Chapeau Faro

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

Bottle. Body-iced tea with a medium ring of bubbles. Nose-urine, light funk, artificial sweetener. Taste-very sweet, unsweet grape, sticky, light funk hidden by the sweetness, strawberry, lightly oaky, peach, medium tart, sweet malt vinegar, apple cinnamon. Intriguing-not all bad, but certainly overly sweet. Has a good base flavor that is just absolutely mouth raped by the over the top sweetness.

Bottle at Delirium Cafe. Pure sucrose/molasses aroma. Lightly vegetal. Sweetness going down, light tartness in the back, banana, peach, green grape. Very sweet, easy going down. Generally a pretty weak faro, but what can you expect from Chapeau.

Odd sour maltiness in the aroma, hints of caramel. Pours dark amber, almost brown with a thin head that dissipates. Sweet malts up front, good tartness right behind, malty and caramelly, with hints of apple skins and sour candies. Surprisingly enjoyable.

Bottle. Pours like Coke with a nicer head. Aroma is Brach’s caramel candy. Flavor is strawberry syrup with faint chocolate. Sour finish. A bit watery on the tongue. Very enjoyable.

Can I compare thee to the first time I had sex? Well, only in part - the sex was far better. Just had been anticipating having a faro for a while. Something about this label that I admittedly know litle about gave me the idea that it would likely not be the very best. I knew that faro had sugar added. Suppose that if the beer was SUPER sour that it might survive. I’m not big on sweet, but do love sour. This came across like asweet -tart (the candy). Pear and bla bla bla - if it’s not going to try any harder to be a good beer it just doesn’t inspire me to leave a better rating.

Really beautiful pour. Clear reddish amber with a thick rich head. Vinegar aroma. Extra sweet in flavor with vinegar. Nice body. Really, really bad flavor though. No bitterness.

As expected for the style. Quickly fading head, lots of sour green apple on the tounge with that hint of sweetness.

Poured amber with head, heavy carbonation. Aroma of rotten fruit and wooden barrel, not very appealing. Hits the mouth with heavy carbonation, vinegar, and slight fruit flavor. Finish near non-existant, a little sweet and sour. Was expecting more since their Banana is a personal favorite of mine, let down.