Fantôme La Dalmatienne

Bottled. Pours muddy tan color, overripe fruity nose like stewed apples with some cinnamon. Tastes more grainy and caramel-malty, lightly sweet with subtle tartness and mild bitterness. Lively mouthfeel goes a touch dry, with dusty-hop finish and a touch of booze. Interesting and easily likable.

25.4 oz bottle. Froth slowly rises up the neck after uncapping. Muddy brown with suspended bits and a creamy bone head. Nose is sweet floral yeast and lemon custard. More substantial than other Fantômes with mild foamy carb. Taste is yeasty apple and toffee with a spicy finish. Seems more like a Belgian Strong.

(Bottled, 0.75l) Hazy golden with a medium, foamy and lacy head. Spicy-peppery, earthy aroma with pale, grainy malt and some grassy hops. Slight toffee-caramely, banana-fruity sweetness with peppery rosemary spiciness, and flowery-aromatic hops. Alcohol is perfectly hidden. With yeast, there’s some orangey fruitiness. Medium-bodied with soft carbonation. A quite enjoyable brew, but both strangely spicy (as Fantomes always), and sweetish (as they rarely are). Not very complex, though.

Dark orange/amber haze with red tints when held up to the light. Lots of lovely chunklets hanging stagnant. Thinnish off-white head that sticks around for a bit. Sweet nose -- spicy coriander hits first, then citrusy hops, caramel, malt, yeast, bananas. Surprising amount of hops present. Quite nice.

Pours a hazy golden orange with lots of chunks. Has a one finger creamy orange head. The nose is spicy, sweet oranges, coriander, earthy. The flavor is earthy, spicy, oranges, citrusy, banana, earthy spicy phenols, sweet. Spicy carbonated mothfeel with a nice warming finish. Very tasty saison.