Fantôme La Gourmande

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

simply wonderful! the aroma filled the room when I poured, smells of candy apples, spring, farmhouse with some sweet tones. Taste was explosive, not as acid as I would have expected, taste was of green apples, berrys, some hints of pine, yeasty, with a perfect balance of hops and malt. Extremly carbonated, which was very good. Farmhouse feeling, a some nostalgia, I was in heaven picturing myself on a quiet riverbank somewhere in Europe, with trees all around, clear skys and heat .. my god this is good! Extremly complex! edit : I was tempting to give this a perfect score when I rated this first, and that just what it deserves. Perfect saison !!

Typical massive Fantome head. Very dense and creamy and a very nice ivory color. The orange body is quite cloudy. This beer looks freaking incredible in the glass! The aroma is spicy and bready with hints of fresh friuts, smells like a Fantome. What flavors, no particular flavor stands out but there are many of them swirling about in there. Simply amazing how the flavors are so subtle but yet they all work together to create an amazing overall experience. The palate is also amazing, smooth with a good amount of bitterness that creeps up on you. Very clean spicy finish. An exceptional offering from a wonderful brewery. Thanks a bunch to Indra for sending this my way. The eagle has truly landed!

pours a nice golden color with a billowly head. aroma is very fantome...nice spiciness with awesome fruit...really fresh fruit aroma whatever that means exactly. the aroma has bits of everything i like in beer. the flavor is just brilliant. slightly spicy, slightly bitter, slightly dry...it’s really a multi-stage beer..it continues to develop through the swallw and glass. wow, this is pretty amazing.

Cloudy orange-copper body with a small tan head. Aggressive nose of citric funk. I love it. Taste is very funky and very acidic. Really full body filled with crunchy toasted grains, orange peels, herbal spices. There’s also some fruity notes and some citrusy hops in there but overall it is the intense funky tartness that dominates the taste. Acidity level that rivals that of many lambics. Very dry and intense wild beer that ends-up feeling like a cross between a Saison and a Gueuze. A truly unique beer, wilder than a sailor on shore leave.

750mL Bottle. Sweet white raisins aroma. Syrupy and vinous-like. A bit of cork and a touch of cinnamon. Complex, earthy and absolutely wonderful. Pours a chill-hazed orangey golden, with a swirling wisp of white up top. Tangy, lambic-like funk develops. Wow. This is unique and stunning. Tangy, citric acid-like character just glows across the palate. Then a wash of fresh apple cider, some wheat bread, and more of the golden chardonnay/white grape/pale brandy character. The touch of musty cork cellar edge adds delightful depth to this beer. Tart and impeccably dry. Three wows. Complex, unique, drinkable, and delicious. I couldn’t ask for much more in a Saison. If I could afford to cellar more beer, this would be high on the buying list.

Orange/golden hue with nice lacing. Overall this has super quality. The flavor is spicy, yeasty, and finishes with a ton of crazy flavors. Slight barnyard notes, fruity, citrusy, and sweet. Fabulous. It is much cleaner than other Fantome offerings, and very light on the palate. Slightly dry finish. Straight-forward. Highly recommended!

Loved the buttery, chewy grain flavor and texture. Incredibly full body. Rich without being too funky (if there is such a thing). I would say this is my Fantome favorite.

Translucent and bright gold in color with a solid, jiggling, foamy and 1/3" off-white head. Aroma catapults out of the bottle with the cork’s removal, surging forth with green grape skin, lemon rind scrapings, lime juice, orange peel, crystallized sugar and squished pomegranate kernels. Flavor proceeds in like fashion and hits the spot. Souring compounds step to the head of the line but a sugary lemon drop characteristic pulls it back to make it its equal, as the procession now resumes two-by-two. Tangerines and grapefruit meld for the sweet and sour fruity ester dichotomy. Bright, resilient and substantive palate passion. Perfectly equated balance profile - perhaps the most balanced saison I’ve had the joy of meeting. Finish comes full circle with fading lemonheads, which still have some sugar gripping the sides as we suck the last of it down. One hell of a saison. Thanks for sending this my way, CaptainCougar!