Fantôme Saison

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

750ml bottle: Sampled at the CTRiver Brewers Festival. This one poured a dark straw/golden color. There was a huge white head to it tht takes awhile to die down. The first thing that hits you from the aroma is peaches. Also a bit of wheat ot the nose. This beer tastes fantastic. The tastte is dry, spicy, wheaty, and those peaches are there again, but the don’t dominate nor are they sweet. A lovely beer!

Bottled. This is a re-rate. I didn’t really like it before except the one glass I had on tap once at the brewery. About 6 months ago I bought another bottle but was afraid somehow to try it until last night. And what a surpise. It was great! Very complex but still very drinkable. I easily drank the 750ml bottle alone which I almost never do. So the conclusion must be: if you have a good bottle it can be a very good beer.

Hazy orange coloured. Hoppy and fruity aroma of fruits, especially litchi and banana. There is a pleasant soft sourness in the flavour. Complex and funny.

Well aged sample, complete with disintegrating cork. hazy golden, luminous in the way only a fantome beer can be. Yeast, straw and acid in the aroma. Tart, well-carbonated. Citrus and cider. Clean, bright, and without a doubt excellent.

color is cloudy golde with slight head, but what is there is lasting. aroma is mostly sourish with slight apple and a bit of pepper. flavor is a strawberry banana combo with clove and pepper. similar to saison de pipaix in the peppery quality. the yeast is omnipresent. quite tasty.

Big thank to Beerdrenched for picking this treat up for me. Pours hazy dark orange with a frothy white head. Aroma is spicy, fruity, tart and peppery with hints of earthiness. Medium bodied with carbonation that is fairly soft, but with the spice in the finish seems a little sharp at times. The flavors start sharp, tangy and fruity - a combination of apricot, passion fruit and peppery spices. The finish brings out more of the spice and sharpness. There seems to be some spicy hops as well, bits of Belgium earthiness come out late in the taste. When yeast gets into the mix it gets much more rich and creamy tasting. Very complex, yet easy drinking beer. Excellent beer.

Nice bright white head of fine bubbles. Excellent carbonation keep a nice head on this one. Yeasty, spicy and with a big shot of lemon. Lots of bitter citrus. Color is a clean golden orange. Dry mouthfeel. Slight tartness along with plenty of spices and yeast. More lemon but not quite as prominent. Lingering lemon and slight bitterness. Warming from the alcohol.. Relatively light bodied but yet fullfilling and satisfying. An excellent saison and one that all other should be judged against.