Fantôme BBB Babillard

Formerly brewed at Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison
Soy-Erezée, Belgium

Bottle from Bier circus, Brussels. Vintage 2001 (20 Euro bottle): Pours dark muddy brown with a creamy off white head. Earthy, spicy, peppery aroma. Both sweet & sour Roasted malts - caramel & chocolate. Smooth & soft with a sour freshness. Giant sediments in the bottom of bottle. Another exciting fantome experience!

Clear light tea colored, with about 1/2 an inch of nearly white frothy foam. Good but not great lacing. Sharp fruity and cidery aroma. Very dry beer, with a mild grainy flavor and some bitter tannin like a too-strong tea. There is a brief hint of caramel in the aftertaste that supplies the only sweetness. The finish is a little musty and relatively sharp, almost cheese-like. Light body is full of extremely soft carbonation, which is quite pleasant. This one has all of the funk of Fantome beers, without a whole lot more of the more ’traditional’ beer flavor to balance it. It took me well into my second glass to start to enjoy it. By the end of the bottle, however, I wanted more.

Thin, foamy head of fine bubbles. Reduces quickly. Awesome carbonation which keeps an everlasting head on the brew. Golden amber in color. Light aroma. Spices, light malts and a little vegetal in the aroma. Nothing special though. Light and fizzy in the mouth. More spices, grass, ginger. Pretty dry. Finiish is dry, with a slight bitterness and tartness. Has a little smokey and roasty aftertaste also. Very strange.

Very floatie-rich body - lots of herbs and spices in here. Cloudy burned-orange in hue. Fruity, but not sweet - in fact, it is quite sour, and it made me wish I had a piece of cheese handy to pair with it. It was decent, but certainly not my favorite saison.

Bottle. Hazy orange/amber color with a small off white head. Yeasty, fruity aroma of apricots, freshly cut grass and a bit of floral notes. Flavor was more tart than I expected. Dried apricots are the first thing to come to mind, along with lemongrass and a yeasty finish.

The aroma was lemony, light fruit, and sweet. The beer poured a yellow orange color w/ gold highlights, no head or lace. The flavor had honey, light fruit, spicey hops, slight malty textures. The mouthfeel was light bodied, and well carbonated.

Bottle. Orange colour with a big white head. Sweet fruity, spicy aroma and taste. Medium body with a dry finish.

Orange colour with an off white head. Malty, light caramel sweet aroma with notes of fruit. Malty flavor with a peach fruityness. Light yeasty and dry finish.