Fantôme de Noël

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

Aroma:floral,fruit spicy like the other fantome.... Appearance:Dark hazy brown,light tan head... Flavor:floral.spicy,light alcohol.....

This cloudy brown baby reaches out with its light nose of fruity and malt, combined with a taste of fruit, yeast and light alcohol to make you say damn. Lightly caarbonated with a light body that could almost make you sweat.

After a consecution of American brews it always seems natural for me to return to Belgian styles, as they are unequivocally closest to my tastes. This occurrence allowed me a first look at the brewery Fantôme, one that has eluded me for some time but always sparked a certain curiosity. The pour produced an eerie swamp-like body, a deep murky red hue topped of a custard colored foam that thins rapidly. A comforting scent of sweet pipe tobacco springs forth immediately and creates a welcoming atmosphere for the bouquet of coffee, black pepper, red wine and slightly green cocoa beans. The nose has an unusual texture, if I may even call it that; a somewhat spongy consistency that reminds of mushrooms and earthy essences. The palate is deep and rich and with a buttery smoothness that coats the mouth in its dense flavors. Some alcohol is present, a spicy vinous tone coupled with the unmistakable flavor of chocolate-covered coffee beans that extends to their distinctive dry aftertaste. A beer simply full of character and an enchanting flair fit for any conversely dull day of the year.

Bottle. Pours murky brown with a very thin tan head. Lots of fruit in the aroma, grapes, cherries, sour apples and other various dark fruits. A slight musty spice comes thru as well. Taste of cherries, tabacco, oak, some chocolate and coffee. Aftertaste reminds me of apple peel. The fruitness is amazing in this beer and the more I drink it, the tabacco taste goes away. Mouthfeel creamy and this is a very filling beer. I enjoy the taste, but as I said, very filling.

Dark brown, with a tan head. Aromas are fruit and malt, somehow both sweet and sour. Flavors are fruit, spice, yeast, and is also somewhat musty. Interesting.

Bottle. Dark brown with large light brown head. Very sweet and malty. Fruity with a hint of chocolate. Slightly moldy in flavour.

A hazy amber beer with a lazing orange head. The aroma is sweet and quite fruity. The flavor is sweet fruity with a strong note of dust.

Definitly a darn good beer. I have always liked saisons. Herbal yeasty aroma. For 10%, this is insanely balanced. If you told me this is 7%, i would likely believe you.