4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours a golden yellow color with a white foam head. Has an aroma of belgian yeast, grassy, light. Has a sweet citrus taste, lemon and some orange. Very tasty. Light but a ton of flavor.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
The aroma is subtle but pleasant with slight funk and lots of yeast. The perfect appearance is completely opaque bright orange with a beautiful white. The delicious flavors of tart, orange, lemon that settle so smoothly on the palate.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
750mL into tulips. Poured a glowing, bright yellow with a fizzy, white, bug bubbled head that has little retention and not much lace. Still gorgeous looking. Aroma is 7-Up, lime peel, key limes, vanilla mint, then moves to rich yellow delicious apples and yellow apple skins. Taste is like flat diet 7-Up, more lime character, something like chamomile mint tea and spearmint gum. Some weird herbal character and slight phenols enter the finish. But overall it is dry, refreshing, lemon/lime citrusy, light-bodied, effervescent. Barely tart and no residual sweetness. Very odd but fun to partake in. Works very well as a summer beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
A-pours a hazy dark yellow with a dense creamy white head.
S-lots of floral herbal notes with a ton of lemon in the nose, hints of earthy dirt and some toasted grain with a light spicy phenolic finish.
T-the lemon really drives this flavor, herbal grass up front, very light earthy malt with a touch of wheat and grain. A light underlying medicinal phenol. The finish has a note of bitterness with a touch of clove spice to it.
M-smooth on the palate with a good medium body and a strong carbonation giving it a good clean crisp finish.
D-this is quite tasty, lots of fruit flavors, mostly lemon, sweet but not cloying and a light earthy undertone to balance. The nose has a little too much lemon to be great and the phenol in the taste detracts slightly for me. still very good!
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
A new Fantome for me! Pours a cloudy hay like color with a frothy, dense bubbled head. The head died down to a thin lacing after about a minute. Aromas of lemon juice, pine sol, sourdough, and lovely saison yeast . Lovely bright acidic lemon-lime taste with lots of wheatlike bread characteristics. Clean dry finish with phenomenal refreshment. High drinkability and hides the 8% alc. very well. Pretty amazing stuff!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample at the HSC Sour Beer Tasting on 06/19/2010: This brew is a hazy yellow color with a medium fluffy white head that evaporates steadily. Aroma of canned lemonade and yeast. Medium dry body with flavors of lemony citrus, yeast and malt. The finish is lemon tartness with a lightly hopped and yeasty aftertaste. Above average overall.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from The Jug Shop in San Francisco. 2009 vintage I think. Great clear golden color with a slightly effervescent, yet lasting, white head. Aroma is very interesting - very yeasty with lots of green apple and funk. Flavor is funky with a little tartness. Wild yeasts evident, in a good way. Green apple and champagne in the flavor. Nice palate, medium-bodied and crisp with mild acidity. This is one of the better Fantôme beers I’ve had, falling just short of their regular Saison.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle thanks to James! Poured a cloudy yellow gold with a lasting fluffy white head. Aroma smelled kind of like pledge, with strong floral and citrus notes. Flavor had a nice balance of floral and citrus (lime) notes with just a bit of underlying light grain. Heavily carbonated.
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