Abbaye De Floreffe Blonde - Brasserie Lefèbvre SA

Everydayoff

Thailand

3.63/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

330ml bottle poured into a Leffe chalice by freshness date.

A:
Hazy honey color with some orange hue, thick creamy head with good retention, it leaves lacing ring along the downwards passage. Small bubbles of active carbonation seem to be rather high.

S:
Upfront with caramel, molasses and sugarcane, mingle together with barley malt based and berries.

T:
Lead by sweetness from sugarcane, molasses and caramel, malt is underlying but bold enough to bring into to touch. Bitterness from hop is mute, barely detectable.

M:
The body is medium with right amount of carbonation to generate slight pricky mouthfeel, very dry finish.

O:
Good Belgian Pale Ale, easy to go with and high drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2012 09:17:50 | More by Everydayoff

Poupae

Thailand

3.25/5  rDev -11.4%

03-18-2013 12:15:48 | More by Poupae

MDDMD

Pennsylvania

3.41/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A-golden amber color with a large white head and some lacing

S-grainy malt, apples, spice, slight yeasty funk

T-sour apples, biscuity malt, grapes, spices, pepper, slight bitter finish

F-medium body with moderate carbonation, crisp and dry

O-OK but has slightly odd balance of flavors, not bad but not compelling

Serving type: bottle

03-18-2013 01:13:03 | More by MDDMD

Marius

Romania

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

01-08-2013 20:42:59 | More by Marius

BrazilianAussie

Brazil

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

09-21-2012 23:36:44 | More by BrazilianAussie

jpworld

Quebec (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +15.8%

08-04-2012 01:00:10 | More by jpworld

mtrain237

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +2.2%

07-07-2012 10:14:18 | More by mtrain237

PhillyStyle

Georgia

3.5/5  rDev -4.6%

06-09-2012 19:55:49 | More by PhillyStyle

NightINgale

Quebec (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -11.4%

03-10-2012 19:42:39 | More by NightINgale

Filosoof

Netherlands

3.23/5  rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Where the Floreffe Dubbel has something interesting that's worth the try, Floreffe Blonde has something boring why I'm not willing to drink it more than once.

L: golden look, top starts nice, but disappears quite quickly;
S: boring honey, some bread;
T: like a sweet pilsener, maybe there's some floral thing in it, but brrrr...
M: the longer I think about it the less I like it. There is a tiny bitterness, but even that element irritates.
O: one of the worst blondes I know.

Drinkable ofcourse, but only if this is the one and only bottle around.

Serving type: bottle

01-30-2012 20:57:38 | More by Filosoof

stevoj

Germany

3.5/5  rDev -4.6%

01-27-2012 20:25:31 | More by stevoj

rekel

Netherlands

4/5  rDev +9%

11-30-2011 23:28:02 | More by rekel

IPA35

Netherlands

3.63/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a Kasteel glass. My first true non-trappist abbey beer, it has the official true Belgian abbey beer seal at the back of the label.

Dark blonde colour, about 1.5 thumbs of white head with bad retention.

Smells is floral and hoppy (as in citrus).
Doesn't smell too strong.
I think it has that typical Belgian yeast smell that people here keep talking about, I am not sure if that is what it is but most Belgian ales seem to have it.

Taste is light, floral, slightly hoppy, fruity/sweet and quite bready or grainy.
Slight hint of alcohol in the back.

Mouthfeel is thin, almost watery. Quite alot of carbonation. Dry and very easy to drink.

Overall not a spectacular beer, a bit simple prehaps but quite good still.

I would recommend this to people who want to make that leap from macrolagers to craftbeer or -in Dutch- speciaalbier.

I know some people who are into lager and are looking for a better alternative to Heineken/Amstel but when I bring them a bottle of Tripel Karmeliet they don't like it. Prehaps this is what they should try?

But this might not be the first beer you would pick as it isn't that well known even though it is easily available in the Netherlands.

Serving type: bottle

06-23-2011 15:36:47 | More by IPA35

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

3.9/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz Bottle

Appearance - Clear amber/gold colour with a large size frothy and fizzy white head. I can see an average amount of carbonation and there is some good lacing all over the sides of the glass. The head lasted for around 5 minutes before it was gone.

Smell – Breads/grains, floral, green grapes

Taste & Mouth – The beer had an above average amount of carbonation and I could taste lots of grape flavour mixed with breads and grains. There was also some hop and malt flavours mixed with some yeast. It finishes with a grape and bready aftertaste.

Overall – The beer has an interesting taste that made it fairly drinkable. It didn’t strike me as a spectacular ‘must try’ beer; but I’m happy I gave it a shot.

Serving type: bottle

05-02-2011 19:34:11 | More by spinrsx

mdagnew

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

3.93/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

330ml bottle bought from GapWines, Belfast...

Poured a pale golden yellow colour with some light golden hints... White head poured fairly big then faded quickly to a light layer... Decent amount of carbonation bubbles to the surface... No lacing..

Aroma - Nice strong spicy tart fruits (apples, grapefruits, pears, some lemons), barely any malts, peppery / grassy hop bitterness, some creamy vanilla notes, hay, spicy, some salty notes..

Taste - Nice light spicy fruits (apples, light grapefruits, lemons), very light floral honey sweetness, some yeasty notes, light sea saltiness, quite grainy, pale malts, light grassy notes, peppery hops, aniseed, some basil..

M&D - Pretty sharp and dry. Light body... Very refreshing and pretty drinkable even at 6.30%...

Overall - A good clean and well made pale ale.... Well worth a try..

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2009 13:20:41 | More by mdagnew

Sigmund

Norway

3.6/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

330 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6.3%. The label describes this beer as a "strong ale" and an "abbey beer". Ingredients include candi sugar. Clear golden colour, big white head. Nice fruity aroma, notes of cider apples, spices, farmhouse kitchen and Belgian ale yeast. Fizzy mouthfeel. The flavour is fairly sweet (the kandi sugar is evident), notes of apples and mild spices. Not too bad.

Serving type: bottle

01-19-2009 20:08:30 | More by Sigmund

thierrynantes

France

3.03/5  rDev -17.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Beer bottle (33cl.), tasted in 2003.

Appearance : yelow color, with abundant white foamy head.
Smell : cereals aromas.
Taste and mouthfeel : sweet, caramel, with a slight bitterness. It is malty and quite round in the mouth.
Drinkability : an average beer in the style Belgian Pale Ale.

Serving type: bottle

11-29-2008 09:56:02 | More by thierrynantes

nekronos

Mexico

4.3/5  rDev +17.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

NOt so blonde, but interestng in every department. It has the Belgian traditional crafty aftertaste. The foam is great although it is a little simple if compared with toher Florffes. Nice caoba colour. The name reminds of flowers and apparently has something to do with it.

Serving type: bottle

11-17-2008 18:44:32 | More by nekronos

BlackHaddock

United Kingdom (England)

3.33/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Brown 330ml bottle, best before 11/2006, so opened 13 months too late.

Poured into a Corsendonk tulip glass, I allowed the whole sediment enter the glass, I didn't mean too, the sediment arrived quicker than I thought it would.

The beer would have been a deep golden, clear and crisp looking blonde, mine was a dull orange with huge bits flaoting around, a blonde who had been pulled through a hedge backwards, slowly they (the sediment lumps) began to sink towards the bottom, but I couldn't wait all night, so I started to drink the beer as it tried to clear itself. The head by the way didn't stay. My score for appearance is only average because I messed up the pour.

The aroma was all honey and sweetness, with a little yeastiness to help balance it out.

The taste is not as sweet as I expected from the smell. It is sweet, but there is a robust, fizzy sourness too. By pouring in everything I got the whole picture, it is no 'master', but not bad at all.

Good carbonisation, bubbles trying to rise through my rotating haze of sediment lumps as they push ever downwards.

I will endevour to have this beer again and see if my pouring made a huge difference, I doubt it though. This beer is not a world beater, but a decent beer none-the-less.

Serving type: bottle

12-21-2007 20:52:04 | More by BlackHaddock

Absumaster

Netherlands

3.4/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This beer pours a clear, orange or dark yellow color with a stable, chunky head and lots of carbonation.

Smell is malty with honey and spicy notes. The yeast is very specific for the Floreffe beers.

Taste is oxidized which draws the attention away from the taste as it is ment to be. The malt is nice upfront and gives the beer a honey touch. I get some coriander and clove, which is probably the result of the yeast which is also fenolic and reminds me of a witbier yeast, nice and spicy. Body is slightly sticky and aftertaste is a little bitter and spicy. Drinkability is good.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2007 13:44:53 | More by Absumaster

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle: Poured a beige/yellowish ale with a big foamy white head with great retention and lacing. Aroma of hops is stronger then anticipated but well enjoyed with some familiar yeasty aroma also detectable. Taste is a well balance mix between some nice big floral Belgian malt and a medium bitter finish form Saaz (I believe) hops. Really refreshing and complex enough for the style.

Serving type: bottle

11-17-2006 18:57:51 | More by Phyl21ca

JohnW

United Kingdom (England)

3.95/5  rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Medium gold colour, and good dense head. Aroma rich and fairly sweet, hint of spice but also a dry note. Taste and texture good, fairly sweet as you would expect from this style of beer, but not too sweet, with a dryish finish that makes a good balance. Not a beer to have in large quantities, but is very enjoyable to savour in an evening. Should be served just slightly chilled, not ice cold. I enjoyed this and would certainly have it again, and would be interesting to try it on tap! Not the best example of the style, but fairly good.

John W
Bham UK Jan 2006

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2006 23:13:40 | More by JohnW

JohnfromDublin

Ireland

4/5  rDev +9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Tasted on tap at Café Belgique, Amsterdam on 16th Oct 2005.

I never would have considered myself a blond fan (at least not in beers), but this one I really liked.

Appearance was expected unspectacular blonde beer appearance. Reasonable head on golden body, no haze but some bubbling.

Smell kind-of subdued hops, not much malt and not much fruit.

Tasted very good, more pronounced fruit (maybe apple), nice hops.
Yes, I would have a couple of these (and did!).

Serving type: on-tap

10-19-2005 16:55:50 | More by JohnfromDublin

paterlodie

Belgium

3.9/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Floreffe Blond poers out fine. Golden color with litle orange and totaly clear. That and quiet a nice head make appearance good. Smell is litle yeastfruity, litle alcoholic and litle hops but altogether not impressive. Taste is very clean, has a nice maltcaracter and ends dry. Very refressing and good blond. Though not impressive.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2005 16:57:41 | More by paterlodie

Bdc

Oklahoma

3.6/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Sampled on draft, Tapwerks, OKC. Pours a pure gold with a minimal head, but very nice lacing helps the appearance. Mild, sweet malt aroma with notes of spice. Pear, clove and spice in the flavor with a sweet aftertaste. A fine beer, but not worth the price to me.

Serving type: on-tap

10-25-2004 21:15:10 | More by Bdc