3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared at the HF Harvest Fest by that notorious ticker Dany. Pours a hazed gold with a medium sized white head. Soft wheat, light soft lemon and grapefruit. Soft musk, light citrus. Very gentle funk. Faint herbal and medicinal tones, medium bodied, sweet floral and fruity acid. Toast, soft wheat, acid, light musk and funky acid. Rather tasty.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle shared at HF harvest fest. Pale hazy pour with pale white head. Aroma is quite wheaty, light musty aromas but actually rather fresh smelling, the general consensus amongst the crowd was we’d all had regular fantômes that were sourer than this. Taste was slightly tart, more fresh wheat notes but with a nice citric aciditiy, lemon juice and a bit of a lambic funk. Not really as advertised (surprising is it not?) but still delicious.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750ml bottle at Birch and Barley. HUGE cork pop but no gush. Good thing, I paid $50 for this. Pours a hazy orange with a rocky white head that fades fast. Aroma is very well balanced, grassy, lemons, white pepper, tangerine, apricot. Flavor is similarly balanced, a delicious lip smacking lemony feel that envelopes the mouth but isn’t over whelming. Other flavors of grass, some unripened peach, lemony mineral water, earthy, lightly herbal. Medium bodied, spritzy finish. This did not have nearly as much acid as I thought it would, but I liked it more because of that. Very drinkable, especially when the heavy carb subsides. Very well balanced.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at CK, 08/27/2012. Pours light golden orange, slight haze, rocky three-finger head, light lacing. Aroma is peach, mango, pineapple, big barnyard component with characteristic Fantome profile, slightly lactic, fresh yeasty must. Taste is tangerine, apricot, tropical, sharply tart, spiciness offsetting, juicy finish. Medium body, champagne-like carbonation. Great brew.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tried this at a bottle share at Congregation Ale House in Azusa CA, shared by one of the employees.
It pours a hazy dark yellow with lots of carbonation and tall white head. Smells very fruity and sweet. Big time citrus, CO2, and a little peach. Flavor is a bit candy-like. Sweet lemon, maybe some orange, definitely a mineral quality but thats probably the CO2, and underneath it all is that Fantome fruity/musty combination. Fairly sour but not overwhelmingly so. Over all a nice beer, glad I got to try it.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml bottle shared with oteyj! Pours a beautiful tangerine with lovely frothy white head. Aroma and flavor are marked by delightful crisp tart clementine, sweet grapefruit, touches of dry funk, and hints of nectar and apricot. Very effervescent and absurdly drinkable for 10%. Superb.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle courtesy of craftycarl21- thanks!!! Bright orange pour with a sudsy white head that lasts nicely. Sourdough bread, farmy funk, and lactic acid lead to tangerine and tropical fruits. Medium body with fluffy carbonation. Super dry and crisp finish. Excellent!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
hazy tangerine, puffy white head, lasts with wispy lace. Nose is spritzy and unexpectedly sweet, peach with lurking bright tangerine that adds nice sourness, also minerally with lotion, gravel. Flavor is muddled with carbonation, comes of citrus and dough at front, lightly acetic with clay mid and dusty finish. Fizzy carbonation mutes complexity, sour but without the myriad of brightness in Sante 14,
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with a big white head, excellent retention/some lace. Aroma of dust, peach, lemon, pineapple, funk. Taste is moderately funky, pineapple, peach, mineral, bread. Palate is dry, soft carbonation, refreshing. Very nice.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
750mL at CK shared with tastybeer, MrChopin, craftycarl21, and biggirlpanties. Pours with no typical Fantome gush. Pours a full haze, glowing peach orange. Larger white head. Overcarbonated as expected. Nose is sweaty, pretty soft funk, some thick vanilla, mango sticky rice, sharp curaçao. Fresh linen. Taste is mega refreshing, super aerated and very minerally with small saltwater. Actually not really sour. Not too lactic and no acetic. More just orange and pineapple juice with small hints of butter and wheat in the backend. Richer finish. More like JP Bam Biere. Palate is refreshing and very clean.
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