Fantôme BBB Babillard Dark

Richmond Gathering. Capped and corked 750, courtesy of The_Beer_God. Clear brown with a beige head. Sweet nose with big funk! Funky cheese, nuts, roasty malt - wow! Really interesting. Becomes more sour as it warms, and a woodiness emerges. Flavor adds a medicinal note, but somehow it works really well with this brew. Excellent!

Courtesy of The_Beer_God as part of the 6th Richmond Gathering. Clear deep copper color. Aroma of dark roasted malts,coffee, and almost cheesy yeast esters. Complicated flavor of roasted malts, oak, and earthy overtones. Light mouthfeel with a spicey earthy finish. very well carbonated. Thanks Beer God for sharing such a tasty and complex beer.

Bottle - corked and capped. Dark brown body. Roasty, cheesy, nuttiness at first then yeast and "rotten funk". Taste is woody, funky, roasted malts, overripe fruit, herbal/medicinal notes/bitterness. Body is bubbly with some dry spots. Medium overall feel. Ends with more funky yeast, roasty notes, wood and cheese. After everyone got their share, the bottom, laced with sediment, was shaken and poured into my glass. With the sediment mixed it poured the color of chocolate milk, almost. Seemed much sweeter in the aroma as well. More carob bean and cocoa or chocolate. Taste seemed a touch sweeter as well. Almost a totally different beer!

Courtesy of The_Beer_God as part of the 6th Richmond Gathering. Deep amber, clear, nice head. Nutty, earthy tartness in the aroma. Earth, roast, nuts, some woodiness but not oak. Very, very complex to say the least. There is a heck of a lot going on here.

Complex aroma, woods, wet grass, slight chocolate. Nice brown body, malty, sweet taste with some grass and light peat. Smooth ending with a hint of smoke.