Chapeau Faro

Brewed by Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Lambic - Faro
Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

UPDATED: JUL 11, 2008 Got this today from hopscotch, thanks pal! 12.7 oz corked bottle Oh my, this stuff is simply delicious, a great beer by any standard. Fine wine aroma. Nice dark clear color. Friendly by any comparable specification. Delicious and perfectly balanced, absolutely no bitterness in this beer what so ever. If this was cheaper and readily available, I would buy it all the time. It’s gone? Blast. What a great beer drinking experience, as good as or better than fruit lambics. I really owe hopscotch one for this! The finest of fine. In my humble opinion, some of the best beer I’ve ever tasted.

Bottle… Clear, deep amber ale with a mid-sized, creamy, white head. Good retention. Smells earthy and dank with notes of wood and fresh, warm perspiration (not like armpit… more like the aroma of one’s shirt or hair while working out). Medium to full-bodied with a whole-milk mouthfeel and ticklish carbonation. Medium sweet with moderate acidity. Kind of fruity, like ripe red apple. Finishes both sweet and tart. Normally, I’m totally opposed to a real lambic with sugar thrown in, but this one sort of did it for me… sort of.

Bottled. Had this one for a while, but I’ve been told that Fresh is the only way to go with this one, but here goes... Poured an Orange color, no head but constaint carbonation rising from the bottom. Sweet, but I was expecting a lot sweeter, some earth and funk to this one, but not bad at all, fruit, pear apple, ok flavor, and I can’t wait to try this fresh!!!

12.7 oz bottle thanks to lb4lb, the newbie of the year. Pours a hazed ruby brown with a small off white head that gathered when swirled. Great nose on this. Funky earthy with cherries, and a touch of sugar. Most of the funkiness is lost on the flavor though. Cherries, malt, and a straight sugarry sweetness. Some herbal and sour notes barely detectable underneath the sugar. An enjoyable beer though, I’d like to try more of this style.

[911-20071205] 12.7floz (w/ PhillyBeer2112). Sour cherries and dark malt aroma wiht a hint of sickly plastic. Clear, dark red body with a long-lasting creamy off-white head. Sweet cherry flavour has a bit of alcohol and a sour finish. Medium body is too sweet but not sickly. Interesting to try anyway.

Thank you to Holdenn for sharing this 12.7oz bottle with me. Slightly cloudy dark ruby color with medium off-white head and nice lacing of a seahorse. Aroma is pretty funky with cherry like sweetness and some red apple. Flavor and pretty sweet and tame, doesn’t really match the aroma except in sweetness, but very nice and drinkable. Medium body that is semi-syrupy. Pretty nice. Thanks Matt!!

Big thanks to theisti for finally delivering me a faro. Now I have everything but the dreaded ’low alcohol’ beer.
Most clear dark orange color with a medium head. Aroma of sweet fruits (apples and grapes) and vinegar, very much like a sweet cider. Cloyingly sweet taste, syrupy texture.

Dark clear amber pour with a bubbly white head that disappates quickly and leaves a nice white lacing. Some liquorice and sweet potato. Some sweet saltine cracker on the taste.