Fantôme Printemps

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

Serve in Tulip

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A light effort from the mad brewer. Amber colour, dry, yeasty, peachy and sweetish. A good dose of hops for the style. Good, but to me it’s like one of the really good Fantomes with all the fun stuff taken out.

Blame cheapdark, if he can rate, so can I. Consumed on my porch on the first stinking hot evening of the year. Poured a nice hazy golden color with short lived fizzy foam. Aroma is straight up Lipton lemon flavored iced tea mix, not the tea itself, but the powdered mix. Strange. First sip is a huge contrast to the aroma, big tidal wave of orange peel like bitterness with hints of candi sugar. Second pour gives me... is that a hop particle? Yay small breweries! Why do I still have xmas lights on my porch?? For the final pour I let some yeast infiltrate my glass in attempt to fight the bitterness, it works to a point, giving a somewhat nutty balance to the bitter orange peel onslaught.

Rather sweet nose, cinnamon spice, sweet pepper, light toffee. Complex aroma yes, but that’s not what I expected. Light tartness, some green apple, some woody feel, earthy trends. Pleasant display, much more organized than chaotic aroma.

UPDATED: DEC 2, 2007 Hazy yellow color with a huge white head. Aroma and flavor of spices, citrus, lemon and yeast. Flavor is also pretty bitter.

Fruity nose, hazy, murky apricot colour, with a small cream head. Flavours of apple, pear, lemon and yeast? Sweet, but not funky as would be expected from this brewer. Light bodied, spritzy. Good stuff nevertheless! Thanks IPFreely!

Hazy orange body with big off-white head. Aroma of cloves and other spices. Flavor is strong spiciness, rich and malty. Hint of astringency in the aftertaste. It’s interesting, even good, but I can’t see me going back to it later.

750ml-sampled at Keith’s condo-pous a cloudy orange hue with whispy white head-aroma of sour apples, grapes and slight corriander. flavros are slightly sour and grainy hops. short finish and not very complex Thanks to drunkasaskunk for this one!

I took off the cap and the cork slowly pushed itself up abuot 1/3 of the way out of the bottle. I thought I was seeing things. This is something I have never seen before, but I didn’t even need to use my corkscrew, I just popped the cork like it was corked and caged. This poured with a hazy deep copper body with a huge, slightly off white head. The aroma is floral with some lemons and a little bit of horseblanket. The taste is light and refreshing with some orange peel and apple cores. There is also some brown sugar and a little bit of black tea. This finishes surprisingly sweet. A decent brew, but a little bit of a let down for a Fantome.

Date: 04/14/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

hazy yellow, good white head, musty horse blanket aroma, explosion of complex malt flavors with lots of subtle spices, needs much more research

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Score: **4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Thanks to the TimDoug connection for bringing this one to the table of offering. Cloudy caramel colour with a head that reste predominantly on the side of the glass. Aroma is spicy apples with some milder floral notes. this tastes like a mild cider, with some sweet and sour candy hints on the finish. Only my second beer from this brewery, and I am impressed thus far.