 shrubber85 (2408), Wallhalben, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Jul 8, 2008 Bottle. Sour milk, toffee, and sugar aroma. Hazy brown color with small head. Intense sweetness and slightly sour musty malt flavor. Seemed cloying at first but then more drinkable as I drank more. One of the sweeter faros.
wetherel (883), Carlsbad, California, USA
Jul 7, 2008 Well here it is: my first Faro rating. It`s funny, because I`ve tried many Faro`s before I started rating, and the first one I rate isn`t exactly the best of the bunch. Bought at Takanaya, shared with my Japanese wife and mother in law. Nice lactic sour aroma. I`m looking forward to tasting it....wait, I was looking forward to it. Now that I`ve tasted it, it is oddly sweet and very little sour, as if something bad is being covered up. I love sour, and I love sweet, but this is a little too much. Caramel and some grapefruit. Syrupy texture. It`s just the low drinkability that gets an otherwise good beer.
TheGrandMaster (1398), Auckland, New Zealand
Jun 15, 2008 Bottle (in NZ), pouring a cloudy dark amber, no head. A sweet gingery malt aroma, I don’t detect much sourness. A pleasantly sour palate, with a strong but not too sweet candy sugar flavour. I wouldn’t drink a lot of it (the finish is just too sweet), but I actually rate this beer reasonably well.
Maria (3788), Thisted, Denmark
Jun 7, 2008 Warm golden with a lot of tiny bubbles rising in the glass. The aroma has slightly sour and malty, smooth. The flavour has the same notes, the caramel is very smooth, and I also get notes of fruit. It’s both sour and sweet – quite charming.
Miver (291), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 21, 2008 12oz bottle thanks to Boutip. My first Faro. Poured golden in color with a champagne like large fizzy head that was quickly diminishing. Aroma was of sweet candi sugar with a bit of tartness. Taste was of granny smith apple tartness, pixy stick sugar, slight funky yeast taste. Surprised this isn’t rated any better for what it is.
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