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Fantôme Brise-BonBons!

Score
9795
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison
Soy-Erezée, Belgium
Serve in Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 407   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.68   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
"With joy and a little bit of mischief, Fantôme brewer Dany Prignon dedicates this very bitter beer to all of the many varieties of brise-bonbons - literally, ball-breakers - in the world. Specifically, this beer is meant for wise-guys, braggarts, pains-in-the-ass, muck-rakers, troublemakers, know-it-alls, stuffed-shirts, blow-hards and bores, as well as nut-cracking, wind-bag, prattling-on, self-appointed experts on everything, and nose-in-the-air snobs, convinced they can do anything better than you. Dany intended to make a beer too bitter for a normal person to enjoy. The problem is, everyone loves it! Guess we’re all just a bunch of brise-bonbons sometimes..." - Shelton Brothers


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Thorpe429 (3526) - Alexandria, Virginia, USA - FEB 4, 2012
Bottle courtesy of Darrell at the recent Fantome mega-tasting. Served in a Fantome tulip. Reviewed from notes. Pours a nice golden color with a bit of an apricot hue. Nice white head with some ringy lacing on the way down. The nose brings forward a good dosing of lemon and citrus plus a bit of light earth. Mild acidity to the flavor along with lemon and citrus. Almost like a Saison d’Erezee Ete-light. Light body with great carbonation. Winner all around.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Hair6a11 (924) - Illinois, USA - JAN 28, 2012
Bottle; Pour is murky golden with a very nice, fine bubbled off white head in this glass. The nose is sweet grains, lemongrass, apricot, and a hint of farmhouse. The flavor profile is more sweet grains - there is a hop bitterness present, though light. There’s more lemon - lemon peel and grassy hops really.. with more fresh fruits - its quenching - though there is a slightly odd aftertaste here - this is a nice saison.

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
emacgee (2834) - Carrboro, North Carolina, USA - JAN 5, 2012
Thanks mom! Pours a cloudy peachy amber with some chunklets and two fingers of dense creamy offwhite head. Wonderful nose, smells like a light bread dough and flowers with a lightly citric note and spicy quality. Flavor and body/mouthfeel are just awesome. Full with a spicy/citrus rind bitterness and lightly grassy quality. Mild malt sweetness well balanced by a peppery and spicy yeast/hop character. Full body and coating palate with a soft and velvety body. Give me more.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
portableparty (1004) - Blaine, Minnesota, USA - DEC 24, 2011
Bottle to snifter. Pours hazy pale orange with a big tight soapy white head that fades to a soapy film. Aroma has pepper and spice with plenty of yeast all around. Taste is chalky dry and shows pepper bubblegum (juicyfruit) and bitter hops and some lemon peel as well. Palate is medium and fizzy with a drying chalky finish. I enjoyed this, tasty!

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
tderoeck (1169) - BELGIUM - DEC 21, 2011
20/12/2011 75cl bottle @ home - BB: n/a (2011-721)

Cloudy orange beer, small off-white head, unstable. Aroma: a bit sour, grassy and herbal touches, very chemical touch, band-aid. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, lemon, dairy, cheesy, grassy, little bitter. Aftertaste: more chemical, band-aid, citrus, weird off-flavour, wood and tobacco.

4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
madvike (1294) - Middleton, Wisconsin, USA - NOV 25, 2011
Bottle shared by MrPickles...thanks Andy! - Pours hazy light amber with a thin off-white head. Skunky nose, light tropical fruit, wheat, a touch of mint, and all sorts of spices that I have no idea what they are. Taste is much more mellow, with light spicing, earthy hops, lots of grain, juicy tropical fruit, and a light skunky finish. Feels like velvet in the mouth. Wow...awesome stuff.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
nuplastikk (2443) - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - NOV 25, 2011
750ml bottle at Madison Thanksgiving tasting 2011. Hazy, golden tan. Thin off-white head. Some pale malt and funky Belgian yeast in the aroma. A lemony sour Belgian Pale Ale, with lots of interesting subtleties and nuances. Dry, earthy hop bitterness, with a balancing fruity Belgian yeast tone. Subtle herbal lemon action. A really nice beer, really hides the alcohol well.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
KapitiCritique (312) - Leawood, Kansas, USA - NOV 23, 2011
AROMA: hops, yeasty, green bottle funk, grapefruit; APPEARANCE: looks like peach fruit - unfiltered; TASTE: slightly bitter, a hint of sweetness; PALATE: spritzy, short finish, OVERALL: interesting


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