Fantôme Black Ghost

Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Soy-Erezée, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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The aroma is malty and has fig notes. The amber, murky brown color has sediment and a creamy light tan head. The peppery, bitter flavor settles in with a light body. Not one of my favorite Fantome products.

75cl, exclusive brewery, from Den Bierzolder Heule, complex brew, slightly sour and easy to drink, balanced, cloudy, small head, good brew

Reddish brown with head. Mild funk floral cherry spice aroma. Cherry tobacco woody with earthy yeasty dry finish, Pretty good.

750 ml bottle. A cloudy dark brown beer with a small. frothy, mostly diminishing beige head. The aroma is moderately malty, moderately yeasty with note sof toasted grains, barnyard, spices, grass/herbs. less powerful aroma than expected. The flavour is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Medium body. soft carbonation, wuite long finish with medium bitterness. Borderline bottle, some flaws a bit sharp, but also some good aromas and flavours. Not in an excellent condition, i’ll certainly retry and rereate it.

Location: Bottle at Max and Andy’s Fantasy Tasting, 5/1/10

Aroma: The nose on this one is weird, some chocolate, some sourness, some wine-like notes, there is spice in there as well, with some fruits, and yeast, a weird combination
Appearance: This beer pours a hazy dark brown color
Flavor: The taste is kind of a murky combination of all the notes in the nose, its a weird flavor combination
Palate: A slightly acidic mouthfeel seems to fit this odd beer
Overall Impression: Ultimately this one is a complex beer that just doesn’t work correctly in my opinion. There is a lot going on, but that doesn’t necessarily make a beer great. Those pieces needed to work together, and in this case the combination is somewhat muddled.

Bottle at Andy and Max’s fantasy tasting. Pours a hazy ruby brown with a thin white head. Sweet, light funky sourness, sweet cocoa. Medium, malt and light cocoa, nice subtle musky funk. Long lingering funk and yeast.

750 ml bottle poured into my Chimay chalice. A- Body is a very foggy murky brown color that pours with absolutely no head...and this glass exaggerates and maintains head very nicely. A lot of white yeast sediment chunks can be seen whirling about the body of this brew. The chunks are a bit too large and abundant for my taste. S- Yeast funk, cola, and some dark fruit. Smell is mild but good. T- A little bit of tart dark fruit upfront with a cola flavored background. Yeast is there too. The finish is consistent with the initial flavor and not much of a hop punch is offered. P- The chunky yeast sediment detracts a little bit form the mouthfeel which isn’t as smooth and creamy as I would like but it’s still there and low carbonation. O-Decent beer but I won’t pay $14 for it again. Not the best in the Fantome lineup. I did enjoy it though Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 12-01-2008 23:53:13

Picked this up at Fantome, during a Belgian beer trip with SkyCop32....we met Dany and found him to be quire eccentric. Shared this w/SkyCop32. The flavor is very different and interesting. Pours a darkish red/brown. Aromas of spice, coriander, yeast, and alcohol. Flavor has an alcohol taste to it, mixed with a nice smokey dark fruit.

UPDATED: MAR 11, 2010 Bottle. Pours a brown with ruby red highlights and a big frothy tan head. Initial aroma is lemongrass funk, some light roast, and spices. Some deeper sniffs reveal a layer of unripened plums, doughy yeast, and some light chocolate. Flavor has a hay grass saisonlike base with healthy dose of spices and some light toasted malts. dry. crisp. and refreshing. A very well crafted, interesting beer. AWEsome stuff. GOtta go find more from this brewery. Damn good.

750 ml bottle shared via piscator34- thanks kris! Pours more ruby then dark stout like as described. Good clarity and head. Nose- perplexing, hard to pick out once element here. Taste- shockingly its an big initial wave of grapefruit rind, bitter hop like flavour which then changes gears into a dry astringent finish before you know it. Spicing is earthy which helps contribute the dry puckering finish. Crazy brew- not what I expected all, but then again that’s what you should expect from Fantome.