Petrus Winterbier

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2006 in Essen, BE. Dark amber brown color with a average white head. Aroma of caramle, malt, and notes of hops. Flavor is sweet with a light bitternes, acetic and a little sour.

A hazy orange-red beer with a nice light brown head. The aroma is quite light with some spicy notes of coriander and cloves besides hints of oranges. The flavor is sweet malty and quite spicy and fruity with notes of wood, oranges, cloves, coriander, as well as lingonberries. The spiciness gives it a dry end with a slight alcohol burn.

(Bottle 25 cl) Reddish brown and filtered beer with a nice, dense head. Some smoky/burned malty notes. Neither sweet or full-bodied, rather dry and bitter. Unusual but interesting. 140599

33 cl bottle. Pours orange golden with white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma. Very round taste dominated by caramel and fruit (yeast I assume). Nice "light" winter/Christmas beer.

Red-brown. Malty and vinuous with toffee flavour and some tart sourishness.

Bottled. Dark amber colour with red hints, huge fluffy, longlasting off-white head. Aroma of fruits, spices and yeast. Flavour is spicy, malty, caramellish and almost acidic citrusfruit in finish and aftertaste. Some alcohol noteable, but not disturbingly. Wellbalanced, and smooth palate.

Bottled. Hazy orange coloured with a huge but fast disappearing head. Aroma of fruits and spices with light acidic notes. Flavour of fruits and spices with acidic notes. A bit watery.

Bottle, 7%. Fat yeast aroma, vinous and sugary. Hazy grey/brown colour, small head. High carbonation, slow gusher. The flavour is thin, mostly yeast, faint maltiness. Boring.