Hopus - Brasserie Lefèbvre SA

burnerfinger

Texas

3.88/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

poured from the 12 oz- swingtop bottle (which I will use for homebrew) into my new belgium goblet.

A pours a bright golden yellow with a super generous FOUR finger bleach white head. very little flavor to the head at all..."bitter, blonde, and bottle conditioned" per the label seems accurate. I noted more that a bit of trub in the bottle. settles quick in a cloudy, pillowy way.

S not too much to the aroma - a bit of sweet citrus
was hoping for hops here based on the name but I think I was off- base on that one.

hard to rate this one because it's good in all aspects except for taste but taste is a really big part of beer, right? will default to hi marks mostly due to the thankfully HI alcohol content.
T 8.5 abv is finely masked, but not much here in the flavor dept really. some bitter bite follows up after a mostly missing taste.

M smooth, esp. considering the hi abv. this one really cuaght me off guard.

D: superdrinkable. smooth, no alcohol bite, this is only a bit bitter. ????

Serving type: bottle

04-16-2010 18:35:28 | More by burnerfinger

desint

Belgium

3.5/5  rDev -6.2%

05-24-2013 12:55:13 | More by desint

CBPAS

New York

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

05-23-2013 23:40:42 | More by CBPAS

randylangford

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

04-26-2013 22:45:18 | More by randylangford

Oakenator

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +7.2%

04-26-2013 21:32:28 | More by Oakenator

smbslt

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +13.9%

04-24-2013 02:12:48 | More by smbslt

ac22rush

Illinois

4/5  rDev +7.2%

04-17-2013 18:56:14 | More by ac22rush

RD1163

California

3/5  rDev -19.6%

04-06-2013 04:08:41 | More by RD1163

korene84

California

2/5  rDev -46.4%

04-06-2013 04:08:07 | More by korene84

TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev -6.2%

04-01-2013 20:08:26 | More by TheBeerAlmanac

VAcrossr

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

03-30-2013 19:10:31 | More by VAcrossr

Poupae

Thailand

3.5/5  rDev -6.2%

03-19-2013 06:22:04 | More by Poupae

safaricook

Netherlands

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

02-16-2013 19:30:39 | More by safaricook

Beerstorian

District of Columbia

4.5/5  rDev +20.6%

02-15-2013 15:20:13 | More by Beerstorian

Douberd

Netherlands

3.5/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Swing tope bottle, 330 ml, at home. Poured into a tulip glass. ABV 8.3%
It opens with a loud pop and it pours in my glass a light orange golden beer, with a huge four fingers head. Soapy in texture, good retention. Ig goes down lazily, leaving a good amount of lacing around the glass.
Nice aroma, fruits, yeast present. Also sugars.On the background some of the alcohol.
Taste is bitter, again some yeast and some malts taste. Not very hoppy, but the hops that it does have make for a nice result and adding some floral notes.
Full body. Carbonation above average. Quite dry on the palate.
Overall, maybe I misinterpreted the name, along with the phrase "5 sorts of hops" and in my head I had it as something very hoppy, surely above average. At the end, it was a very nice beer, a typical example of a Belgian Ale. Very good, very easily drinkable, especially since the alcohol is just a tiny bit traceable, and very tasty.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2013 21:56:38 | More by Douberd

Resuin

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

01-29-2013 06:32:41 | More by Resuin

gnikola

Serbia

2.5/5  rDev -33%

01-27-2013 17:36:30 | More by gnikola

mweso2000

Georgia

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

01-20-2013 00:11:33 | More by mweso2000

drewman_capote

France

4.25/5  rDev +13.9%

01-14-2013 18:18:59 | More by drewman_capote

Marius

Romania

4/5  rDev +7.2%

01-08-2013 20:11:23 | More by Marius

lancecenter

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +20.6%

12-23-2012 00:20:41 | More by lancecenter

grahamboudreaux

Tennessee

4/5  rDev +7.2%

12-21-2012 06:31:57 | More by grahamboudreaux

JeffreyJDavis

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +7.2%

12-20-2012 14:03:50 | More by JeffreyJDavis

Scamboogery

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -6.2%

12-16-2012 23:21:13 | More by Scamboogery

GRUUMSH

Belgium

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

12-03-2012 11:16:28 | More by GRUUMSH