3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pale golden amber pour ... aroma of sour tart fruits, saison yeast .... taste is of sweet fruits, tart and dry light sour with saison yeast and a dry tart finish .... could not find the chocolate in this at all .... was a decent saison though
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Highly unique. Lots of tart, funky farmhouse melded with chocolate. Not too rich and the chocolate doesn’t quite gel with the saison, but still fruity, fun and again another unique beer from Fantome. Thanks to Pizza Port Bottle shop dude for the share!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
75cl bottle. Take the (high) standard saison and add a good amount of spiciness, some astringency (probably due to cocoa) and a peppery finish: there you have fantome chocolat. Very complex and interesting brew.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Really good, but I didn’t get a whole lot of chocolate and only got a little bit of chilie papper, most in the back of the palate. But this is a really enjoyable saison, light but substantial at the smae time, with a lot of sourness. Maybe a bit of champaigne, too.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pour is cloudy copper with a thin white head. Aroma is lightly sweet with earthy hay and grassy notes. Also lightly spicy with faint chocolate and fruit. Flavor is a touch sour and funky initially with a lightly citrusy and faint cocoa. Is the cocoa a hallucination? Maybe. But this is tasty.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at the 5th Annual Epic Beer Tasting in Richmond, VA, November 28, 2010. Pours a hazy amber color with a thin white head. Fair head retention and lacing. The aroma is tart and vegetal with an earthy finish. The taste is earthy notes, chocolate and a tart finish. Medium bodied.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a clear and golden beer with a weak offwhite head. The aroma is malt, sweetness, fruit and weak notes of chocolate. The flavor is malt, acidity and fruit. The palate has some aciity and with a high level of carbonation. Overall a good beer.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours cloudy amber with a white head. Aroma is malt, chocolate, spice and light acidic notes. Flavour is malt, light acidic, spice and fruit. Chocolate in the aftertaste. Strange beer.
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