Chapeau Faro

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

BIG thanks to SoLan for this one and helping me get all of the styles! Smells like rotten apples and tastes like apple juice. Quite sweet, a bit sour - my friends loved this but were disappointed it was only 4%. Can’t wait for more faro in the future.

Gold. Just a bit of off white carbonation that dissipates quickly. Tastes like a combination of tart apple juice and sweet iced tea. Medium body, light carbonation. Need to try more of this style.

Bottle thanks to Beerlando!
Pours transparent tan-brown, light cream-beige head. Slightly sour cork-ridden nose of sugary fruit and light earth. Flavor is quite sweet, but the fruit (strawberry ?) adds nuance despite being syrupy. Also light caramel and hints of cork into the somewhat lengthy, sour-fruit finish. A little too syrupy and definitely on the sugary side, but way better than I expected, somewhere between the Lindemans I’ve had and real lambics. The flavor, despite the sweetness, actually has some nice combination and balance.

i finally found a faro lambic after 1900 beers! now i can die peacefully. the elusive faro pours a murky brown with a small creamy off-white head. dark fruit (raisin, prune,) with a bit of sour in the aroma. interesting palate of sour and smooth and sweet....weird. i like it. flavors of sugary syrup, lots of prune, maybe a hint of cherry and raisin. low acidity. i am amazed at how much i like this. i need more examples immediately!!!

Bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small, fizzy, off-white head, diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, hay), light hop (flowers), average yeast (earth) with notes of cherry, sugar, and cork. Medium bodied, thin texture, light carbonation, and an astringent finish. Long duration, heavy sweetness, moderate acidity, and light bitterness.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy amber with a medium frothy off white head that lasts awhile leaving good sticky lacing on the glass. The aroma is a strong vinegar and tart. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet fruit taste with apple with a sour finish. My first Faro and was pleasantly surprised by this one.

from secret santa 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 almost an apple cider taste.

Bottle. Clear brown coloured with a nice lacing off white head. Aromas of prune juice and sugar. Flavours of sweets, raisins and caramel.