4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Olen odottanut tähän saisoniin koskemista jo tovin. Nyt viimeinkin pääsen niin sanotusti astialle. Olut on runsaasti kuplivaa ja muodostaa valkoisen vaahdon. Itse neste on väriltään ns. amber. Tuoksusta huokuu happamaa hedelmäisyyttä ja maanläheisiä aromeja. Maussa on pääasiassa happamuutta ja hedelmäisyyttä. Tätä voisi kuvailla tasaisen kirpeäksi ja pehmeäksi olueksi. Juotavuus kolahtaa täysillä ja näin kesällä tämä on iso etu. Haamun kuva etiketissä tuo mieleen Jarmo Myllyksen haamuhanskan vuodelta ’95.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, courtesy of yngwie.Pours cloudy golden with a big fast dissipating white head.Aroma of grassy and floral hops, spicy yeast, fruitiness and some citrus.Flavor is sweet and fruity with some floral notes, some lime, grassy hops and some bitterness.Medium to thin body, average carbonation.Nice fruity and dry beer.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750 ml bottle. BBE 01/2013.
Pours a beautiful hazy orange colour with a large, foamy, lacy head. Lovely aroma of orange, pineapple, sweet berries with some spices. Flavour of massive amount of fresh, sweet fruits with some sour notes, spices, floral hops, citrus with some alcohol. Very smooth mouthfeel with a long, warming, fruity finish. Clearly a top-notch Saison. I love the sourness here.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle 75 cl at Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Poured cloudy orange in colour with thin whitish head. A bit sour/acidic in aroma. Flavour quite sour apple combined with some sweeter fruit as well. Perhaps some avocado in aroma. Some spices also in the flavour. A bit weird brew on the whole as it tasted in the end mostly like parfume and soap.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Hazy yellow/golden with big white head. Flavour is malt, yeast, citrus, spices, fruit, little sour, hops and a little bitter.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
75cl bottle @Pikkulintu. BBE 05/2012. Poured hazy orange with a very thin head. Aroma is sour/old milk along with some herbal notes. Didn´t like it at all. Flavor has some sour apples and herbal notes. This beer just wasn´t for me. Quite easy to drink though if considering the ABV, but the aroma spoiled it for me.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
draft@brewery: misty orange with a white head, sweet with lots of fruit incl. melon, apricot & pineapple plus fruity hops, something tropical, sweet yeast, tart lemon & slight hint of spices in the finish but not much, something distantly sour in the finish but the fruity sweetness overpowers it almost entirely , great stuff here
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Appearance: slow steady stream of bubbles. Hazy golden grains. Bubbly fizzy bready head. Loud cork POP! Solid collar.
Nose: lemon zest, lemon bars, and lemon drops. Sauvignon Blanc grapes, Pinot Grigio. Essence of the harvest and her fields of bounty. Apple musk – freshly pressed ready to ferment. Sourdough.
Palate: lovely soft bready frothy mouthfeel. Lemon, earth, and funk. Grabs back of throat with green bananas. Straw and hay sun-baked and golden. Lemon breads lead into sourdough in the back. Chewy and doughy from first to last. Granny smith apples. Fuzzy apricots, peach skins, and all that lies within. Unravels slowly. Sauvignon Blanc and pinot grigio along the edges, mingling with lemon and zip.
Final Thoughts: a pleasure to drink, I am reminded again even of the few Fantome beers that I have had the pleasure to savor so far – all have been delicious, inquisitive, and unique. I wish they would use brown bottles instead of green, but I guess I can’t get everything.
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