Fantôme Chocolat

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

Bottle: The aroma is lemony, yeasty, peppery, and floral. It pours a cloudy orange with a small white head that quickly fades to a ring. The flavor starts with some nice tart lemon with some light orange. It finishes with a peppery yeastiness and light floral notes. The chocolate isn’t really noticeable in the flavor, but the beer does sort of leave a chocolate aftertaste. Unique and very tastey.

Aroma is yeasty, chili powder is quite prevalent. Golden color, white head, hazy, with particulate matter. Can’t say that I taste any of the cocoa, but the chili powder is definitely there. It kind of seems like a gimic beer, but it is pretty decent. However, I wouldn’t want more than one in a day.

Bottle from State Line sampled with Beerded_one. Cap over cork brew, some sediment floating about, loads of sediment awaits me in the bottom. Pours orange/golden with a sparse white head. Aroma of spices, caramel, slight fruit, and citrus (no traces of cocoa to the nose). The flavor is citrus, tart (not overly), slight traces of hops, spices, smooth 8%, cocoa is lightly present only in the finish. I found this brew to be quite pleasant.

Pours a very hazy, dried apricot color, with a fluffy two finger head. The foam settles slowly to a thick cap, that lasts throughout the entire beer, and leaves a thick sheeting of lace. Smell; this has the typical Fantome funkiness to it, with some caramel malts and a little bit of chocolate, but it’s a little hard to pick out. I can’t really detect the peppers at all in the aroma. Taste; starts off with a bit of the farmhouse funk you expect in a saison, with a little vinegar, slightly sour and a little herbal. In the middle the sweet malts make an appearance, with just some hints of the peppers. The chocolate shows up in the finish just when I think there isn’t anything left. Very interesting, and surprisingly refreshing. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a fairly creamy carbonation. Drinkability is really good. I picked this up on the recommendation of bditty187, and I’m glad that I did. I’m definitely going to pick up more of this one.

Cloudy amber gold pour...tannish pillowy head. I guess I was expecting some spiciness somewhere, but it sure wasn’t in the aroma. I guess there’s just the slightest hint in there, but I really think I was imagining it. Flavor is even more disappointing. Maltiness...I guess...is most prevalent. Fairly tart too....no pepper influence from what I can tell. Fortunately, I was able to give this up to some other folks for consumption.....big disappointment with this turd.

The taste of this beer brings a parallel of unsweetened cocoa and slight spicy after thought. Malts are dominate and hops are secondary. worth a try.

The aroma has cedar wood, yeast, peppers, and a hint of cocoa. The appearance is muddy tan with a large head. The flavor is like the aroma but the chocolate here will not satisfy a chocolate lover. The palate is thin. Overall it’s another one of those interesting beers from this brewer but not one I would drink often.

Murky gold color with a thin head. Nice aroma of apples and apple pie spice. Mild pepper flavor along with the hay/barn typical of saisons. Couldn’t pick up the chocolate at all. Not bad.