Petrus 80/20 Ale

Draught Very small but stable layer over clear metallic cognac-coloured beer, some shards of lace. Sour nose, with more than a pinch of acetic acid. Old wood, lactic acid, and hints at brown candi sugar. The same, but marked cherries, sweeter than expected, even verging on the artificial. Lactic and acetic acid, brown candi sugar. Some sour orange too. The cherryflavour diminishes in time. Not very carbonated in the end; acidthinning and some -burn. Lipsmacking acidity. Sour-sweet sauce, diluted. The basic 'lambic' from De Brabandere remains fairly agressive, apparent here.

19th Jan 2018; part of a Flight at The Brewhouse, San Juan Capistrano. I go the Belgium twice and year on beer trips and have never come across this before, so had to add it onto one of my Flights while on holiday in California (saw it on offer in a couple of bars over my time in the US). Anyway, it's a decent blend giving an easy drinking semi-sour/semi-sweet old style Flanders Red. Cherry flavours to the fore supported by dark berries and red wine hints.