Hopus Primeur
Brasserie Lefebvre in Rebecq-Quenast, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special|
Score
6.84
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The Hopus Primeur is a special edition of the regular Hopus made with five varieties of hops. For the Primeur hops are used with maximum freshness and moreover a sixth variety is added during the dry hopping, to give the aroma its own hallmark. Every year, since 2013, a different variety has been used, the best kept secret of the brewery.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
23 April 2018. At Spontane Goesting, Itterbeek. Shared with Anke
Pours clear yellow with a huge, frothy, white head; lacing. The aroma contains mango, passionfruit, grapefruit, spruce, bitter hops, citrus & orange. It tastes medium fruity sweet, bit bready, even caramelly, and light to medium hoppy bitter, with citric sour tones. Dry, bittering, hoppy finish, bit spicy and yeasty. Medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Rather sweet, only the finish gives away the dry hopping. Enjoyable.
Pours clear yellow with a huge, frothy, white head; lacing. The aroma contains mango, passionfruit, grapefruit, spruce, bitter hops, citrus & orange. It tastes medium fruity sweet, bit bready, even caramelly, and light to medium hoppy bitter, with citric sour tones. Dry, bittering, hoppy finish, bit spicy and yeasty. Medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Rather sweet, only the finish gives away the dry hopping. Enjoyable.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2018
at 17:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home. Clear amber colour, creamy white foam, medium carbonation. Best before 2015. Sweet aroma of candy, honey, sweet malts. Light bitterness, hoppiness faded away (because of expiration). Reminds me a lot of Moeder Overste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2018
at 07:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: huge, white, creamy, extremely long lasting. C: pale gold, hazy. A: malty, peppery, soap, grassy, bit fruity, decent hoppy, straw, yeasty. T: malty, grassy, citrus, pear, bit tropical fruit, tangerine, this beer is not spring fresh but still very nice, good balanced and enjoyed, medium to full body, medium carbonation, 33cl bottle from local corner food shop in Brussels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2017
at 15:19
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Jolie petite surprise avec cette Hopus Primeur 2017 qui se veut, fraîche, finement houblonnée pour un plaisir bien présent au final. L'équilibre est plutôt bien respecté sur des arômes d'agrumes (orange et pamplemousse), de miel autour d'une amertume herbacée. Nous ne sommes cependant pas dans une complexité démesurée, mais il faut également savoir apprécier les choses simples. En verre, nous sommes sur un blond abricot voilé (EBC aux alentours de 20) surmonté d'une mousse blanche de 2 cm d'épaisseur. Le nez est très appréciable sur une amertume fine alliée à des arômes doux de miel, d'agrumes (orange et pamplemousse) avec une pointe de tilleul. L'attaque, plutôt fraîche présente d'emblée une amertume herbacée aux accents de pamplemousse avec, à l'instar du nez, des arômes plus doux d'orange et de miel très bien intégrés. Mention spéciale pour la seconde bouche, très bien équilibrée à la fois douce et racée (meilleur équilibre malt/houblon par rapport à l'attaque). L'arrière bouche est quant à elle davantage sur l'amertume et confère du caractère à l'ensemble. La troisième bouche monte alors quelque peu sur l'amertume et sur l'alcool (à un niveau de 8,3 % Abv, très bien dosé), avant le final, sur une belle longueur laissant l'amertume herbacée en bouche. Un bon moment.
Tried
on 19 Nov 2017
at 05:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Poechenellekelder, Brussels. Back on track, after having tasted the 15 which was nothing but old dusty hops I was sceptic to try this again although I love many of the previous years. Pours hazy golden with a large frothy head. Slight peppery and yeasty herbal nose and flavor with a good deal of fresh grassy and citrussy hops. Ends dry and bitter. Harmonic. Really dope.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2017
at 13:21
8/10
Tried
on 28 Sep 2017
at 12:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(swing top bottle, 33cl) Hazy, pale golden colour with a big and blond, slowly lacing foamy head. Fruity hoppy aroma with notes of citrus and grapefruit, accompanied by mildly malty notes and a distinctively phenolic and slightly soapy yeast character. Mildy bitter, delicately sweet and tart flavour, medium to full bodied with a moderate carbonation. Yeasty mildly malty base with notes of white bread, also present citric and delicately grassy hops, lingering into the moderately dry andmildly hop bitter finish with a lasting citric tail and a well-covered alcoholic strength. Okay but too much yeasty for my taste. 14.VIII.17
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2017
at 12:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Dranken Vandewoude and drunk on a train. Hazy pale gold lasting cream head. Hoppy aroma Hoppy Belgian blonde beer. Rather a nice Belgian blond right in my wheelhouse. Refreshing blond hoppy balanced easy drinkimg. Fun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2017
at 07:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft - Lime and some fresh grass. Clear yellow with a rich white head. Lime notes, grassy and bread notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2017
at 06:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ Taphuys, Tilburg. Shared with Ferris. Clear yellow color, full sized white head that lasts for a long time. Smell and taste malts, wheat, lightly herbs or spices, fairly yeasty. Average body, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2017
at 06:52