Fantôme Automne

Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison
Soy-Erezée, Belgium

750 ml bottle. An unclear medium amber beer with a large, creamy, mostly lasting and lacing beige head. The aroma is yeasty and hoppy with an average maltiness. There are notes of spices (pepper above all) , fruits (strawberries, pear, hint of citrus). The flavour is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. A mild and pleasant toasted note in the end. Medium body, lively carbonation, long finish with medium bitterness. Tasty and complex, very good.

750ml bottle. Pours a hazy copper color with an off white head. Aroma is typical Fantome farmhouse ale. Funky, Spicy, musty, bready yeast. Flavor is Fantome all the way, Funky, earthy, spicy, black pepper, toasted bread, caramel. Finish is yeasty and funky.

Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours a hazy medium brown with a foamy beige head. Aromas of cooked light fruits, roast malt, and citrus/yeast/spice. Near full bodied with frothy carbonation. Strong spice - like cardamom, cooked fruit, a bit citric, mellow roasted malt, subsiding to a mildly bitter finish. A metallic note at times. Not a big beer, but a good beer. A mild beer with a bit of zing.

This murky copper ale poured with a gorgeous foamy beige head and a funky barnyard aroma. The flavor is surprisingly subdued, unlike many of this brewer’s wild concoctions. Nevertheless,it is both interesting and delicious. The flavor is mildly spicy (maybe cardamom) and yeasty with a hint of fruit.

5/07/2009: Fantôme Automne has a tarnished bronze color and is quite murky. The aroma has malt, fruit, and cherry. This beer tastes slightly oxidized. It is malty and contains unknown herbs, fruits, nuts, berries, and root flavors. There is some alcohol burn, but not too much. Overall this beer is good and seems quite mild for Fantôme. Maybe it has just mellowed with age...

1 pt 9,4 Fl Oz bottle shared by Tmoney99. Thanks Tom! Rating #179 for this beer.

Bottle. Dark brown body with a creamy tan head. Spicy but tart aroma with caramel, nuts and some yeast. Flavour is tart, earthy, malty with notes of ripe dark fruit and ends up very peppery. Creamy mouthfeel. Very different saison.

Murky orange-brown in colour with a long lasting rust coloured head, excellent lacing. The aroma is lightly spiced, apples and peaches, light caramel sweetness. The flavour is mildly sweet, some chalkiness, light spice, some tea, very mild yeast. Lightly bitter mouthfeel, medium/light body, medium carbonation. Finishes lightly spicy, juicy and fruity.

Getting old - nearing five years. Body is starting to thin out but not showing signs of oxidization yet.

750ml bottle from the Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York.
Opened on August 7, 2008.
No date but purchased in November 2004.

75cl Bottle at home ... From Cornelias ... deep brown ... fairly big but short lived foam head ... slightly tart sourness in the nose... but it is a saison ... tart ...nutty with a little cherry ... quite a bit of appple ... little champain like ... decent