 merlin48 (328), Henderson, Kentucky, USA
Mar 3, 2008
750 ml capped not corked. Pours a hazy nectarine body with an enormous beige head. Lots of clumpy lacing. Aroma is lemony and earthy, with floral, fruity, and spicy notes. Medium body is held together well by a smoth and velvety carbonation. Nice pastoral feel. Taste is dry and earthy, with lots of floral and herbal traits. This one has more of a fruity fresh orange character than other Fantomes. Very nice.
The_Epeeist (892), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 22, 2008 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.
sayravai (3000), Helsinki, Finland
Jul 21, 2008 (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.
durhambeer (323), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Jul 20, 2008 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.
emacgee (976), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Jul 20, 2008 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.
aubreya (653), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Jul 20, 2008 The color was amber with a lot of floating sediment. The head was fizzy and off-white. The aroma was citrisy, tart, spice, and hoppy. The flavor was very spicy, alcohol, hoppy, sweet, and malty. The palate was medium-bodied and well-carbonated. The finish was warm.
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