RateBeer

Fantôme Brise-BonBons!

Percentile
94
overall
Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison

Soy-Erezée, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Regional Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |
RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3403.68/5.03.66/5.08%88.8Tulip
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...
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 zebracakes (1214), Washington DC, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 20, 2008  
Bottle. Pours cloudy gold, white head. Aroma is funky, musty, tangy; bleu cheese, berries, wheat. Flavor is bleu cheese, pepper, fruit, wheat, chévre. This saison disguises its alcohol content remarkably and is refereshing like champagne and strawberries in the summertime.


 chef201atc (249), Weatherford, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/517/20
Jan 11, 2008  
Cloudy straw colored pour with scant head. Nose is hay, horse blanket, and funk. Light palate with moderate carbonation. Flavor has a small amount of funkiness, dry finish.


 legion242 (1577), Richardson, Texas, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/516/20
Jan 10, 2008  
Lumpfest 2008- nice murky yellow/orange with a medium to heavy soapy head. Yeasty nose. Really nice. Tons of mild yeast- oxymoron? Just really well balanced and executed.


 RollinHard (756), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 6, 2008  
At this point, things were getting crazy, and my notes say "I am a tool" first written by Walt and then written again by Amanda to prove that her handwriting looks nothing like Walt’s. I wrote, in my handwriting then, that they are both tools.

Grainy aroma, very grassy. Dry taste, also grainy pretty spicy like cloves, but rougher. Dry spicy finish with lots of residual grass taste in the back. A nice and pleasant saison.


 xmarcnolanx (792), Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 3, 2008  
All saisony and stuff in the aroma. Grainy, just typically saison. Taste is slightly rough grassy grains and hop. Finishes sweet, slightly hopped, and yummy. 737314


 jzzbassman (842), New Albany, Mississippi, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Jan 2, 2008  
750mL Bottle. Pours a ruddy orange with a big head. The 3rd pour (250mL glass) had a ton of sediment. Aroma is grassy and lemon with Thai basil. Flavor has strong citrus and apple notes, with a brisk hoppyness.


 mar (1822), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/514/20
Jan 2, 2008    Updated: Jan 12, 2008
Lumpfest 2008 - murky yellow pour with some lacings. very bitter/sour scent. very malty taste with some bitterness to bite.


 Skyview (4020), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 31, 2007  
Sampled from 750 ml bottle and picked up at Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a hazy golden orange brew with a thick white head that has some good retention and lacing. Aroma of sour bread dough, some yeast with a good balance of grassy and flowery hops. Taste is medium bodied, light spice with flavors of yeast, light caramel malt, some dry herbs and a touch of apples. Finish is semi-dry, a slight yeasty with some soft carbonation and light bready malt in the aftertaste.



CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Log In | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Feedback?
Copyright © 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC