Fantôme de Noël

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

Serve in Tulip

Nice nose. Doughy yeasty, a touch of exotic fruit (mango?), spicy, peppery. Hazy copper, big beige head. Flavor is clean, honeyed sweet, smooth. Moderate crisp/tart finish. Hints of toffee, cocoa, perhaps spruce, a touch woody at least, musty, old tangerines. Another indescribable Fantome.

Pours a nice burnt-sienna (in Crayola terms), medium head that settles to a thin halo. Good lacing Aroma is mildly citric, raisins, mild brett funk, fresh bread, and very mild allspice. Flavor is initially warm and malty, mild burlap and cobwebs, giving way to a bit of hop "pepper", sour cherries, woody notes, a medium alcohol note, and a dry finish with a hint of chocolate near the end. Goes down warm, great for a cold evening such as this. Good meshing of flavors.

Murky copper/brown with a large white head. Malty,sweet,fruity and tart. Notes of caramel malt and spices along with a touch of pleasant funk.

Mon dieu! Une biere tres magnifique! Warming, acidic, floral, complex, bla bla bla - I just got lost in it and started forgetting about words and descriptors and let my senses take over the euphoric state I was approaching. Thank you Fantome.

750 ml bottle, capped and corked [2003 version; sampled Feb ’04 ]: dark orange-brown translucent caramel. A full light brown creaminess on top. Textured aroma of burnt raisins, prunes, all spice, mint, pine, medicinal alcohol, strawberries, and anise. Almost shocking palate: sweet blueberry and boysenberry alcohol and strikingly fresh cracked pepper. Full malty flavours that are most noticeable in the finish; towards the back of the mouth. Strong Fantôme yeast, leather, cherry-oaky sourness, strong licorice, dry baker’s chocolate, toasty-buttered grain and a not-so-subtle mustiness. A wonder to behold on a cold, snowy February eve. . .

Dark brown and copper colored body with a medium khaki colored head. The aroma is rich with that typical funky fantome nose. A little bi of lemons along with some barnyard and then a little ginger thrown in for good measure. This makes me think of Christmas chocolate candy that has some orange flavor. The taste is dry and strong with the barnyard leather. There is also some orange peel along with some milk chocoate. There is some ginger bread in the finish. The alcohol is well hidden. The is fairly dry like most Fantomes. Very interesting.

This was excellent. All kinds of things going on, dark and evil up front, playful in the middle, and slightly funky (in a good way) at the end.

hazy bronze with a white head. aroma of spice, mild barnyard, yeast, rraisins and sour cherries. flacvur starts malty a, then becomes fruity and spicy. wow. to call these beers interesting is and understatement. thanks joe!