 rickgordon (3024), Göteborg, Sweden
May 12, 2008
Bottled. Beer Circus, Brussels.
Ultra clear copper colour. No head. Raisiny nose with no sweetness detected. Raisin backbone in flavour, with slight sweetness and bit woody. Nice, balanced beer.
Blom (590), Odense, Denmark
Jul 21, 2008 Orange brown with a funky sour nose and a huge head. The flavours are weird and in strange directions, at one point I even tasted pizza and tomato juice.. The big picture is sugarish sourness though with a nice wooden touch. But why on earth are there additives in my lambic?!! Wheren’t the lambics supposed to be original, natural examples of Belgian brewing tradition?
Ethereal (724), London, Greater London, England
Jul 7, 2008 Bottle at The Rake, with renffisch, duff and harrisoni, 17th May 2008. Slightly hazy amber/orange with a persistent white head. Strong aroma of gooseberries, spices and sour apples. The apple flavour combines wonderfully with demerra sugar flavours, ably abetted by a lively palate that tickles the tongue with bubbles. Smooth and flavoursome, this is a very good Faro.
lilannie (380), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 29, 2008 Aroma: spicy, black pepper, some mustiness, minerals, brown sugar
Appearance: golden brown, white head, lacing
Flavor: bran, carmel, American amber-aleness, some minerals/earthiness, brown sugar, black pepper, spices
Palate: "amber ale-ness" and black pepper aftertaste
Geuzelambix (46), København, Denmark
Jun 28, 2008 I’m a huge fan of spontanious fermentation, but this faro doesn’t appeal to me very much. Too sweet and though it’s rather complex it doesn’t seem to exploit the potential.
beerbuzzmontreal (2674), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jun 28, 2008 Pours a clear reddish brown color with a medium, diminishing offwhite head. The aroma has a nice match of sugary sweetness and lambic funk and sourness. The flavor has a nice balance between the sugary sweetness and the Girardin lambic. The body is light with an oily texture and gentle carbonation. With 3 Fonteinen Faro, this is the best faro I’ve sampled so far, but then again, why bother drinking faro when you have a ton of Girardin Black Label at home?
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