Chapeau Faro

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

Bottle. Small head with medium duration. Color is dark amber. Aroma and taste are sour bread, malt, caramel, honey and cheese.

Bottle. Frothy white fair fully deminishing head. Powerfull not very plesent sour aroma. Very sweet not sour flavor. Moderate barnyrad finish. Oily palate.

Consumed at Zythos, St Niklaas, Belgium, 08-03-09 This came courtesy of Ian and Mes who were on a Brouwerij De Troch tasting mission, cheers lads. Pours hazy brown orange. Plenty of unrefined brown sugary aroma kick us off. The taste has a soft carbonated canned drink feel about it, maybe Dr Pepper. There is a little sharpness but the sweetness is too much for me I’m afraid. A5 A4 F5 P3 OV08 2.5

So this was a big surprise from John via Suds, due to a tasting with Shawn. It just happened to work out that way, and I’m glad it did- what a delightful beer! Pours a cloudy orange colour with a consistant battle of sour and sweet- although not forceful- green apple, fig and brown sugar notes throughout. A little bit of tea- something that reminds me of some throat tea that brittany gives me. floral and fruity with fermented fruits. Awesome, and interesting- i would love to try this again! Thanks John!

Bottle from Knightly Spirits. Hazy brown color. Aroma is sweet and fruity. Flavor is totally like a sweet tea mixed with a bit of lambic tartness. Solan you described this exactly right.

Bottle from Binny’s Glen Ellen. Brown color with a sweet and sugary aroma that has some nice woody sourness mixed in. Flavor is very sweet with pineapple, brown sugar, and mild woody-yeastiness. Nice sour/tart finish. Not bad at all - And I have all styles rated! (Except for sakes)

12.7oz bottle-pours an off white head that bubbles with some lacing and cloudy orange/brown color. Aroma is wood/vinegar, sweet medium malt, apple. Taste is sweet apple/cherry/sugar, medium malt, faint wood. Nice mouth feel. Mild effervescence. Taste was quite a pleasant surprise after an average aroma. Thanks to Armock for the trade with jwc215 & me.

Mission accomplished! 72/72 styles. 350ml bottle cap & corked. Freakin’ cork fell in. Lots of carbonation, Poured a dark dirty brown, fluffy head which remained till the end. Smells like apples, honey, yeast and cadies. Taste is of apple cider, surgar and champagne? I don’t know what was up with that. Finish is sweet and tart, a bit overdone with the sugar. Overall I enjoyed finishing off the styles, as it was one of my beer goals, but this "faro" was a beer that wasn’t all that.