Petrus Speciale

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

A hazy dark amber ale with a thin white head. Sweet honeyish aroma with musty notes. In mouth, a sweetish malt with light fruity taste, light orange peels, and a bit thin overall. Not bad. 250 mL bottle from a gift pack LCBO 2005, BB 16-06-06.

Bottle. Cloudy golden coloured with a white head. Fruity aroma of spices and malts. Fruity flavour of spices, malts, liquorice and hops.

This is hands down as of this point in my beer life, the worst Belgian beer I’ve ever had. It smelled EXACTLY like a Corona. Pour was beautiful, however. Nice dark copper with a puffy 2 finger white head that lasted the whole beer. Taste was like a yeasty Corona. This was suprisingly bad. Not worth the Petrus chalice I drank it in.

11.2oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber with a good sized lasting white head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of malt and light spices. Taste is slightly sweet malt, light bread, and light hops. Nothing amazing about this beer but it was enjoyable.

Slight haze to this light honey-colored beer. Medium-large, off-white meringue head that leaves frosty lacing. Aroma is hard to find, but some malt and maybe cider. Flavor is really pretty neutral, and dry; some apple-malt tendency toward the end and in the aftertaste, but hops are present as well. Palate is light and dry. Not great, but maybe it is a nice (and possibly cheap?) session beer in Belgium?

33 cl bottle. Deep amber-golden beer with a thin white head. Aroma is quite sweet and bready with a lovely earthy component over the top. There is also some graininess that intensifies a bit as it warms. The flavour is a bit sweet with loads of honey and sweet pale malt. A light yeasty spice that appears and then disappears almost as quickly. Warming brings up a soft appley fruitiness. A bit of sourness on the back that becomes quite distracting throughout. It’s okay, but it’s not great.

The aroma is kind of bland but still has a faint hint of fruit. the taste is very mildly tart but its got the kick of mild fruits and mild caramel taste.

Golden, copper with a nice head. The aroma is malty with notes of fruit and spice. The flavour is slightly sweet with notes of caramel, fruit/citrus and spice - OK, but....