Petrus Aged Pale

Brewed by Bavik-De Brabandere
Style: Sour Ale
Harelbeke, Belgium

Sampled at RBESG 2005. Pale golden colour with a weak head. Wood and sour aroma. Also sour flavour with notes of wood. Not my favorites.

Pour is hazy golden straw with thin white head...smell is sweet and sour ith lots of pear and apple...taste is dry and sour with some light orchard fruits and a quick very dry finish...this is very good!!!

Golden brown with white head. Fruity aroma with notes of acid, iron and chocolate. Acidic flavor with notes of rocks, iron and spices.

Bottle. Golden, clear, nice white head. Acidic fruity nose, like a Rodenbach GC or Panil. Malty acidic flavors. Wood. Lingering acidity. Not too overpowering, but pleasant. Not very heavy on the palate. Almost reminds me of a Berliner Kindle Weiss. This is in fact, refreshing.

I really like this beer. The acid puckered my lips at first, I was little overwhelmed. But as the palate adjusts, this is as crisp and refreshing as a beer can be. Clean as all get-out on the way down, and yet still complex. Difficult to describe the flavor... I will be buying this again and again though. Petrus has impressed me heavily with their tripel and now this.

Bottled A clear, lightly amber body, with an off-white frothy head. The aroma is overwhelming. When you remove the cap, the aroma fills the air and makes you happy. And by sniffing the glass, odours of wine, white port, citric hops welcome you and beg you to drink the beer. Heavily sour, light bitter initial flavour. Moderately sour, lightly bitter finish. Very well-balanced beer, despite a very lightly watery flavour. Fizzy carbonation. Medium bodied. This is a very good example of the flemish sour style. I find it a pity Bavik doesn’t sell this in Belgium. If Rodenbach can sell Rodenbach Grand Cru in Belgium quite well, Bavik certainly can sell this one as good as Rodenbach can sell the Grand Cru.

Pours a light golden colour with a thin head. Aromas of oak, wine, lambic odors as well. brilliant taste tart, touch of sweetness, oak and some funkiness as well. Great balance and very refreshing.

Best from the series thus far. The age barrell notable and enjoyable. Hues of darken berry with generous white head. Sniffs of a wine, sweet and tingley to the tongue, dry finish.