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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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 TURDFERGUSON (1598), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 14, 2006  
bottle. hazy golden with a thick white head. smells of hay, yeast,damp cardboard, bretts, and citrus. taste is funky--more bretts, peppery, and a fruity aftertaste. 8% alcohol all but undetectable. a very enjoyable saison and one of the best i have had to date.


 ante (2928), Stockholm, Sweden
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 7, 2006  
Bottle. Hazy golden, rich white head. Pepper, leaves and hay in aroma, notes of ctric fruit, watermelon, mango and bretts. Very fruity and spicy flavour, watermelon, lime, sweet pears and white pepper. Lemon and spices in the refreshing aftertaste. Nice one!


 kms399 (267), plymouth, Minnesota, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jan 20, 2006  
bottle. pours a light golden with a thick pillowey head. aroma is spice malt and quite fruity. taste is malt yeast and fruity sweet. a very good beer.


 Lubiere (4480), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 6, 2006  
Hazy gold with a thick white head. Aroma of citrus, acetic acid and yeast. Pleasant dry malt with coriander and light citrus. Medium bodied. Mondiale 2005.


 ABUSEDGOAT (1934), California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/515/20
Dec 31, 2005  
Cloudy orange body with a huge white head. Absolutely beautiful lacing on the glass. Aroma is very peppery with spices and some grassy hops. Flavor is the same, solid. Light bitterness, fairly typical unlike the rest of Fantome’s stuff.


beerseer (51), Lewiston, Maine, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/518/20
Dec 21, 2005  
This brew was uncapped after the dust was wiped off the bottle. Poured golden orange; aroma was weaker than expected but this was the only weakness. Flavor was intensely like marmalade (sweet and fruity) and very delicous; high ABV was indetectable. Smooth on the palate; this one is delicious to drink.


jrt (62), USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/520/20
Dec 19, 2005    Updated: Jun 5, 2008
Smells like cotton candy, strawberries, and cereal grains. Basically it’s a beer version of Frankenberry cereal, although some bottles are more peach/apricot than strawberry. There’s tremendous variance bottle to bottle, and the overall impression can range from decent to killer. I’m re-rating this to reflect my most recent bottle. This last bottle was absolutely 100% amazing. The pleasant fruity aroma was detectable from several feet away from the glass. The head was dense and creamy, but settled down rather quickly. When I opened the bottle it was quite the gusher. Had this after a Saison Voisin and it just blew that beer away.


 Hansen (2266), Randers, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 29, 2005  
A special beer. Golden color, medium head, Real unclear. Sour aroma, something like lambic. Flavor sour too, cerealic.



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