3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle.
Pours rather dark for a saison with a more heavy body. Taste of brett, hay and strawberries.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours red-brown with a big white head. Fruity in a almost grape, red wine, kind of way. Lots of strawberry notes. Quite sour. Quite heavy for a fantome.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle courtesy of yourefragile at a recent Fantome tasting. Served in a Fantome tulip. Reviewed from notes.
Pours a mostly-clear blonde color with a nice white head. The nose has plenty of acid plus some lemon and apricot. The flavor is pungent with lots of fruit and acid. Sharply pungent, slightly stinging the corners of my mouth. Light body and a very dry finish. Very solid brew.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 3, 2012 75cl green bottle. Gusher warning, cork explodes. Pours dark orange/brownish. Muddy looking with sediments and floats due to gushing. Big creamy white head. Lasting foam. Aroma is very sweet and complex: apples, pears, belgian yeast, molasses, slight alcohol, sweet spices, dark fruits. Taste: slight bitterness sorrounded by an intense malty sweetness. Molasses, caramel, pears and dark fruits. Slightly boozy. As it warms up a peppery spiciness comes through, burning down the throat. Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation. Overall, really nice and complex. Warming. Too sweet for my taste. Also, don’t expect a saison, not at all. It retains only a bit of spiciness from the style. More similar to a belgian strong, maybe even a quad for the huge amount of dark malts and fruitiness.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
750 mL bottle shared at the January 2012 Santa Cruz tasting at Sante Adairius. Pours a hazy pale gold with basically no head. Fantastic aroma -- this is the kind of beer you might spend longer smelling than drinking. Apricot shortbread cobbler comes to mind, along with a mulled cider spiciness: cinnamon and cloves, perhaps cardamom. Flavor is a little less engrossing. Semi-tart, semi-sweet, with a vague fruitiness -- apples first, then a touch of lemon. The alcohol shows through just a little, contributing a sharpness that pairs in the finish with a significant hop bitterness. Dry with low carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour out of 750 mL bottle, pour is dark red with off white head, nice and lacing. Aroma brings notes of vinegar, nuts, touch of spice, hints of chocolate, touch of earth. Taste is mix of vinegar, toffee, some hints of vanilla, candied nuts, touch of spice, finishes fairly sweet, earthy.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, courtesy of Armin. Huge thanks! Hazy brown appearance with light brown. Tangy, cherry, fruit cocktail, spicy, citrusy, barnyard aroma. Tart strawberry, cherry fruity, carbonated, tangy, belgian yeasty flavor. Pretty cool brew.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 27, 2012 750 ml bottle bought @ Bierkompass.de and consumed on January 26. Pours cloudy dark chestnut brown with a huge frothy white head that leaves some trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is very sweet and fruity with sweet mandarin oranges, wet hay, leather, wool and cape gooseberries. Taste is slightly sweet, sour and very vinous with plums, grapes, hay, lemon juice, gooseberries and barnyard. Finish is slightly dry, slightly sour and fruity.
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