Petrus Speciale

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

14 Jun 2006 - Light sweet hop aroma. Amber colour, good lasting white head and good sheet lacing. Pilsner, simple malt hop flavour. Light tangy hop finish.

Spicy hopps aroma. Crystal clear amber colour with excellent foamy head and good lacing. Bitter malt hop flavour. Fizzy palate.

Pours a cloudy amber and has a rocky head that diminished fairly quickly. Smells of sour cherries and apples. Crisp and bubbly but with a poor finish and too tart for style. Has the characteristic sour aroma off al petrus beers.

Copperish color with a medium head. Strong aroma of light barley, if that makes sense. A little fruity. Dirty hop mixture in the taste, which seems to lend an almost metalic taste. Grainy. Kind of like a darker version of a Helles.

Bottle. Off-white creamy high and lasting head. Hazy golden body. Pleasant barley malt aroma. Acidic almost sour grape fruit flavor. Its a wonder to me that others describe it as sweet.

Bottle. Poured clear amber color with an average frothy white head that was mostly lasting with fair lacing. Moderate sweet balanced aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Medium sweet flavor with a light bittersweet finish of moderate duration.

Draught from Beer Weekend Brussels. Clear pale golden in colour with creamy white head. Orange and vanilla in the nose with hoppy notes. A bitter start leads into a spicy warmth with citrus and hops to compliment. All is well and then disaster - a suprisingly watery finish - equal to that of melted ice at the bottom of your ice tea. Terrible. A result of the cask maybe? A real let down. (6, 3, 5, 2, 14)
Re-rate
Bottle from Nelson Wines. I knew there were a couple Petrus I hadn’t had but managed to pick one I had, D’oh! Oh well, a re-rate’s not always a bad thing. Golden, bordering on amber, with a fluffy but quickly dissapating white head. Nice lace though. Nose is malt, barley, orange, yeast and hops. Orangey hops washed over by a malty, bready flavour. Some subtle, sweet caramel notes in the finish. Well, as I said re-rate’s aren’t always a bad thing but in this case I’m actually taking it down a peg or two...

The body is a light bronze orange with a slight off white head. The aroma is herbal with some medicinal notes. There is also a hint of dried apricots. The taste has some dry notes of hay with some dense herb like oregeno. There is also a little bit of prunes in the finish. An overall dry beer with the interesting herbal notes. Very thick and heavy in the mouthfeel.