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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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2007
at 06:23
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
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.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2007
at 10:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2006
at 13:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
0.25l bottle. Spicy, dark sugary and minerally yeasty aroma. Dark hazy red, low brown lacing head. Fairly sweet start, overlaying peppery spicyness, honeyish sweetness clings - feels unterattenuated. Chocolate covered berries, citric finish. Sparkly crowded mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2006
at 15:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (BB 04/2008). Very dark ruby color, huge cloudy tan head. Aroma of berries and licorice. Medium to full bodied. Licorice dominates the flavour, but there is also some sweeter berry-like notes. Aftertaste is a bit salty, alcohol and bitterness rise there too. Some way similar to Het Anker products. One step forward from the middle-of-the road brunes of Belgia.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2006
at 13:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2006
at 08:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 30 Sep) Dark brown colour with ruby notes, beige head. Malty, sweetish nose with dark fruit. Malty, sweet taste with caramel, syrup, molasses, vanilla and some well balanced spicy hops coming through in the finish. (Dr Pepper was the word I was looking for, thanks bu11zeye.) Balanced, not very complex, a bit too sweet, but enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2006
at 16:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a deep burgundy color ale with a super huge off-white foamy head with perfect retention. Aroma of sweet malt with some light spices (which may include some pepper and some anis). Taste is quite sweet probably from the candi sugar with some spices. Hops are clearly quite subtle and even the yeast is subdued (I would have preferred if it could have brought more character to this beer. Body is above average but could be a bit more full. Alcohol is well hidden. Overall, a very good Belgian ale and probably one of the finest product from this brewer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2006
at 10:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brown bottle, 330 ml, expiry date: 05122005; eye: dark brown almost opaque, burgundy reflections, nice coffee head that falls rapidly, no effervescence, some lacing; nose: roasted malt, dark chocolate, caramel, resin, earthy; taste: medium to full body, creamy and honey texture coats the mouth, lively carbonation, starts rather slow with an appearance of caramel followed by an abrupt taste of roasting that abruptly disappears as well with a longue finale of a threesome of sweetness, bitterness and alcool FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 330 ml, date d’expiration : 05122005; oeil : brune foncée presque opaque, reflets bourgogne, belle mousse café abondante qui s’affaise assez rapidement, pas d’effervescence, dentelle; nez : malt rôti, chocolat noir, caramel, résine, terreux; bouche : corps complet, texture crémeuse et mielleuse enrobant la bouche, « carbonatation » vivante, commence sans goût puis une appariton de caramel suivi d’une brusque apparation de torréfaction et d’une chute rapide de gout pour une finale longue où le sucré, l’amertume et l’alccol valsent ensemble
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2006
at 16:16