Brasserie Lefebvre
Blanche de Bruxelles (Manneken Pis 24/12oz Bottles ($39.99 +tx)
Witbier is a very old type of beer, a speciality of the farm-breweries of old Brabant. The master brewers used their very best crops to make this beer. Blanche de Bruxelles owes its natural cloudiness to the large percentage (40 %) of wheat that goes into its composition.
The natural spice aromas of coriander and bitter orange peels are added during the brewing process. The brewing method, which includes infusion, is very slow. The beer, which is not filtered, is bottled and refermented with yeast and brewing sugar. You need only take a sip of this delicious drink to appreciate the fresh and mellow flavour with its hint of orange. It is really not like any other beer.
Always served chiled, between 3°C and 6°C.
Its alcoholic content is 4,5%.
Floreffe Blonde (Special Order)
Floreffe Blonde is brewed from water drawn from our own well and with spring barley malt.
Its subtle bitterness comes from a specially selected blend of hops. During the boil, candy sugar is added together with some ground spices. After the fermentation and maturation are complete, the beer is clarified in a centrifuge, without filtration.
Although it can become slightly cloudy when served cold, Floreffe Blonde always retains its inimitable aroma.
Like all the beers in the Floreffe range, it is Recognized Belgian Abbey Beer approved.
Serve chilled between 2°C and 6°C.
Its alcoholic content is 6,3%.
Floreffe Double (Special Order)
Floreffe Double owes its beautiful brown colour and its pronounced malty flavour to a clever balance of special malts. The main fermentation process lasts a whole week, thanks to carefully selected yeasts.
After cold decantation and clarification, yeast and sugar are added to the beer for a secondary fermentation process in the bottle. This is the traditional method developed by the monks at Floreffe Abbey.
Like all the beers in the Floreffe range, it is Recognized Belgian Abbey Beer approved.
Serve chilled between 4°C and 7°C or slightly chambrée.
Its alcoholic content is 6,3%.
Floreffe Prima Melior (Special Order)
Prima Melior was the Special Reserve Ale exclusively for the use of the
A brown beer of high strength, it is reinforced with a powerful seasoning of anis and coriander. When the fermentation and clarification are complete, doses of yeast and brewing sugar are added for refermentation in the bottle.
This is based upon the brewing tradition of Floreffe abbey. Prima Melior is ideal with a mature hard cheese, possibly selected in the range of cheeses of Floreffe, or perfect when used in the preparation of rabbit.
Like all the beers in the Floreffe range, it is Recognized Belgian Abbey Beer approved.
Serve chilled but not frooze, between 4°C and 7°C.
Its alcoholic content is 8%.
Floreffe Triple ($69.99+tx 12/25oz Bottles)Floreffe Triple owes its considerable reputation to the pungent hop-bitterness and touch of caramel that are apparent in its flavour. As is the case with the other Floreffe beers, it is not filtered and may appear cloudy when served very cold. Brewed to an old formula belonging to the monks of Floreffe abbey, it is refermented in the bottle with the addition of yeast and sugar..
Preferred beer of the monks of the Abbey, it was prone to terrible penitences : monks who arrived late for a meal automatically forfeited their measure of beer.
Like all the beers in the Floreffe range, it is Recognized Belgian Abbey Beer approved.
Serve between 4°C and 12°C according to taste.
Its alcoholic content is 7,5%.
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