Fantôme Chocolat

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

Serve in Tulip

Shared w/ TitiJo. 750mL green champagne bottle. Rusty amber color. Almond colored head. Aroma of Belgian Farmhouse Saison. Flavor is very smooth and easy drinking. I don’t detect any cocoa flavors. Although the cocoa should be bitter enough to add balance to the brew. Finish has a light tartness to it along with a hint of pepper hot dryness to it.

bottle shared by bdigi66 - Pours light amber with a sizable head. The aroma has some sweet malt and yeast and a little chocolate. The sweet flavor includes subdued chocolate notes and no discernible peppers that the bottle insists are there. Underwhelming.

Date: 04/08/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear amber, big fine off white head, drippy lace, moldy aroma with lots of light complex spices and sweet citrus, creamy body, very complex flavor with lots of spicy funk, touch of citrus, a fair amount of bitterness in the finish

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Bottle numbered 086/477044. Pours a cloudy dark mustard color with a big, foamy white head. Aroma consisted of faint citrus, hay, yeast and an ever so subtle note of chocolate. After realizing that no matter how hard I tried to pick up on the chili pepper and couldn’t, I held out hope that it was lurking in the taste. Lest I say that I’m still wondering what the hell happened to the chili. Overall pretty bland yeasty taste with a mild citrus-nutmeg note. I was quite underwhelmed by this, even though I had high hopes.

Bottle:Quite flat with a head that disappeared within a minute. Nice copper color. Lactic acid bacteria SO sour to taste. Not for me!!

I was surprised at how mild and subtle the flavours were in this beer. Poured a transluscent cream colour with a solid frothy white head with good retention. The nose is of pear, barnyard hay, pepper, citrus (hops), and faint cocoa. The flavour is more herbal, spicy and has a chocolate finish. Yeasty flavours aren’t as prevalent as the suspended particles of it would suggest. The balance achived using such mix-matched flavours is what is most impressive and intrigueing about this brew. The palate is very soft yet crisp and is medium bodied.

Sharp cloudy golden. medium frothy head. Light floral sweet aroma. Sweet honey taste with a weird sharp metallic taste. Really sweet finish. Is this a joke that there is chocolate and chili pepper in this??? I’ll have to re-sample at some point, cause this freaks me out.

Bottle. Pours a brown cloudy colour with a small head. Aroma of yeast, malt, cocoa, caramel and some citrus. Good mouthfeel. The flavour has a pleasant maltiness with some cocoa, yeast, bit of spices, citrus and moist hay. Pretty strange and interesting.