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Fantôme de Noël

Percentile
96
overall
Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison

Soy-Erezée, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4613.73/5.03.71/5.0Winter10%93.5Tulip
Commercial Description:
A very dark and entirely unique holiday seasonal beer, at a whopping 10% alc. by volume. Reportedly spiced with honey, caramel, coriander, black pepper, and other secret ingredients. The alcohol content probably goes a long way toward explaining that very warm and satisfied feeling one finds on the very first sip. A rich, dark-flavored beer with lots of deep-roasted chocolate malt, but still fairly dry, with a hint of sourness at the core. It is very spicy, with some winter spruce flavor in the bargain. The wild yeast sourness also adds to its welcoming character.
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 ekstedt (2419), Göteborg, Sweden
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Jan 5, 2009  
<i>Bottle (75 cl) at Delirium Café, Göteborg, Sweden</i>. Spicy and slightly cidery aroma with some fruity notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Dry with a light acidity. Would have guessed the abv to be around 6-7 %. A strange beer.


 TomDecapolis (3149), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Tap at CAH. Pours a deep hazy brown with ruby notes and a small creamy lighter tan head that left some lacing. Aroma of tropical fruits, pineapple, light funky notes, dark fruits and caramel. Flavor of Fantome funkiness, earthy, pineapple, dry, lightly tart and caramel.


 502Flavors (617), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Dec 31, 2008  
on tap at Sergio’s. Dark hazy reddish pinkish brownish body with small white cap head. Yeasty aroma and flavor. The flavor is a bit more outgoing than the aroma, but not as funky as I was hoping (probably because it was on tap and fresh). Some lemony esters. Medium dry finish, medium bodied, and medium to high carbonation. Dangerously drinkable for abv.


 travita (1892), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 27, 2008  
Bottle. Look is amber colored, some sediument, light tan pretty good sized head. Smell is wood, fruitt, yeast, and spices. Taste is slight tart, yeast, medium body, and ok. Decent but not great.


 pineypower (1090), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Dec 26, 2008  
Bottle from Knightly Spirits. Pours our a slightly reddish brown color with a moderate to large brownish head. Aroma is of dried fruit mainly cherry, some funky yeast and spice. Flavor is complex cherries, spice rich sweet malts and really no note of any 10% ABV. Solid brew once again by Fantome


 markwise (1175), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
Dec 22, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of kiefdog. Pours a brown color with a slight off-white head. Aroma is sour- vinegar, dust, cobweb, and fruit. Plenty of vinegar and sour, with some sweetness to speak of. Interesting beer with lingering sweet and sour finish.


 rudolf (1758), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Dec 21, 2008  
Bottle from Consumers, 12/08. Clear medium toffee color, yellowish tan head with very nice lacing. Nose is a lot all at once - honey, malt, cherry & farm-ey brett, candied orange peel. Flavor is rich honeyed malt, a surprising amount of hop bitterness, brett (both cherry pie and a farmhouse-ey funk). Finish has some dark, powdery chocolate & funky wood. Very creamy carbonation. A bit too much bitterness.


 sebletitje (1903), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 21, 2008  
courtesy of kiefdog pours dark amber with tan head. aroma and taste have plenty of sourness mixed with dark fruits, some malts in background and spices. Finish was rather weak and could not see the 10 abv in this beer.



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