Fantôme Saison

Thanks to Beerbiker. Hazy easy copper colour with huge white head. Good fruity aroma and malt, fruit and slight wheat in taste.!! Just one good saison.

Bottle from Beerbiker. I love saison and this one is one of the best......just spot on. Full mouthfeel, strong co2, good good, just right. keep youre fingers away from my Fantome.

Appearance: Hazy medium gold with huge long lasting belgian foam. Aroma: Musty and spicy with a sulphuriness. Perhaps poorly aged? Flavour: Musty and spicy again. Some phenolic clove character. Tastes muddy . Mouthfeel: fluffy, very carbonated and prickly. Overall: Underwhelmed. Seems like an older beer which didn’t age gracefully. Musty almost corked aroma and flavour. Oxidized and with a mildewy - musty basement character.

Murky orange with a thick head and good lacing. A musky, fruity and floral aroma of citrus, brett, honey, bread dough, wood, pineapple, orange peels, earthy and musky, spices that I can’t exactly put my finger on (black pepper, anise, coriander?), some alcohol, and lots more. Overall, a huge aroma, well-rounded. The taste was tart and fruity upfront, then proceeded to move further into lambic territory with crisp funky sourness, but finished with bready maltiness (almost sweet) and spices. The mouthfeel was light, but smooth, with medium carbonation.

From a capped corked 750 ml. green bottle with lot number and freshness date along the right side of front label, blurb on the back label, sampled at just above cellar temperature in a tulip glass. Poured a cloudy golden orange with a small foamy white head, good retention, small amount of laced sticking. Aromas of tart, earthy, musty bready yeast, lemons and a light tropical fruitiness, a soft sugary, and subtle whiffs of medicinal herbs with the alcohol. Good airy carbonation and a crisp, dry, lustrous. smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel. A smooth, pleasant tasting saison, tart, earthy, hayish yeast, grainy, a light tropical fruit with sour lemons squeezed over them, just enough sugar to balance the yeasty tartness, a soft spicy, herbal hoppiness, the fruity esters mesh with the alcohol that provide a slow warmth in the palate, and a dry tart yeasty, malty finish. An excellent saison, easy, smooth drinkability, one of the best saison out there.

Seriously sealed with a crown cap, and a flush cork, this green bomber yielded a pale straw colored beer that was very cloudy with suspended yeast. The head was two finger thick and foamy. The aroma was hearty, yeasty, and rustic. The taste was drier than the middle of the Sahara Desert. This moderately spiced farmhouse ale was tart, floral, and noticeably bitter. A little taste of vanilla, followed by an oak dominated finish. Went very well with some spent grain bread (from a local brewpub) dipped in Fleur de Sel butter as well as some Beemster cheese. I felt that this Saison was a little less malty and funkier than the standard bearer of the style Saison DuPont (although it does have more ABV). Nonetheless, this was a hearty and refreshing drink, and I found it it be well deserving of the accolades it has gotten.

Bottle: Pale caramel, very dirty, minor sudsy white head, pours more like homemade apple cider than a saison.   What head there was dies very quickly, leaving hardly any lacing.   Mild tart nose, slight oak, sweet grass, minor floral aspects.   Soft tartness on the tongue, slightly dry, basement, musty, some floral.   Clean, dry, semi-sweet while remaining tart.   Moderate example, but still good.   Body and mouthfeel are average.   Feels somewhat flat tho.   Good, but not as good as I had expected.

Bottle from PP Belgian Beer Fest. Earthy and spicy in both the flavor and the aromas. Some Skunk in the flavor to go along. Bitterness came out in the dry finish. Not too bad though.