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

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RATINGS: 775   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.87   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
This is a tremendously 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.


3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Juelze (1115) - Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA - 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.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
Petrucci914 (787) - Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA - 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.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
GreatLibations (1771) - Last Supper, Arizona, USA - 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.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Plovmand (4687) - Helsinge, DENMARK - 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!

4.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
Tenderstone (25) - Renton, Washington, USA - 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.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
beerbill (2850) - Laurel, New York, USA - 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.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
downender (4186) - Bristol, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND - 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.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
BOLTZ7555 (1909) - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - MAY 1, 2008
With a pop of the cork and fizz in the glass rose a 24 karat brew with mixed citrus and spice. Lemon, orange, tangering, grapefruit, and banana make it onto the palate. Definitely better as it warms, mild sweetness but predominantly sour and earthy. The belgian yeast shines on this one.


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