Fantôme Hiver (Winter)

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

25.4 oz bottle. Murky amber brown with light tan froth. Yeasty lemon and Red Zinger tea; honey and mild spices. Milky body with very faint carb. Taste of bruised apple, brown sugar and lemon peel. Oatmeal with nutmeg lingers. Funky spicy good.

1/15/05 750ml. Plaza Liquors. Amber with large rocky beige head. Mild sour, yeasty aroma. musty malty taste. smooth with some alcohol present.

Courtesy of Knightly Spirits. Pours a mahogany/amber with no head or lace. Hmm...very uncharacteristic of Fantome saisons except for maybe the Printemps. Nose is sourish pepper. A strange taste as well with an all-over palate of tart fruit and a sourish kick in the finish. The taste wants to penetrate in the beginning, but ends up straggling away. Also, some moldy shoe notes combined with apple and other cored fruit. Soft carbonation and medium body. This may be my least favorite Fantome beer so far, although it seems the recipes vary greatly year-to-year. I will undoubtedly try this again in the future.

Name: Hiver (Winter)
Date: 03/04/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RateBeer SE Gathering, 2005

hazy pink, light, tart, funky, very moldy horse blanket, not for me
-------- /> Name: Hiver (Winter)
Date: 09/08/2005
Score: i+ to iii+
Words: Bottle
Words: Vegas beer store

murky amber, big beige head, spicy funky aroma, hint of sweet ripe fruit, rich malt flavor, lots of funky spicyness, touch of bitterness, lots of complexity, great rich ripe fruit flavor develops as it warms and mixes well with the musky spice character, devolops a wonder creamyness, wonderful

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: ***+/4
-------- /> The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

smells and tastes like every other sour funky saison i’ve ever had. unspectacular in every aspect.

dark brown, mild opacity. smells likke feet and alcohol. tastes like uncarbonated, old saison.

Bottle. Notes from a long time ago. I had this bottle for maybe a year before opening it. Everyone mentions it being golden in color, but mine was dark brown. Had an off yellow colored head on it. Nose was spicy and full of sweet flavors and hints of alcohol. Wood and and grassy smelling too. Taste is fruity, lively with carbonation, and rich. Not really the best saison I have ever had, too earthy, not refreshing enough, and pretty much tasted like an alcohol bomb. Not something I want to drink again.

750ml. pours dense light mohagony with off wh head. nose sweet toffee, hay, wet grains, flowers, earthy, coriander, just wonderful. flavor is crisp, sweet toffee, with head, coriander, wow this is great. no alc taste. full body. what a great flavor and balance. one of my favorites from fantome.4.3.

1998 vintage (10 years old), pretty past its prime, still holding up but its mostly sour and earthy while the funk has taken over leaving almost nothing.3.3.