Girardin Faro

Brewed by Brouwerij Girardin
Style: Lambic - Faro
Sint Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

A nose of vanilla, vinegar, oak, and lemon detergent for dish washing. Taste is of oak, apples, metal and funk. It’s sweet and a little bit sour. Finish is dry. Hmmm... I don’t know what to make of this.

Aroma is a bit weak but of funk, citrus and vanilla. Appearance is gold/amber with big white head. Flavor is sweet with hint of funk, citrus and soap. Overall not an amazing beer.

Courtesy Glouglouburp. Ugly brown. Off white head. Funk, earth, stale crackers/cookies, petting zoo, iced tea. Medium body, moderate/light carbonation. Need to try more of this style.

375ml bottle, cork dated Feb 2009. Pours a clear reddish amber hue with a small head of beige foam. A soapy wash mostly rejoins the body, scant dots of wet lacing remaining behind. The aroma shows notes of musty, earthy, fermenting fig and other dark fruits, followed up by caramelized sugar sweetness and mildly funky, oaky tartness. There is a very faint hint of aged floral hops on the nose. Flavors are sweet-tart, caramelized fig and fruit soured by notes of apple cider and old, wet wood. Medium-light bodied, the palate sports a moderately fizzy carbonation. Overall, it’s decent, but like most faros, a little too sweet for my lambic tastes.

Brown and a bit hazy. Has an off-white head. Aroma of light burnt sugar, wood. Flavor starts moderate sweet, moderate acidic and finish lightly bitter. Dry texture. Lively carbonation.

Bottle: Poured a murky brown with no head. Aroma is musty fruit and sugar. Taste is a mix to the tongue of sugar yet still has a barnyard funk to it.

Dark orange with a frothy head. Casky aroma, taste is bitter-sour and lasts very long.

Amber with a small white head. Aroma of grapefruit and leather. Flavour of mold, cellar and slightly tart.