Fantôme Strange Ghost

Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Soy-Erezée, Belgium

Pours a hazy rusty orange with a medium off white head that sticks around. Aroma of sharp rosemary, citrus, hay, pepper, and some sweet malt. Flavor is of rosemary, a very mild citrus and a watery maltiness. Thin body. Palate is watery. Interesting but the sharp herbiness is a bit too overbearing for me.

MdlB05: Lightly cloudy orange color with a creamy white head, aroma has hay, straw, pepper and other spices. Medium bodied with a gritty mineral texture, starts and ends lightly acidic and bitter.

Sage! Woah! Have had this a few times and maybe they haven’t been this fresh. The label looked a bit different from the bottle on the wall collection so it is newer than some. If you get a bottle with the bright green label, age it a bit. Otherwise, it’s another excellent Fantome product with that house sourness/funk. Oh yeah, and there has to be some sage in it and if you have cooked with sage (or brewed with it?!?) you know a little goes a long way. Can’t wait to try an aged bottle again. Thanks Fly.

Bottle. Hazy orangey amber pour. For the aroma, all I can say is "Holy Rosemary Batman". The aroma was loaded with rosemary. Other herby components come through as well, I noted sage here as well. Also a little earthy funky notes. Huge floral and herby flavors as well - tons of rosemary. Some earthy funk and grassy notes too. And a moderate malt backing, so it didn’t seem like I was drinking herby water. Almost unnoticable bitter end. Maybe I’m just sensitive to rosemary, but it took me back to when I used to grow herb plants, and my rosemary bushes were always the most fragrent. I loved this beer, but for me, the intense rosemary obscured other more delicate flavors and aromas. I agree with goldtwins too - because of it’s huge herbiness, this guy would go awesome with certain foods that couple with sage and rosemary.

Pours a murk orange with good head and lacing. Spicy and herbal ( a lot of sage) nose. Big sage flavors with rosemary and some earthy bitterness. I like this one a lot. (I love sage!) It is not for everyone. The last bottle of this I had a few years ago did not seem to have as much sage flavors in it. Maybe with age those flavors mellow. Great beer. Thanks Fly!

Poured a hazy orange amber color with a small off white head. Huge herbal aroma. A whole potpouri (sp?) of herbs but I seem to pick up lavendar the most. Also notes of pepper. The aroma was dry almost like smelling powder. The flavor is also pretty big with herbs and spice. The beer started and finish dry. While the aroma and flavor are huge it really doesn’t feel out of balance. This would be a great beer to have with a meal. Very drinkable I just wish it wasn’t as dry.

Slightly hazy amber w/ frothy, off-white foam. Aroma is malty & spicy (ginger, cinnamon) w/ some herbal & yeasty notes. Lively, effervescent feel. Flavour is sweet & spicy w/ a solid tartness. Warm, peppery finish.

A gigantic thank you to Secret Santa for this one. Pours turbid dark copper with a big, creamy, off-white head. Aroma of cloves, hops, citrus, black pepper, rosemary, and oregano. The taste is solidly hoppy with tons of spices, including oregano, black pepper, rosemary, and coriander. Smooth finish. Perhaps the spiciest beer I have ever encountered, which was almost like drinking liquid pizza at times.