67/100) Petrus Pack 1

I have set myself the goal to review three beers or ciders every week for 100 weeks. I will be learning about beer and ciders more as I do this, and if I am successful in this venture, I will have tried about 300 unique drinks. If you're curious how I'm doing, the number in the post's title tells you which week I am in now.

Blond, Gouden Tripel, Speciale

These beers came in a six pack. I will review three this week, and three next week. This grouping was the lighter side of the set, but I haven't tried too many Petrus yet, so I though it'd be a good way for me to break into the brand. Judging by the picture, the name (Petrus) and the slogan (The Key to Heaven), this company's beers make reference to St. Peter and the keys to the kingdom.

Blond) Blondes have more fun. I'm not so sure about blond beers yet though. The mouth feel was great, but the flavors are basically a Grain Belt with a bit more oomph. Yes, oomph is a technical term meaning "more robust." Please don't overthink it, like this beer. ☆☆☆

Gouden Tripel) A tripel is usually significantly stronger than a blond. However, this one was a 7.5% and the blond was a 6.6%. That's not a huge difference. That established, I could barely get at the flavors because of how strong the effervescence was. I let it warm up though, and it redeemed itself. Fitting, since the bottle says "serve between 8 to 12 degrees C," or in other words, serve at about room temperature. The more wine-like qualities came through as it warmed up. ☆☆☆

Speciale) also claimed it needed to be served warmer. Still, even with the right temperature, I found this one fairly bland. I think the Blond actually had more flavor than this one, even with the difference in flavor profiles. At most, this one had more of that hollow old-style ale touch in the background. ☆☆☆

My solution to these okay beers? Mix them all together! I expected the result to be terrible, but it was actually good. The result was smooth, and somehow contained the best attributes of all three. The Blond's grainy middle, the Tripel's winy finish, and the Speciale's background hollowness. I am not sure if I recommend the construction of intentional beer suicides though...