Fantôme La Piétrain Ambrée

Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Soy-Erezée, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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14/IV/2012 - 75cl bottle @ home - BB: not indicated on bottle, but according to sebletitje a freshly brewed batch (2012-366) Thanks to sebletitje for sharing the bottle!

Cloudy orange to amber beer, small off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: bit fruity, grapefruit, bit soapy, some spices. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: citrus, orange peel, mandarins, little bitter, some herbs, bit sour. Aftertaste: some citrus, little bitter, herbal, no smoke alas. A shame.

Bottle, 04/10/2012. Light hazy amber pour, thin fine white head fades to a few patches on the surface. Aroma has that distinct Fantome character. Caramel malts with orange and lime, hint of candi sugar, honey and yeast, light farmhouse funk. Taste is sweeter with a definite sour/vinegar edge, honey and lime, other citrus. Palate is medium, bright mouthfeel and dry finish. Fun, interesting brew.

bottle-conditioned 750ml. lightly hazed amber body with a fine-bubbled white head. candy sugar and citrus / fruit nose (apricot, grapefruit pith, white raisin) with a distinctly rustic musty yeast character (basement must, concrete mix), though does have noticeable oxidation (wet paper). medium body with solid frothiness and a lingering, mild syrupiness late. after allowing it to open up and warm, the oxidation lingers and it tends to muddle the fruit and minerallic nature of the yeast, so, it’s certainly affected, but I can still see what a beauty this would be were it not oxidized. the farmhouse must, or funk, or whatever you wish to call it, works well with the dried fruit and mild herbal spiciness. damn shame it’s not in better shape, though.

75cl green bottle. Green vintage. Pours hazy amber with a medium white head. Short lived foam. Aroma is straight funk and tartness. Malty sweetness base and vinegary tartness to it. Reminds of some flanders red. Taste is similar: some malty sweetness, tons of tart vinagray and funky notes. Some yeasty spiciness but profile is preatty sour and clean. Good carbonation and medium body. This is probably a perfect link between saison and flanders red, it takes best from both styles. Simply delicious. And easy drinkable too.

Bottle 750ml.

Unclear medium orange colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, orange, funky, leather - brett. Flavour is moderate sweet with a long duration, eather, peppery notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120128]

Bottle courtesy of craytonic at the recent Fantome mega-tasting. Served in a Fantome tulip. Reviewed from notes. Pours a light caramel color with a bit of a tan head. No real perceptible lacing. The nose brings forward some faint malt, amber, bread crust, and a bit of lemon. Light additional citrus as well. The flavor is bready and earthy with a bit of citrus. Light body and a semi-dry finish. Nice and a good comparison side-by-side with the Blonde.

Bottle: Poured a clear deep dark golden color ale with a super large white foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma consists of light rustic malt notes with some lightly funky yeast ester and some bready notes. Taste is also a mix between some bready malt with some rustic notes some lightly funky ester and a very subtle tart notes at the end. Body was lighter then most Fantome beers but still quite full compared to the competition with some great carbonation. This is a good beer form a brewery that has a tendency to be all over the place dome time though a lot les unique then some of their other offerings.

Bottle. Unclear amber/orange with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, little brett and fruit. Flavour is malt, brett, little dry, fruit, little sweet, funky, high carbonation, yeast and a little citrus.

Hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, yeasty, fruity and tart. Flavor is medium sweet and light acidic. Dry and light acidic finish. 280112

Hazy orange of color with a small white head. An aroma with spice, brett, leather and weak sour. A flavor of brett, funky, spice, sweets and leather.