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Fantôme Saison

Fantôme Saison - Saison

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison

Soy-Erezée, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5873.83/5.03.82/5.08%98.4Tulip
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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.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 DenverLogan (421), MileHi, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 24, 2008  
Cloudy copper apricot; aroma of various fruits, flowers, spices, straw, citrus, lemon. Flavors also include honey. Fun, fresh and lively...tasted many times and this latest batch fresh is a dandy.


 IEBAILI (123), San Diego, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 22, 2008  
Small, tight white foam tops a slightly hazy deep gold brew, smells of oranges, funk and flowers, tastes of lemons, with a little herbiness, faint hint of chives, a touch of sugar sweetness, some tropical fruit, very smooth texture, medium body, absolutely delicious.


 papajohn (1054), San Diego (Mira Mesa), California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jan 20, 2008  
Bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar: Hazy pale peach color with a halo of off-white foam. Aroma is fruity with a little citrus sourness. Flavor starts tropical fruit sweet with over ripe orange followed by a light spicy bitterness and a tangy lemony dry finish. Medium body is smooth with lively carbonation.


 stobbe74 (655), Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/517/20
Jan 18, 2008  
Bottle, 75cl. The beer pours unclear, golden, with a white head. The aroma is very distrinct when the beer is poured. The aroma is apple and fruits, with slightly candy. The flavor is fresh and with pineapple. The mouthfeel is great and clears the mouth. Leaves a fresh feeling. Overall a very good and balanced saison.


 kmeves (1080), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 10, 2008    Updated: Feb 20, 2008
Pours a cloudy pale orange/yellow with medium carbonation and almost no head other than some very large bubbles around the egde of the glass. Aroma of sweet tropical fruit with just a hint of dough and spice. Flavor is largely pineapple and peaches but not sweet enough to cover up what must be a healthy dose of bittering hops. Medium bodied, prickly tartness. Very dry finish.


Yeggo (37), USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/518/20
Jan 8, 2008  
Smells like Hoegaarten with the lemon in it. Looks PHENOMENAL in teh glass. Very little head, cloudy, amber. Tastes pretty damn fine as well. Solid one, all around.


 bhensonb (4182), Woodland, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jan 3, 2008  
Aroma of citrus, grass, spice and perhaps other fruits. Hazy light orange gold color with a decent white head that tried to stay. Medium body with sharpish carbonation. Flavor is yeast, orange oil, light stone fruits (apricot, peach?), slightly acetic, lightly woody. Finish is quite dry. It is freshly fruity in a sour way. Very nice drink.


 VikingHammer (362), Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/518/20
Jan 3, 2008  
Clear Golden Orange pour with a large fluffy head. Wonderful lacing in my tulip glass. Hay citrus,raisin and coriander aromas. Medium body. Sour to bitter with hints of citrus hops and some spice. Nice Beer.



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