Boon Faro

Brewed by Brouwerij F. Boon
Style: Lambic - Faro
Lembeek, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Clear deep amber color with a foamy well lasting tanned head. Vinegar sourish aroma with a good woodyness, some cheesy hints and a nice balance between sweet- and sourness. Balsamic sourish flavor backed up by a sweet note of brown sugar. Not too sweet, but very good balanced amount of sugar. Not an easy faro - like most - bot more challenging. A great surprise and probably the best bottled faro I have had. And the faro to put me back on 100% for the style :-)

Bottle at Scopey’s CBC Tune-Up. Light renal failure brown with no head. The nose is fermented New England-style apple cider, caramelised brown sugar and raisins. The taste is very, very sweet bruised apples. Tangy, sickly golden raisin and sweetener. Light body, quite sticky. Overall, this is way too sweet and unbalanced for me. A little more sour, please!

Bottle at my Pre-CBC Tune-Up Tasting. It pours golden amber, with a thin white head. The nose is mostly sweet fruit: melon, pear, tangy apple and raisin. The taste is sugar, apple, pear, melon, sweet raisin, some tanginess and vomit, with a sweet, tangy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not for me! I don’t think I will ever understand this style.....

(bottle, 25cl, 5% abv) Slightly hazy, dark amber colour with a short and off-white foamy head. Sugary Lambic aroma with nasty metallic notes. Moderately sweet and tart flavour, light to medium bodied with a calm carbonation. Slightly sugary malty taste with a light to moderate Lambic character; mouldy, moderately sweet and slightly sour-tart finish. 24.III.12

Bottle @ 3 Små Rum. Pours cloudy brown with a bubbly off-white head leaving some laces. Aroma is sweet,acidy, sourish, a bit roasted and malty. Flavor is sweet, a bit sour and acidy in front, some more maltyness not much bitterness at the middle and towards the end. Finishes acidy sourish and sweet.

Nuetg, Brux., B. Tap, 200312. Amber with off-white head. Aroma of malt and sourness. Flavour with added brown sugar and sour notes

25 cl bottle from Beers of Eurpe cons 2012-04-17 Uddingston (what a perfect size of an bottle :-) ) AR: tart, mixture of several young fruits: like ... apple, gooseberries, pear etc AP: burned suger colored body, wee fizzy quickly dissapearing beige head F: sweet caramel, appel/pear cider, fizzy - very nice Faro!

Bottle. Pours clear, dark copper with average, frothy off-white head; decent retention and minimal lacing. Aroma is sour fruit, hay, cookie malt, grassy hops, and light spice. Flavor is balanced malt and sour fruit esters; white wine finish. Light body, medium carbonation, and low warmth.

Bottle. Pours clear dark amber with an average, frothy white head, short retention with spare lacing. Aroma is earthy and cellar with leaves, sugar, lightly tart apples, pears, and grapes with straw and meal malt. Flavor is a confused sweet and lightly tart mixture with grapes and fruity esters, sugar and a thin, dry finish. Light body, low warmth, and medium carbonation.

25cl ambrée, col blanc fin Arôme sucre candi, grains, malt caramélise En bouche, ressent de suite ce profile sucre candi et lambic laissant un fin aigre-doux ayant une part belle pour le sucre. Pas mauvaise, mais reste en dessous d’une Tilquin ou Cantillon qui je pense laisse le lambic plus en avant sans pour cela sucrer le tout. Garde un profile lambic en retrait avec une touche houblonnée rajoutant une pointe d’amertume, reste un peu trop douce.

In bottle. Pours a dark golden brown colour with a thick beige head that dies away quickly. Aroma of apple juice and toffee. Quite sweet with flavours of apples, grapes and just the tiniest hint of lemon. Mild carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel. Like drinking sweet apple juice.