2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
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.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
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.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
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....
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle: Golden in color, very slight haze, HUGE pillowy white head, sticky lacing, strong carbonation. Musty barn and barrel on the nose. It seems like very old wood, very musty and basement like. Not sure how to classify this one. Not very dry nor tart, it seems like an aged Belgian Pale Ale or something Finish holds a little plastic like aftertaste. Dull and fairly boring. Hard to determine what this is supposed to be. My least liked Petrus to date.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
11.3 oz bottle. Purchased in 6 pack with other Petrus beers. Nice hazy orange body with a small white head. Winterish spices. I actually thought it was decent, and while not necessiarly something I would think about purchasing if I had other options, it wasn’t bad.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
11.3 ounce bottle purchased in that same 6 pack at the Stockton, CA BevMo for $11. Lightly sweet, caramelly initally aroma, which becomes a bit sour, funky, and acetic with some fruity notes. Light yeast esters are also there. Lightly hazy orange body with a smallish off-white head. Very carbonated body with some grainy flavors present to start. Some light coriander is also tasted. There seems to be some wheat in this. Lightly sweet, orangey flavors in the middle. Finishes mellow and rather sweet. Pretty straightforward and unimaginative
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A little sweet and fruity and hoppy. Page 263 of Michael Jackson’s Great Beer Guide and only 292 of his 500 Classic Brews to go.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Yeasty, malty aroma. Hint of candy. Hazy, firm golden color. Firm white head. A bit thin, a bit of pilsener flavor. Second thought: it really seems like a pilsener. Good balance of malt and hop. But why? Seems to be a bit of a perversion on an unsuspecting top fermenting yeast body. Well, the hop comes more florally alive in finish. Still, it was one of the stranger starts I’ve experienced. Give it time, and it improves. Thin, but lively.
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