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

bottled
common

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unknown

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RATINGS: 449   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.78   SEASONAL: Summer   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Dany, the offbeat brewer at Fantôme, will try anything, and the results are always interesting. A beer made from dandelions would be worth a try if only because no one has ever brewed one before, but the great news is that this is actually a very good beer.
Dany and some cohorts get busy every spring picking bushels of dandelions that grow in the fields around the picturesque farmhouse brewery. The yellow flowers are removed and dried in the sun, then soaked in water for a few days. The thick, dark dandelion “tea” that results is the basis for the Pissenlit, which is made also from traditional barley malt and hops. It resembles a classic saison beer – golden spritzy brew, strong and very flavorful, with a good hop bite. You may have to strain to taste the dandelions, but you know they’re in there.
It should be noted that uncooked, the dandelion has a diuretic effect and is known in France as Pissenlit (literally, "wet the bed" - this also happens to be the British folk-name) for precisely this reason.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
harrisoni (9614) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - JUL 14, 2008
RBESG08 grand tasting. Decent saison. Good hop and nettle. Very good saison with tasty hops on the finish.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
ekstedt (3625) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - JUL 8, 2008
Sampled at the RBESG08 grand tasting. Cloudy golden with long-lasting white head. Fruity, earthy, and slightly cidery aroma with notes of wood. Perfectly blannced with a light initial sweetness, followed by a gentle acidity and grapefruit bitterness.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Drake (4803) - Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - JUN 25, 2008
Spring 2004 750 mL bottle courtesy of BrianK. Thanks! Dark reddish brown w/ a medium head and good retention. Funy aroma with a tart and sligjtly vegetal note. I was looking at the Dalmatienne label right before writing the review and I wrote that this tasted like dalmations! The dandelion really comes through in the taste, with notes of lemon and funk. Interesting beer.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
WeeHeavySD (3341) - San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA - JUN 25, 2008
750ml bottle via trade. Shared with My GF Cyn, Bikesandbeer, and his GF Jessi @ San Diego Veledrome Bike Races. The soy on the label was cool but confusing. Label says 2003. Poured orange with a bright white half finger head. Nose is citrussy and spiced. Taste is sweet with notes of citrus, this is great.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
probstk (1911) - Nepean, Ontario, CANADA - JUN 8, 2008
750 ml bottle shared with Ben, served cool in a Petrus goblet (tulip?). Spring 2003. JN06/08.

App.: very cloudy orange, smallish white froth. Aroma: Lots of lemon a bit of funk, light rubber, some organic acids and a fair amount of bitter greenery and barnyard. Palate: Medium-light body, very little effervescence. Flav.: Light stale apple juice, a bit of sour cherries, a little stale, a touch of funk, some organic acids; somewhat tangy, somewhat bitter, light lemon on the finish and a touch of funk.

Didn’t meet my expectations.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Christian (8045) - Odense, DENMARK - JUN 7, 2008
UPDATED: APR 25, 2009 Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Sweet grapefruit aroma, some camomile and herbal notes. Dry and spicy flavour some citrus acidity, very drinkable. 2003 bottle in 2009: More barnyard aroma, more tart flavour. Exact same rating.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
thewolf (8247) - Kolding, DENMARK - JUN 7, 2008
Bottle. [thank you skortila/caesar]
Pours muddy yellowgolden with a small, creamy all-white head. Aroma is very funky, apples, flowers, oranges and other tropical fruits. High and lively carbonation - fresh and nice. Flavour is very flowery, fresh oranges and a good funky tartness. Good dryness and very refreshing.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
bierkoning (7777) - La Tropica, NETHERLANDS - JUN 2, 2008
Corked bottle from spring 2003. Orange brown color. Flowery hay-like aroma with mago, slightly perfumed. Tropical fruit and an upcoming sourness in the flavor, mixed wtith slightly perfumed floweri notes. Honey and citrus in the aftertaste. Not a sign of tiredness after more than 5 years.


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