Petrus Oud Bruin

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

Bottle purchased in Oberpallen, luxembourg. Dark brown colour. Voluminous head, aroma is sweet and has hints of coffee. Taste is bitter sweet, some citrus. Too watery and lacks carbonation. Not anything special.

Served on tap at the Bavarian Lodge, and dispensed to a piece of Petrus stemware. The color was a fairly clear, lightly ambered brown, with a modest, off white head that diminished to a bubbly ring and film, but left some nice, draping curtains of lacing. The aroma was smooth caramel malt, fruit as figs and plums, light woodiness/tannins, and a touch of sourness. The flavor was similar, with fruit notes that exhibited more of a concord grape taste, a subdued tartness, and light hop bitterness. A nicely mellow, medium bodied Sour.

my first sour ale! nothing to compare this to as a result of that of course. lot of cherry in the aroma for sure, reminded me of a lambic at times. malty and woody, acidic and sour aroma. lightly sweet and light-to-medium sourness. initially off-putting but I quickly warmed to it.

hey, my first sour ale! that said, i didn’t know what to expect. flavor was mostly chocolate malt with a hefty refreshing sour quality. sort of thin on the palate but the finish was pretty big on it, sort of weird how it all came together. i could see how some people couldnt get into sour ales though, had a sort of leather/wood quality to it. like it’d been left out in the rain. i’ll have to get more into the style someday.

Courtesy of Ramoned. Pours amber with tan head. The aroma seems to have malts mixing seamlessly with earthiness and a bit of dark fruity esters. It has a very light aroma but it is smooth, complex and inviting. The taste is an even mix of malts, a thicket of earthiness and mixing with smooth and blended dark fruity esters with mild acidity like tartness rounding things out.

Pours dark brown with a huge, quickly disappearing beige head. Smells... extremely Belgian; fruity, yeasty, and with an indescribable funk. Tastes sour immediately upon sipping but mellows out very quickly, leaving a caramel aftertaste. Fairly insubstantial mouthfeel. Pretty good beer--wouldn’t run out and buy it again, but I’d drink it if it was offered.

Transparent ruby, thin white head that lasts. Malty nose of cherry and brown sugar, lightly tart but generally sweet by a sour’s standards. Flavor is a little weaker, sour wood and light fruit, not much complexity. Thin finish. There isn’t anything special about this one.