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Fantôme Brise-BonBons!

Fantôme Brise-BonBons! - Saison

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison

Soy-Erezée, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3393.68/5.03.66/5.08%88.9Tulip
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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...
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 patrickfannon (271), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Bottle. 25.4 oz. Split with Braden. Pours murky, hazy brownish orange, with a thing white head. Beautiful sedinmentation. Aroma of pear, lemon, wheat, soil, and hints of caramel. Medium to full bodied. Sweet, sugary mouthfeel with a tangy, tart, clean finish. Very good saison.


 matt7215 (942), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 29, 2009  
750 ml bottle from a trade with boutip. 2005 vintage. slow gusher. pours hazed orange with a huge tan head. aroma of red apple skin, white wine, pale malt decay. flavour slight wild sourness, some lemon, some dust, very very old hops memories. its crazy to think that this beer was not meant to age yet 4+ years in the bottle have left it this enjoyable. if i ever get the opportunity to try this beer again i hope its a fresher bottle but if i dont ill at least know where it stands 4 years deep.


 zvikar (413), Tel-Aviv, Israel
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 28, 2009  
At a tasting, thanks Shahar, pours hazy bright yellowwith a large white head, wild aromas, yeat, white wine, banana and clove, flavor is very bitter with some hay, grass, apples, orange, cinammon and nice acidity, complex and tasty.


 tomer (365), Rishon Le Zion, Israel
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Oct 28, 2009  
At a tasting, many thanks Shachar, very hazy lemon colour, aromas of grass and flowers with notes of sugar cane, flavours of grapefruit, peach and apricot and nuts which also dominates a very mellow aftertaste, and apleasant solid bitterness, good.


 DSG (1501), Tel Aviv, Israel
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Bottle sample at a tasting. Thanks Shachar. Hazy orange color with a white head. Aroma is flowery with some yeast, grainy notes, some funky character and fruits. Very bitter flavor with fresh fruits, some grassy and citric notes and some spicy funky hints. Medium-bodied. Mmm... Bitter... Refreshing.


 Edmoe (126), Orlando, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Oct 23, 2009  
Mahogany with a modest head. Nice tartness, but not nearly as bitter as the brewers make it out to be. Finishes nicely. Very good beer.


 BigBeer45 (676), Troy, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/512/20
Oct 19, 2009  
Bottle, pours like a mixture of apple juice and lemonade, has the lemonade dirty hazy look with some apple juice color, there is a faint red-amber hue found when held up to a light, hardly a head, there is a thick ring at the sides of the glass, I saw some faint fine bubbled effervescence at the sides of the glass, I could get a little more bubbles when I swirled the glass, faint aroma of field flowers, some earthiness, faint honey bread sweetness, and tea aroma(?), flavor of light earthy malt, some citrus sour on the palate, sends a little tinges into my nostrils but not as much as some other Fantome ales, fleeting candy sweetness at the beginning of the sip and turns dry and sour quickly, medium mouth feel, finish is mostly dry and easy to drink, I thought this ale had a so-so nose and flavor (bad or old bottle?), I can see this as a Summer drink and alcohol is hidden well but I was disappointed with this drink.


 after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/55/104/512/20
Oct 17, 2009  
750. capped and corked. thanks, suzy g! cloudy dark gold with loose and sudsy white head. tangy grassy and lemony nose. creamy medium body. lemons and grass. tasty mild finish.



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