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Fantôme Pissenlit

Fantôme Pissenlit

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A Saison brewed by
Brasserie Fantôme

Soy-Erezée, Belgium

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2743.83/5.03.83/5.0Summer8%95.8 Tulip P  Stats

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Dany, the offbeat brewer at Fantôme, will try anything, and the results are always interesting. A beer made from dandelions would be worth a try if only because no one has ever brewed one before, but the great news is that this is actually a very good beer.
Dany and some cohorts get busy every spring picking bushels of dandelions that grow in the fields around the picturesque farmhouse brewery. The yellow flowers are removed and dried in the sun, then soaked in water for a few days. The thick, dark dandelion “tea” that results is the basis for the Pissenlit, which is made also from traditional barley malt and hops. It resembles a classic saison beer – golden spritzy brew, strong and very flavorful, with a good hop bite. You may have to strain to taste the dandelions, but you know they’re in there.
It should be noted that uncooked, the dandelion has a diuretic effect and is known in France as Pissenlit (literally, "wet the bed" - this also happens to be the British folk-name) for precisely this reason.

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 Doggythedog (911), Split, Croatia
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Bottle, RBESG08 grand tasting.
Murky apricot body. Nice light lemony nose. A fine, complex taste, funky and spicy with distinct notes of lemon again. Dry.


 harrisoni (4896), Ashford, Kent, Kent, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 14, 2008  
RBESG08 grand tasting. Decent saison. Good hop and nettle. Very good saison with tasty hops on the finish.


 ekstedt (1731), Göteborg, Sweden
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Sampled at the RBESG08 grand tasting. Cloudy golden with long-lasting white head. Fruity, earthy, and slightly cidery aroma with notes of wood. Perfectly blannced with a light initial sweetness, followed by a gentle acidity and grapefruit bitterness.


 dkachur (623), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Jun 25, 2008  
Spring 2004 750 mL bottle courtesy of BrianK. Thanks! Dark reddish brown w/ a medium head and good retention. Funy aroma with a tart and sligjtly vegetal note. I was looking at the Dalmatienne label right before writing the review and I wrote that this tasted like dalmations! The dandelion really comes through in the taste, with notes of lemon and funk. Interesting beer.


 WeeHeavySD (1539), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Jun 25, 2008  
750ml bottle via trade. Shared with My GF Cyn, Bikesandbeer, and his GF Jessi @ San Diego Veledrome Bike Races. The soy on the label was cool but confusing. Label says 2003. Poured orange with a bright white half finger head. Nose is citrussy and spiced. Taste is sweet with notes of citrus, this is great.




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