Fantôme Chocolat

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

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.

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.

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.

Aroma of sweet malt, pit fruit, orange, almost no head. Taste is fruity, tangy, barnyard, tart, dry. Very nice. Thanks mds.

Cheap hot chocolate and light prunes in aroma. Light cloudy brown with beige head. Sweet fruity flavour with some light chocolate and spice notes. Medium smooth. Ok.

Thin off-white sloppy head. Reduces quickly. Typical saison aroma with yeast, straw, ginger and a very faint hint of milk chocolate. Light and refreshing aroma though. Color is a slightly hazy rusty brown. Dry, slick mouthfeel. Very slight bitterness and sourness along with a bit if citrus and spices. More ginger and a bit of iron (rust). Light flavor with only a faint hint of chocolate again. Little alcohol warming. Some hints of vegetables in there also. Finish is a little dry and tart. Not one of the better Fantomes in my opinion.

Muddy light brown colored body, slightly murky. Funky nose with some semi-scipy notes and some biscuit scents as well. I liked this very much but ultimately it’s a forgettable beer. The chocolate was a bit difficult to pick up, but the cinnamon-like spices were certainly there. Smooth palate.

Poured a hazy brownish orange color with a huge but quickly dissipating off white head. Aroma first let off some hay with a touch of skunk and finished off with bitter sweet cocoa powder and alcohol fumes. Flavor was mildly funky and acidic with bitter chocolate and a dry bitter finish. Coupled with the skunky aroma it seemed like somebody poured a little Molson Golden into my beer.