Fantôme Black Ghost

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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UPDATED: FEB 16, 2004 Average Flanders Red aroma that displays perfume, cedar, phenols, and roasted wood undertones. Rather astringent vinous flavors. Medicinal and not so bracingly dry finish. No real complex flavors to note beside the tart cherries.

Rerate: first time didn’t note the woody, whiskeyish complexity of the aroma. Theres also a taste and smell of red wine. Nicely sour finish. Sour fruity, pruny flavor and rich dark brown color. The flavor does not match the quality of the aroma, but a good, hard to come by sour red.

UPDATED: AUG 10, 2005 MIBF ’05 Deep golden in color with a small white head. Aroma of pepper,herbs and spices. Flavor is like a spruce forest with a bitter dry finish.

It has a clear, dark burgundy color with tan head. Despite the name, this beer is NOT black. There’s a mild tart aroma that hints of what’s to come. It has a pleasant sour flavor with some acidity, wood and chocolate. It’s in the style of a Flemish sour red ale and falls somewhere in the middle of the range for assertiveness. There’s a tartness that lingers, turns slightly bitter and then fades to a slightly dry, roasted malt character at the very end of the finish. For some reason I’m not all that exited by the finish, but others may find it more to their liking. Overall, an interesting beer. I’m glad I tried it.