaste. Scent and taste is very different. When I first smelled I thought "this will taste like Duchesse de Bourgogne" but it sure didn’t. Fizzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Some chocolate in the back.6/3/8/3/14=3.4Second ratingupdated 3/19/2008Draught at Cafè 3 Små Rum, Göteborg.On March 18, 2008Dark brown color, smallish tan head. Sweet, sugar and a bit fruity scent. Big sweet and refreshing taste. Some fruits, yoghurt and a bit of smoke. Spicy and sweet aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, low bitterness.7/3/8/4/15=3.7Rerate75 cl bottle on December 31, 2016. BB 27 05 2018Clear very dark reddish brown color, small tan head. Spicy, milky, fruity, lactic, estery scent. Spicy, lactic, light bitter, metallic taste. Metallic, grainy, spicy aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness.7/4/6/3/12=3.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2008
at 05:15