Petrus Oud Bruin

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

Poured from a 12 oz bottle and was a nice dark brown color, not at all hazy. There was a good carbonation, but no head on the beer, not sure if that is common for sour ales, possibly because I used a pilsner glass instead of a snifter. There was a pleasing aroma, but it was nothing exciting. Mostly malty, sweet, fruity with maybe some hints of cherries. The flavor was outstanding, just wonderful and complex. There was a very nice well rounded sourness with hints of cherry and chocolate, that blended well with a very subtle hop presence. There were times when the bitterness stood out more than others, mostly as the beer warmed toward the middle of the glass. The beer started out very mellow and balanced, moved toward bitter then finished out sweet. I even went back to the bottle and finished the dregs. The beer feels comfortable in my mouth like it should be there. The alcohol is barely present, which at 5.5% is deceiving. What an awesome beer, I’ll definately come back to this beer again. I haven’t had too many sour ales, but this is an excellent beer. I think this would make an awesome beer for anyone looking to get more into sour ales...a starter beer.

Draft at Akkurat in Stockholm (thanks again Johan!) Refreshing is the key word with this beer. Bags of light berry and cherry fruit flavours with enough acidity to make it extremely thirst quenching but without setting your teeth on edge. Attractive chestnut brown colour. Uplifting!

Thanks to matt7215 for this beer. Pours a clear red and brown body with a off-white head. The aroma is full of light sour notes, much like a red wine. The taste was quite nice; oak, a light sourness that remains through the finish, a sweet cherry and dark fruit mix, bursting with flavor but the sourness almost makes it seem dry. Really enjoyable and interesting.

Wonderful Experience. Nice malty nose with slight sour hints. Tart sourness along with sweet malty backbone. Hops balanced but not very apparent. Nice esters of prune, date and raisin and slight cirtus zest.

Bottle. Cloudy, brown pour. Aroma of sweet malt; also somewhat sour. More sourness in flavor as well as prune, raisin and malt. Medium body. Nice smooth mouthfeel.

Bottle, poured very dark burgundy brown, even orange tones, with semi-sustained 1/4 inch beige head. light lacing. Nose of sweet fruits with hint of toasted malts and slight yeast. The flavor is very sweet and sour, cherries. Pretty good but tends to thin out in the end.

(on bottle) Dark, clear, red, small white head. Kærnemælkssød and some maltbonbons too. High carbonation, small woody taste, lightly some sour grapes too. Grat fresh/sour session beer I´d say.

(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm) Dark brown colour with frothy, beige head. Acidic, malty nose with wood, dried fruit and prunes. Sourish, malty, slightly vinous taste with notes of dried fruit, raisins and prunes, hints of dark bread. Low bitterness, medium body, some remaining sweetness. A decent, well balanced flemish sour ale, but doesn’t reach the levels of Verhaeghe and Rodenbach.