Chapeau Faro

Brewed by Brouwerij De Troch
Style: Lambic - Faro
Ternat-Wambeek, Belgium

2000 bottle from Kulminator. A dirty dark golden faro with a thick white head. Apleasant strong sweet strawberry aroma, funkey, almost meaty. In mouth, a sweet lightly acidic beer, with light leathery notes, maple. Overall, pleasant and well balanced. Medium bodied. 1.80 Euro.

Bottle from thickfreakness. Thanks Charles. Poured into a russian river wine tasting glass. Pours cloudy orange with a 2 finger tan head. Nose is light and non existent. Taste is sweet, somewhat cloying but nonetheless interesting and tasty, every faro I have, and all of them I’ve had have been bottled are different, and can’t say I’ve had a true standout yet.

Bottle pours a dark cloudy amber color with a thin white head that does not last at all. Aroma is nutty, woody, fruity (plum and dark raisins), banana, and bready. Mouthfeel is a bit thin with not a lot of carbonation. Flavor is molasses, sweet candy, fruit flavors, a slight tartness (not really sour), and has a brown sugar finish. Overall, this is a very interesting brew. I’m glad I got to try it.

Bottle thanks to mmm///beer. My first Faro! Pours a ruby hue with a medium off-white head. The aroma is quite nice; tons of, I guess you would call this fruity notes, somewhat woody and sour. Very pungent for sure. The flavor is also nice; sweet sugary fruity flavors combined with a woody sourness. Some sweet brown sugar and lots of woody flavor. Very odd, a tart cherry/ unripe fruit flavor but also lots of sweetness. A light creamy mouthfeel. Very interesting and nice. Easygoing and yet it made an impact on me.

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Thanks to bu11zeye for shipping me this recently. After the last faro I wanted to revisit the style at some point to see if it was a stylistic problem or just an issue with that particular bottle. As it turns out this one was several times better. I don’t know that I would drink these all the time if they were readily available; what I do know is that they may one of the most underrated styles on the site. If you get a chance to try this relatively fresh snap it up.

Aroma / Appearance - The cloudy rust colored body contained molasses, brown sugar, and oak funk. Less like a lambic it reminds me of a sour brown. Whatever you call it is inviting and fabulous.

Flavor / Palate - After a tart beginning the taste of chocolate, banana bread and cherries blends into a sweet mixture. Much easier to drink than its more sour siblings this is a refreshing and different experience. If more were available at a reasonable price I would buy them.

Bottle. First, and for the immediate future probably only, faro! Wahoo! I was actually terrified of this beer, thinking it would be a sickly sweet concoction that only gets rated as high as 2.9 because of the scarcity of its style. But my goodness, it’s not that bad! Sure it’s sweet, but that don’t make it bad! It’s got tartness that points toward vinegar, that distinct brown sugar component, edges of tart/sour fruit, all sorts of stuff! It’s not a blow-you-away beer, sure, but it’s a fun one to drink as far as I’m concerned.

Bottle. My first faro! Pours a deep brown with a small light tan head. Aroma of sweet sugar, sourness similar to that of a Flanders sour. Flavor is quite sweet and even sweeter and tart with the finish with some sweettarts candy. Reminds me of Rodenbach Grand Cru (although perhaps a bit sweeter). I don’t know if this is representative of other faros, but I liked it!

bottle, amber color, tapioca head that quickly faded, nose is all vinegar, flavor is nice sweet sugars, bottle caps candy and strawberry, nice beer