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Petrus Winterbier

Petrus Winterbier

Rated 3.468 by BeerPals
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Brewed by Bavik-De Brabandere

Bavikhove, Belgium

Style:  Belgian Ale

7% Alcohol by Volume

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Caramel-red beer of high fermentation. This Christmas child of the Petrus family is only brewed throughout the month of November. Its soft aroma is the perfect start for cosy holiday season.

ID: 4143 Last updated 17 years ago Added to database 22 years ago

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Overall Rank3807
Overall Percentile92.9
Style Rank77 of 1126
Style Percentile93.2
Lowest Score2.6
Highest Score4.4
Average Score3.542
Weighted Score3.468
Standard Deviation0.511

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  • KERRYA 171 reviews
    rated 3.6 11 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    C: reddish brown, tan head
    A: caramel, sugar, spices, grain
    P: medium
    F: fruity, caramel, yeast, spices
    O: Nicely done Belgian

  • RJA 2975 reviews
    rated 3.7 12 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    A brownish amber colored beer. There was a pop when uncorked. Lots of carbonation. The frothy, light brown head rises robustly. Some hang time. Settles into a medium ringlet and light dusting of film. The nose is subtle. The palate rich with cloves and dark fruits. A nice smooth ale.

  • POPERY 212 reviews
    rated 3.2 14 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Lively Belgian with a pleasant profile. This beer pours a muted amber-brown with a puffy, frothy head. There’s some haze as I get closer to the bottom of the bottle, but it’s just from the yeast cake being disturbed a bit. The aroma has a phenol, band-aid quality with touches of sweet cherries, spices and lightly caramelized sugar. The flavor is more successful, dry and lightly sour from a pleasant Belgian yeast. The beer is nice and light on the palate. There just isn’t enough going on for a higher score.

  • ANTE 2674 reviews
    rated 3.0 15 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    Pours out in a clear amber colour with a large white foam. Metallic aroma with notes of almondy yeast and acidic red berries. Medium-bodied with notes of almonds, mild yeast, orang-peels and metal. Rather clean mouthfeel. Mild finish of metal, almondy yeast and berries.

  • ZYTHUM 289 reviews
    rated 3.7 15 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    3 of 4 bottles overflowed upon opening. Poured hazy amber/brown with a thin white head that lingered a while. Aroma is big and malty, spicy and a hint sour. Taste is a blend of caramel, some fruit, and spice. Some underlying tartness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied.

  • SAP 999 reviews
    rated 3.5 16 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

    Winter 2006/2007 release, Sampled September 2007
    A careful pour produces a three-finger thick, amber-tinged, tan colored head in my tulip glass. The beer is lightly hazy and is a reddish amber color. Fruity aromatic notes waft from my glass as I pour this beer. Wow, this is very fruity with ample notes of cherry, strawberries, sweetened berry schnapps and even some fruity tartness. Underneath the fruit aromatics are some notes of musty malt and toasty biscuits.

    Well carbonated, quite frothy as it hits the tongue and it has a significant, though not overwhelming, tartness to it. Not nearly as sweet as the aroma suggested, in fact this beer is quite dry. I wonder if this was meant to be a sour beer, coming from Petrus it very well might have been. There is a definite spiciness here, something like fenugreek, a touch of nutmeg in the finish, and soft allspice. Despite being so dry, this beer has some significant fruit flavors to it; tart cherries, just ripened plums and a non-descript, yet tart berry like flavor. This beer is quite light bodied, this pairs quite well with the tartness.

    An interesting beer, reading other reviews I definitely get the sense that this has become sour over time in the bottle. I still do wonder if this was intentional or not, though I really don't care as it seems to have reduced the sweetness and added a noticeable tartness, both of which probably make this a much more enjoyable beer (at least for me).

    Purchased: Plaza Liquors, Tucson, AZ

  • OH6GDX 8392 reviews
    rated 3.6 16 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    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.

  • STOUTLOVER72 2327 reviews
    rated 2.6 16 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

    NorCal tasting Apr 07 - I think I've hit the low spot for Petrus. While normally I find their beers above average, this is just okay. A weak of aroma of metallic malts and yeast and good bit of iced tea thrown in. Flavors were malt astringent, with caramel and toffee smoothing things out to make it drinkable, but nothing near what it could be.

  • BFELDMANN 1056 reviews
    rated 4.0 17 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    Yum Yum poured a redish brown with good head and good lacing. Aroma was citru/fruity. Flavor was of fruits, apples maybe, hops were a nice balace to cut the sweetneest down, and end on a bitter note. Not sure how this is a winter expected more spices.

  • JOHNC 1186 reviews
    rated 3.0 17 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    I had this beer at a bevmo tasting in Laguna Niguel, California The beer was amber colored, fizzy up front that smooths out later. The flavor is slightly fruity

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