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Fantôme Black Ghost

Fantôme Black Ghost - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
93
overall
Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Soy-Erezée, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3233.65/5.03.63/5.0Winter8%83.1Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
Once described as a Belgian Irish-style stout, Black Ghost has undergone lots of changes over the years. It now bears no resemblance whatsoever to a stout, and brewer Dany Prignon has begun adding spices to the beer. What they are is anybody's guess...the Fantôme confounds once again.
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 TimE (1300), Tokyo, Japan
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Jun 8, 2005  
I have never, ever seen so much pressure from a beer. We lost a quarter of the bottle opening it up. Green apples, barnyard, tart, cheese, spice in the nose. Very tart start to the mouth with green apples, earth, mold, but not rounded at all. Needs timie. Sour apples alcohol finish.


 atpayne (615), Zionsville, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
May 30, 2005  
earthy dark brown with a fairly full brown head. Aroma is malty and fruity. Dark fruits, yeast, wheat, and some sweetness, all pervaid in the nose. Flavor is tangy and astringent. Sharp musty malt flavor with some backgroung bitterness. Earthy and dusty flavors, very complex with deep fruitness throughout. Medium to full body and very smooth and drinkable. Quite active, efverscient and at the same time, spicy.


 HumuloneRed (750), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
May 28, 2005  
Bottle. Dark red with good head and lacing. Creamy texture. Slight cinnamon nose with some pineapple. Spicy and malty flavor with hints of spruce. Very nice beer.


 mrkimchee (1414), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 23, 2005  
hazy brown, tight beige head. aroma of black olive, cherry, raisin, spice, lemon, and yeast. flavour is sour and mildly toasty with a little bitter coffee and pithy lemon. interestingly complex and tasty.


mj23 (63), south holland, Illinois, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/105/519/20
May 22, 2005  
Complex taste. Great dark color with good lacing. Lots of spice, a toasted kind of flavor. Finished very well. Overall a very interesting beer.


 Pailhead (2572), Allen Park, Michigan, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
May 16, 2005  
Bottle: Courtesy of jsquire at Schroppfy’s gathering. Light dark malts and lots of spice with a moderate sweetness and light sourness. Pours an orangish-brown with an off-white head and some sediment. Flavor is a funky coffee with a light chocolate and some spice. This one’s just not working for me.


 TBone (6676), Pori, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/514/20
May 16, 2005  
Bottled
Dark brown, almost opaque. Tanned creamy head. Typical Fantome barnyard-nose, some alcohol, roasted malts and yeast too. Flavor with roasted malts is like drinking Irish Stout plus much more: spices (black pepper), barnyard, cardboard. Spicey aftertaste. Complex, interesting and very earthy.


 Eyedrinkale (3209), Astoria, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
May 14, 2005  
Darkish brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of rich malts, raisens and vanilla. Taste is malty and lightly sour with some lemon and caramel. High abv was a bit of a welcome surprise. Quite tasty.



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