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Fantôme Saison

Percentile
98
overall
Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison

Soy-Erezée, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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5923.84/5.03.82/5.08%98.4Tulip
Commercial Description:
This is a delicious, textural, and fizzy county ale, bright gold colour, citric and sour, reminiscent of a good champagne or lambic but in a class all its own.
Fantôme – Golden ale, 8% alc. by volume, with a wonderfully musty and characterful aroma. There are many drinkers out there who believe this is the “Nectar of the Gods.” Certainly no other brewer makes beer like this, in Belgium or anywhere. How many beers of 8% plus offer such fresh fruitiness? A solid Belgian saison beer at its base, with an unusual overlay of fruitiness.
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 michael-pollack (2647), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 11, 2008  
750ml Bottle: Aroma is sweet. Smells of fruit, spices, citrus, and some herbs. Poured dark yellow/straw in color with a large, creamy, white head that lasted throughout. Very sparkling. Cloudy. Full of medium-sized particles. Good lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of fruit, spices, pear, peach, syrup from canned fruit salad, and a bit of hops. Medium body. Chalky texture. Lively carbonation. Dry, fruity finish.


 Juelze (895), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
May 9, 2008  
Thanks to my bro for tasting this brew! Pours a very cloudy straw color with white frothy head. Aroma is of yeast, light cherry, strawberry and citrus. Taste is of yeast, fruit (cherry, strawberry) and some light basement funk. Palate is nothing special IMHO. This beer, although not bad in any way, does not live up to it’s hype. The conflict between the flavors in it do not interest me at all.


 Petrucci914 (578), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
May 9, 2008  
Pours an ultra-hazy golden color with a medium foamy head with some streams of lacing. It almost looks like a slushy! Aroma is sweet with citrus with a bit of bitter funk. Taste is about the same sour oakiness. Good, but could use more funk.


 GreatLibations (1441), Last Supper, Arizona, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/103/517/20
May 9, 2008  
Pours tawny yellow w/ an elegant white creamy froth that rises and comes down slowly to a snowy, silky canopy and a thick, fluffy ring. Aromas of aged citrus, fruit, and herb. Medium nectar w/ ample residual effers. Flavors are slightly tart, bright and crispy w/ citrus overtones, mild coriander and banana, herbs, and white pepper. The finish is bittered nicely leaving a mild fruity after taste. This is a classic and very complex.


 plovmand (1603), Helsinge, Denmark
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
May 4, 2008  
Bottle. Pours cloudy golden with a big long lasting head. In the nose I catch lots of fresh fruit like strawberry and black currant combined with yeast. Fantastic! Flavour is very fresh. Notes of more fresh fruit like lemon and peach is here too. It ends up in a dry slightly bitter taste. Pearly body. I need more of this!


Tenderstone (25), Renton, Washington, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/519/20
May 4, 2008  
This beer was FANTASTIC! Poured an amber color with red sediment swirling around like a little asteroid field. Nice foamy white head, that dissipated by the time I had gotten my eyeful. Scent was of peach, with notes of alcohol. Flavors included cantaloupe, apple, and grape. Lightly dry finish that is not overly dry. Worth a second bottle to have on hand.


 beerbill (1939), Laurel, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 3, 2008  
750 ml bottle shared with my wife. Pours a cloudy pale gold with a large white head that lasted through most of the glass and left lots of lace as the head receded.Very pleasant aroma of lemon, lighty yeast, with some subtle sour notes detected as well. Very flavorful with lemon, tart apples, cloves and yeast all present. Refreshingly effervescent and light on the palate. A delightful saison.


 downender (2578), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 3, 2008  
Bottle from Bier Mania, Brussels. Clear gold colour with a slight white head. Aromas of apples and peardrops with some cinnamon spice. Flavour was slightly sweet, with some citrus, yeast and floral hops. Good.



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