3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 jbeatty (506) - New York, USA - APR 14, 2013
Bottle from fresh batch, this year or last year’s, 04/14/2013. Pours hazy orange gold, dense white head, soapy lacing left behind around the ring of my glass. Aroma is light orange, green apples, pepper spices, grainy must with earthy, funky yeast. Taste is pear and light fruitiness with very subtle tartness, big toasted grain notes dominate, yeast, herbal aftertaste hard to identify yet somehow familiar, all bone dry. Medium palate, nice carbonation. Definitely solid and a classic, but varies a lot from bottle to bottle- this one must have been very young before a lot of the typical Fantome characteristics developed.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Lowenbrau (1002) - Asturias, Oviedo, SPAIN - APR 7, 2013
75cl bottle. Some sweet and tart aromas. Pours clear dark gold, with frothy offwhite head, persistent, good lacing. Medium body, average carbonation, crispy texture. Taste is grapy, tart, lots of sweet notes, several spices. Balanced and enjoyable. Interesting one.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 podey (489) - New York, New York, USA - APR 7, 2013
750ml bottle at BXL East. 2012 vintage. Pours cloudy orange amber with huge fluffy white head. Terrific lacing. Highly carbonated. Aromas of barnyard funk, blue cheese and slight citrus. Taste is of smoke, hops, cheesiness, fruits, some malt, pepper and lots and lots of funk. This beer is totally different. It’s more bitter than sour. What’s interesting is the smoke is dominant when you first start drinking it, but as your palate adjusts, the smoke dissapates and the funkiness and hoppiness and citrus notes come through. Finish is brightly bitter but does not linger. This is a beer that gets better and better as you drink it. Really glad I finally got to try this.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 Piero1987 (374) - SWITZERLAND - APR 3, 2013
@ Brewery: cloudy pink-orange colour with less head. Fruity, yeast and malty aroma. Sweet and light sour with finish in fast bitterness. Lot of yeasty flevour, medium bodied.
1.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20 corkyrory66 (233) - BELGIUM - APR 1, 2013
Encore une bière sans intérêt du fantôme qui ferait mieux parfois de disparaître ….
C’est-à-dire que ce brasseur peut faire des bières magnifiques, mais d’autres jours
c’est la catastrophe pure et simple...
Comment expliquer cela ? Moi pas savoir …
Pourtant un superbe perlé de milliers de bulles fines se présentait dans un verre
au liquide doré à la clarté nette.
Des arômes pas cohérents où on trouve à la fois de cerise du nord, de la prune blanche
pas mûre, de la levure et du candi blanc...
1ère bouche indéfinie sur un assemblage où du houblon transparaît mais sans cohérence.
2ème où on décerne en arrière-bouche une petite pointe fumée...
3ème vague mais beaucoup trop aigre pour pouvoir se prolonger valablement.
Longueur en effet quasiment linéaire.
J’avais coté cette bière petitement il y a 5 ans et rien n’a changé..
Donc on ne s’attarde pas, c’est trop pénible, et on passe à une autre bière du même
gars, mais il faut bien viser parce que les surprises sont au rendez-vous.
Et signalons que ceci n’est pas du tout une saison, sauf une injure au genre...
Quant à la cotation sur le ratebeer, il faudra me l’expliquer ...
Casse-toi.... le fantôme.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 txolo (67) - SPAIN - MAR 26, 2013
Muy buena cerveza, con olor a levadura. Algo ahumada, amarga, muy astringente, un sabor adictivo, para probar una Saison buena puede que sea el mejor ejemplo
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 saxo (11254) - Højbjerg, Aarhus, DENMARK - MAR 21, 2013
Bottle. @ Carlsens kvarter. Huge white head with excellent duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are smoke, malt, hops, fruits and notes of citrus.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 PriorL (260) - BELGIUM - MAR 17, 2013
bottle 75cl.
Appearance: dark yellow beer, not so long lasting head.
Nose: sourness (lacto), hops, lemon, peach!, lots of fruit.
Taste: sweet from the fruit (peach), but very peated, it overrules everything for me...
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 Jool (125) - - MAR 15, 2013
Bouteille 750mL. Orangée trouble. Nez d'intensité moyenne: bicarbonate, agrumes et un peu de levures sauvages. Superbe bouche où se mélangent des notes de bicarbonate, de mandarines et de pêches avec une pointe vinaigrée qui s'intègre parfaitement avec l'ensemble. Superbe!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20 jookos (764) - Helsinki, FINLAND - MAR 15, 2013
.75 bottle. Yellow hazy. Very wild / yeasty on nose. Has wheat, some brett funk, a lot of pale maltiness, and a bit of corn/rubber- vibes. But very nice on the palate - quite soft, a bunch of old aged apples with wheat. Some hay, malts. Very earthy and soft saison.
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