Hopus Primeur
(has 8 batches)
Brasserie Lefebvre in Rebecq-Quenast, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special|
Score
6.85
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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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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bouteille 33cl. Dorée, col crémeux blanc. Arôme au nez parfumé assez houblonné, je note de fines effluves poivrées accompagnées d’un léger fleuri, et qcq agrumes, note écorce de citronnelle. Palais est finement amer, houblonné, noble assez sec niveau des malts. Citronné doux rappelant les feuilles de kaffir avec un niveau alcool qui se fait bien ressentir. Retrouve une essence belge dans la levure et les malts sur une fine note levure en fin de bouche. A une époque de transparence, on peut tjrs s’interroger pq Lefebvre s’entête à garder ses houblons comme un secret, et cela année après année.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2016
at 14:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml. bottle sampled thanks to kermis & deanso. Lightly sparkling orange with a massive off-white head. Nose is sweet & phenolic, sugar, caramel, cheap sweet & phenolic. Taste is big banana, heavy esters, fizzy, phenolic, cheap sugary sweetness, green banana, soap, touch chemical bitter, aspirin, apple. Very fizzy. Overly phenolic & estery for me, this one comes across as a poorer take on the regular Duvel. I can see the appeal for some, for me it is just about okay & excessive in many areas.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2016
at 03:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Gollem, Antwerp thanks to 77ships. Clear golden with a a huge white head. Aroma of light grassy hops, fruits and light malt. Flavour is light moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2016
at 12:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Lefebvre Hopus Primeur 2016 (by Brasserie Lefebvre):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
21/IV/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 18/VI/17 (2016-376)
Clear pale blond beer, big fizzy white head, unstable, falls down quickly, bit adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: quite some banana, fruity notes, bit yeasty, sweet, more ripe banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of banana, pretty bitter, bit chemical, medicinal touch, fruity. Aftertaste: citrus, some tropical fruits, more banana, pretty sweet, little rubbery.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5
21/IV/16 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 18/VI/17 (2016-376)
Clear pale blond beer, big fizzy white head, unstable, falls down quickly, bit adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: quite some banana, fruity notes, bit yeasty, sweet, more ripe banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of banana, pretty bitter, bit chemical, medicinal touch, fruity. Aftertaste: citrus, some tropical fruits, more banana, pretty sweet, little rubbery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2016
at 15:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at Gollem. Pours unclear blonde small white head. Smell is fresh, green , bitter , aroma of Grass. Taste is bitter, fresh, citrussy, grassy. Apple character as well. Every year, this one gets better !
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2016
at 14:32