Abbaye De Floreffe Triple
Brasserie Lefèbvre SA

Abbaye De Floreffe TripleAbbaye De Floreffe Triple
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From:
Brasserie Lefèbvre SA
 
Belgium
Style:
Tripel
Ranked #191
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
85
Ranked #21,030
Avg:
3.77 | pDev: 10.34%
Reviews:
107
Ratings:
207
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 25, 2024
Added:
Nov 18, 2002
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  23
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Ratings by smakawhat:
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Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland

4.09/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured from the bottle into a tulip glass. Consume before Oct 21st 2017.

Burnt orange body color, almost into a red amber territory but definitely on the brown side, and a bit murky. Lots of pinhead fine white streams of carbonation on the sides, matching to a frothy white bright head. Head retention is a mix of styrofoam and weak soapy appearances, but doesn't move at all with an easy three fingers, more if you are aggressive on the pour. Head just wont budge and keeps getting lapped up with each bubble coming forward, and cling cling cling ROCKY clumps abound while drinking.

This is a real interesting nose. Mineral and floral notes, with a real honey kick but with a much less subdued sense of sweetness. There's a touch of faint phenol clove character but also some rye like spicy quality as well. Very unexpected, gotta love the variety on these Belgian tripels, and this nose is quite a unique and memorable one.

Palate makes a big surprise. Caramel malts and a big crisp carbonation not unlike a Marzen. Hints of toffee and also banana esters but then some of that classic tripel candi sugar comes in a little bit. Playful carbonation but also a real nearly doppelbock German quality in flavor. Soft mix of sweet banana, and almost vanilla cream in the mix, with a good phenolic brown spiced finish.

This almost comes off as a Marzen large doppel belgian twist, which is a real fun and memorable beer. Not what I look for in this style particularly from a Belgian producer, but this is quite a neat made brew.
Mar 27, 2016
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Rated: 4.3 by arjanm from Netherlands

Jan 25, 2024
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Reviewed by BucBasil from Rwanda

3.74/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Poured from the 330ml swingtop bottle into a wine glass. Upon opening, the bottle popped like a champagne bottle. The beer is a cloudy pure orange colour, topped with an off-white head that bursts out of the bottle. Moderate retention.

Smell: slightly sweet with hints of honey, toast, and Belgian yeast. Apple and maybe pear. Some earthy spice.

Taste: a bit dull after the smell. Light fruits and honey. Balancing bready malt. Average.

Feel: a bit thin for the style.

Overall: An average Belgian tripel, but even that is better than all beers here in Rwanda.
May 27, 2022
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.49/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 7.5%. Deep golden colour, pours very fizzy with a huge white head. Moderate but pleasant aroma with spicy and fruity (orange peel) notes. The flavour is fairly sweet with some spicy notes, acceptable hops in the finish.
May 13, 2022
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Reviewed by elnachooo from Spain

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
De color ámbar, con una espuma cremosa de buena retención. Ligera y de carbonatación media. Aroma floral y a levadura. En boca predomina el dulzor gracias a la presencia de miel.
Apr 23, 2021
 
Rated: 2.16 by DvdP from Netherlands

Nov 14, 2020
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Reviewed by vernardico from Mexico

4.23/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Served from a 330 ml bottle.

Pours a dark golden color, almost orange. A bit hazy. Good look, as the head goes all the way up of the tulip glass.

Very nice head, with big bubbles, medium duration and good retention. Medium to high carbonation.

Smell is fruity. Apple like. A bit alcoholic with hints yeasty, maybe.

The flavor is, as in many belgians, rather sweet. Apple like, yeasty and a bit bready. The alcohol is there too, normal for its 8%. Nice hoppy finish, soft and dry biterness at the end.

For a tripel, i found this rather refreshing.

I think this is a very good beer. Not the best belgian, or tripel, of course. But its very enjoyable, and i can keep drinking this.
Jul 26, 2020
 
Rated: 3.76 by Silke_Neryn from Sweden

Jan 11, 2020
 
Rated: 3.79 by SViterileroux74 from Texas

Oct 16, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by smartassboiler from Illinois

Oct 14, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Sep 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.01 by mcbridec6 from New Jersey

Jun 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4.27 by igl from Russian Federation

Mar 17, 2019
 
Rated: 3.67 by jroof1 from Massachusetts

Jan 27, 2019
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Reviewed by OlaB from Norway

3.67/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a murky dark-golden color with a medium top of white head that dissolves in a normal pace and leaves some decent lacings on the glass.
Aroma is of apples,pears, honey, bread, spices and floral hops.
The taste is sweet and fruity with light malty and bready tones. The finish is slightly dry with notes of spicy yeast and floral hops. The flavour is a little weak and unballanced. Mouthfeel is soft and clean with a medium carbonation and a medium body.
A good and drinkable triple by all accounts, but lacks a little to be a really good one.
Jan 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by Dentist666 from Russian Federation

Aug 21, 2018
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Reviewed by The_Bujon from Ireland

3.96/5  rDev +5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured badly into a Karmaleit tulip glass.....eeeeek the explosion of foam was complete amateur.

It settled to a reasonable head, but quickly dissipated into a dishwater film, a bit disappointing.

Getting the nose in there and a malty, boozy wave hits you, not as expected.

Taste is sharp, sweet, and full of malt. Despite it's name, there is no sign of flora with this brew. You'll be greeted with a fizzy toffee type sensation, which does leave a 'come back for more' film on the tongue.

Feel is ok, a little artificial, and after that decent taste sensation, your mouth does dry up pretty quickly.

Overall, a solid tripel, not the best, but still a pretty decent brew
Dec 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.21 by mishi_d from Romania

Aug 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by BdM from Netherlands

Aug 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.88 by BelgianBeerChef from Romania

Apr 03, 2017
Abbaye De Floreffe Triple from Brasserie Lefèbvre SA
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 207 ratings