Petrus Speciale

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

Date: 08/26/1996
Mode: Bottle
Source: Harry’s

clean amber, good frothy head, sweet aroma with lots of spicyness, light flavor, dry finish with slight bitterness
-------- /> Date: 10/22/2006
Mode: bottle
Source: roadtrip

hazy amber, pours with a big cream head but quickly settles down to a thin fine head, nice lace, sweet fruity malt aroma with spicy character, sweet malt flavor with a candy sweetness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *+/4

Pours a dark amber with a little cloudyness from the sediment. The aroma is somewhat fruity with notes of yeast. A slightly metalic flavour, not particularly powerful, but not unpleasant. Some nice malty notes to finish. Not bad, by any means, but tastes like the weaker brother of many superior Belgian beers I’ve had.

330ml bottle from BeersOfEurope. A bottle conditioned pale ale. Lively carbonation - metallic and blood notes - modest caramel flavour - modest, soft flowery hops. Yeast notes. It’s drinkable stuff, but not interesting, and it lacks pleasure and flavour.

[Sampled in 2004.] An okay beer and better than expected after some rumours. Notes of fruit, yeast, some grapecitrus and weak spices. A sessionbeer!

Didn’t really enjoy this one. It poured a nice amber color with a great head, about 1.5 inches thick initially. It shrunk to a thin coating and remained trough out. Aroma was a mix of fruits and malts, some yeast and earthy grass notes. Flavor was a big disappointment. It seemed to be all fruits. Mostly cirtus fruits with a slight grass note. pretty bland.

Golden body with a small creamy white head. Sweet and light caramel aroma with some grass. Sweet grassy flavour, some honey and caramel hints.

Bottle. Pours hazy orange/amber with a large beige head. Aroma is promising, with some tart notes, citrus, and a touch of hops. Flavor is sweetly malty, with only a very mild sourness. Mouthfeel is medium carbonation, with a bit of a drying finish. Quite plain actually.

With yeast in it poured an opaque, dull, orangey gold with a big bubbly, whipped cream head that is held in place by some very tight, fine carbonation. The aroma is of gooey caramel lathered in fresh squeezed orange juice. A little oxidation evident in the taste like sapping your own blood - distant, but there. Fizzy tickle on the tongue, it bounces well but becomes creamy in back with the body growing as the beer heats up. Toasted malt mainly, a touch of ’Munich’, with a little breath of fresh citrus making it just a little tangy and maybe a smidgen of shy, dusty hops wander in late into drinking. All malt in the swallow, a little buttery with caramel, again, lingering. Not much to it, quite pleasant overall and easy enough on the palate to be sessionable, but there is nothing here too loud or proud to make a lasting impression on me. (33cL, Int’l Beer Shop, W. Leederville)