Petrus Oud Bruin

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

Spices come through in the noise over a sweet light body. Quite unexpected. Good but not great.

Poured out a large fizzy light tan crown with a small amount of both retention and lacing, brown brew. The aroma is a bit of a let down but still good. On the weak side from what I expected: weak cherry, a bit musty, brown sugar and something vinegary. I’m disappointed so far. The flavour is sour and dry, quite tannic with some dark berry of some sort of another, a watery tannic, dusty, hell, there just isn’t much here. Starts off sort of smooth and goes tannic in a hurry. Finishes about the same with a slight brown sugar end that gets stomped on by the sourness. If I need a Flemish Sour I won’t reach for this. And if this is my only choice, I won’t reach at all.

Aroma is kind of a sour mash smell. Dark amber with small head. Light, lively palate with kind of a metalic, salt, sour taste.

Bottle. Deep brown coloured with a reddish glow and a nice lacing beige head. Aromas of leather, sour fruit, raisins and balsamic vinegar. Flavour of cherries, sugar, a bit tart and some wood.

11.2 oz brown glass pry-top bottle. Label stamped "39849." Appearance: Poured into a Maudite tulip. Thin, fast receding off-white/khaki head atop a dark cherry wood, clear brew. Nose: Sour cherries, baked oats, munich malt, ozone, top soil. Palate: Clean and crisp acidity keep this beer from every being "malty" despite its color. It almost has czech-pilsner-like edges, with sour raisins and sour strawberries, dried cranberry and dried cherry flavors. There’s a little woodiness that I suspect comes out more as the beer warms. A few oxi-notes, but nothing really caramelized. Notes: A really nice sour brown. A good intro to the world of oud bruin. Not too exotic, not too extreme. Great balance with good carbonation levels and clean edges.

Pours cola brown with tan head. Aroma of sour cherries with a touch of barnyard. Very mild tart cherry and doughy flavor. Not really sour. Thin mouthfeel and a little on the watery side.

Ok when I first started to review this beer I thought it was a brown ale since that’s what it’s called on the label and I was thinking for a brown ale this udder crap, but then I realized it was a sour this means it got slightly better now that I realized it tasted the way it was suppose to but I still hate it because I hate this style. The gas that exploded out of my bottle when first opened had the yuck stink of barf WTF!!! Brew pours a very dark brown and has just a small film floating on top, looks like flat root beer. Thank gawd the stink from the bottle has left, brew has a very sweet and sour style aroma with hints of metallic and a sugary candy dominates. Flavor is very light once again very sweet and has sour/vinegar notes to it caramel starts to come out when warmer. For me the mouth feel is overly carbonated and to thin. This is a boring unappealing brew and I see no reason to ever drink it again.