Fantôme Brise-BonBons!

Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison
Soy-Erezée, Belgium

Serve in Tulip

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Pour is a cloudy yellow with a average whtie head. Aroma is barnyard musty with some vanilla and spice. Flavor is wow! Lots of orange peel, clove and basement dankness. Finish is very floral and leaves a nice allspice on the tounge. As far as saison’s go Fantome can do no wrong.

bottle@gotten at brewery & shared at friends house: very hazy yellow with white head, smells surprisingly like a barbeque with some minor sweet fruits & spices, taste is extreme to say the list but not in a bitter way as promised instead, instead lots of barbeque flavours, roasted, charcoal, barnyard, funk, barbeque hops, pepper mixed with sweet fruits (melon, apricot, guava,…), citrus, barbeque spices, brett, yeast, slight lacto finish, opinions were divided between outright dislike to fondness

750ml. corked bottle. Hazy pale goloden colour, good head, a white cloak is always on the surface and a ring clings to wall of the glass. As usual in Fantome, tehre’s some barnyard smell, weaker than in other ones. There’s also lemon, grass, flowers and spices. Palate is not (to me) as bitter as the description says, rough, lemon, vanilla notes?. Another good one from Fantome, though not my favourite one.

750ml bottle pours a hazy, burnt orange with a clumpy white head. Nose is musty, grassy, very herbal, lemon grass, sage, lightly sweet. Flavor is grassy, lemons, herbs, lavendar, lightly malt, flower petals. Medium bodied, medicinal finish.

Bottle shared at the Santa Cruz tasting in March. Golden straw color with just absolutely ridiculous lacing. The concentric circular foam blobs are mind-boggling and I literally took pictures after my glass was empty because it was still coated in head. Aroma is tart and funky, very barnyard-esque with hay, wheat, and mild citrus. Flavor is reminiscent of banana and toffee with a divine tartness. Full and satisfying on the palate but not sweet, sticky or cloying. A fantastic beer.

Saison molt refrescan amb notes cítriques i final lleugerament amarg i llarg. Punt de carbònic ideal. Alcohol totalment ocult, sembla que tingui com a molt 4 graus. Gran cervesa per a l’estiu. Me’n beuria litres si fos més fàcil de trobar.

Pours yellow/gold with a tall, lasting creamy white head. Lots of streaming bubbles. The aroma jumps out as lightly skunky and bitter with lots of florals, lemongrass, and lighter hints of orange peel. The flavor is very floral bitter with some citrus peel, pepper and hints of dried tropical fruits. This is really pretty light and dry for an 8% Saison. Very nice lively body and and a strong citrus peel bitter finish. A little on the skunky side, but still enjoyable and well made.

Bottle from West Lakeview Liquors. Pours a golden color with a thick white head on top. The aroma is quite nice. It’s fruity, yet also funky and grassy. Pineapple and lemongrass seem to stand out, as far as the fruit goes, with also pear as well. Yeasty funk is very prominent with a corn malt scent and barnyard hay. The flavor mostly follows, showing sweet grass, corn, barnyard funk, lemons, before turning bitter and very dry in the finish with lots of lingering wild flowers. Good stuff. It’s a bit strange but very good at the same time, which can probably be said for most of Fantome’s offerings. While funky, it doesn’t have as much of the trademark Fantome funk as I’ve had with others, but that’s just a mere observation. Lighter in the body than expected and quite refreshing. Fun to try.

750ml bottle. Light golden amber, light haze, nice white head. Aroma is peppery yeast, lemon zest, and bread. Flavor is the same, with a strong bitting bitterness, fruit, and a bit of funk. The bitterness is a bit much, bit the aroma is great.

Tasted on 3/23/11 from a 750mL bottle at Local Option. Pours cloudy golden with a thick white head that slowly recedes to thin lace and a nice collar. The nose is funky, but with a traditional saison backbone with spicy yeast, white peppercorn, and just a hint of red berry fruit. The flavor is just the same with spicy yeast, white peppercorn, dry funk, a bit of bitterness, and a surprisingly crisp and clean finish. The body is light with lively carbonation and a long herbal, spicy, and funky finish.