Fantôme Saison

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

Serve in Tulip

750 ml bottle from the Four Firkins. Bright orange pour with a fluffy white head. Sour-ish funky aroma, citrus notes and maybe some spices. Tart fruity flavor with a bit of pucker in the finish. GREAT beer.

Opens with a loud cork pop and an immediate blast of farmhouse yeast aroma. Pours a lovely straw-orange color, good clarity, 1-finger white head which recedes quickly. Yeasty aroma reveals some lemon, tropical fruit, spice and floral notes. Taste is floral, herbal, a balance of mild sweetness and sourness. Lively mouthfeel, lingers but without any heaviness.

The beer pours a light peach with some floaties. The head is white rises about a finger and a half of thin head that is gone besides a rim. The lacing is pretty good. The aroma is pretty sweet apple juice with a light floral finish. The taste is really nice. It starts off lightly sweet then has a great brust of floral hoppiness with a light sour kick finish. The exact saison test you expect. Overall, this was great. The taste is spot on for the style, but a little boring on the nose. Certainly seek this out.

Corked bottle from Andersons in Toledo. Sitting on back porch with old lady - nice out, just starting to get hot, but still cool at night. Murky yellow pour with frothy head that dies down quickly. Subtle aroma of lemon citrus, pine and yeast. Taste is easily the smoothest of any saisons I can remember trying - crisp mix of lemon zest, sugar sweet, and light breadiness. Palate is perfect - consistant, light but prickly. At the end, leaves a strange combo of quenched and thirsty. Salty pucker vibe. Wasn’t what I was expecting, but excellent.

3/9/11. 750mL bottle courtesy mlunger12. Very hazy light orange/yellowish pour with a small fluffy off-white head that fades to a ring. Fruity sweettart guava aroma with a hint of yeast. Sweet malty flavor with a huge tart kick that is quite nice. This is a good combination of funky and tart. Yum!

UPDATED: JUN 1, 2011 Best saison hands down, every sip has you finding a new flavor that you haven’t tasted yet, very complex on nose and palate

Poured into a tulip. I want to say I bought this about six months ago and no idea how old it is. The "best before" chart has not been utilized. 4.5 A: Lightly hazed yellow orange color. Two and a half fingers of frothy white head with excellent retention and plenty of lacing. Some small particulates throughout, but still lovely especially given how nice the head is. 5.0 S: Wonderful bouquet! Lemon, lemon grass, candi sugar, candied peaches and apricots, papaya, and mango. Tons of herb and spice (or perhaps flower is more appropriate), but it’s hard to pick out individual aromas. Flowery, a touch yeasty, and a bit funky with wild apples and pear. Easily the best smelling saison to date. 5.0 T: Just outstanding in the taste as well. Lemony tartness and papaya, herbs and flowers, spices galore including black pepper and corriander. Grassy hops. Wild apple and pear. Candi sugar is plentiful. Pretty much the same as the nose, only with a stronger emphasis on tart lemon and papaya. Cracker like graininess. 5.0 M: Lighter medium body. Active levels of spritzy carbonation. Just creamy enough and super smooth. Pretty much perfect here as well. 5.0 D: This is the first time I’ve had this. I heard there’s a lot of variation between batches, but the bottle I have is a near perfect beer. I’m going to have to buy this often and hope I get more bottles like this one. Really amazing in every aspect. Exceptional smell, taste, and mouthfeel. The 8% isn’t detectable in the least, allowing the drinker to focus on the many flavors present. Super complex with everything working together and no faults. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 11-11-2010 23:41:10

[3586-20110206] Bottle. Fresh saison yeast aroma. Hazy, medium orange brown body with a long-lasting creamy white head. Lovely sour yeast flavour lingers. Perfect compliment to blackcurrant baked Brie! Yum! (7+/5/8/4/16) 4.0
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