Radek Kliber (4001), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Mar 3, 2008 Bottle 750 ml
Appearance: Light amber like bright copper , cloudy amber with medium creamy fizz Nose :farm citrus , grassy hay front , slightly sour. Very light hints of creamy chocolate blended with grape and red apple.7+ Flavor/Palate : Medium bodied , strong frontal sourness. Creamy chocolate follows , milky- corn like with sour apple spread. Unusual with moderate success.
BeerLimey (1873), California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jan 21, 2006 Densely clouded pale amber appeaarmce. Funky, musk, yeasty nose, mild sweet fruitiness. Subtle dry cocoa intro and undertones, moderately sweet and smooth at first, followed by a fairly acidic sour second half. Fairly bitter in the finish. Pleasantly surprised after thinking this was going to be a real novel loser. The cocoa notes are subtle but not hard to spot as some have noted. Still, a stronger chocolate emphasis would have been nicer since there should have been a little more here. OKBeer (1159), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Jul 11, 2005 2005 RBSG Montreal Friday Night Tasting. Cloudy muddy brown colour with a very thin layer of off-white head. Yeasty, tart, light caramel, and light very sweet chocolate aroma. Dry yeasty bitter flavour with an acidic finish plus a faint background chocolate touch. Light bodied, dry, fizzy mouthfeel. DougShoemaker (2856), Toronto, Canada
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Apr 7, 2008 Aroma of sweet malt, pit fruit, orange, almost no head. Taste is fruity, tangy, barnyard, tart, dry. Very nice. Thanks mds. Nuffield (2749), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Apr 30, 2007 Classic Fantome aroma--it gives up no sense of its ingredients! It’s like they’re all the same at the aroma level. Drinking it...well...it’s actually the same thing. A bit of chocolate/lactic astringency can be found there, but the spice isn’t there. Cocoa and chili? It’s all a wash in the sea of Fantome-ness. hopscotch (5558), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 | Mar 7, 2007 Bottle... Murky amber ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Musty, subtle cocoa and cayenne nose. Lightly sweet chocolate flavor with moderate bitterness outshone by medium tartness. Surprisingly, light to medium-bodied and watery with gentle carbonation. Tart, subtle chocolate finish. MartinT (5080), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jun 2, 2005 Updated: Nov 9, 2005The Lure: Citrusy, melony hay and minty bread emanate from the hazy blond veil. Red pepper is a neighbor. Yep, believe it or not, this is the Chocolat.
The Festivities: A quite creamy mouthfeel for a Fantôme, carbonation is nowhere near out of bounds. Sweetness (from the cocoa?) is well-balanced with the dry, bitter ending of the red pepper, and the roaming fruitiness. Yeastiness is light, again not standard for the Fantômes I’ve had. No one else could brew a Chocolat which barely tastes of chocolate, doesn’t look anywhere near chocolate coloured, and still get away with making a good beer. This one falls short of "very good" though, in my book.
Transcendence: Remember that little kid in your class who was color-blind and kept running around with big round eyes, touching everything? TimE (1368), Tokyo, Japan
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 1/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Jun 8, 2005 Light hazy amber golden color. Floaties (that can’t be good), really random carbonation. Sour lemon zesty, oranges, barnyard and a very very faint whiff of smoke. Slightly tart wet leather, oranges, yeasty, cardamon mouth. Dry bitter, mildly tart finish. Interesting stuff.
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