Fantôme Printemps

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

Hazy amber, medium white head. Kick ass aroma, dry, farmhouse, pepper, floral. Genuinely tart flavor, dry. Medium carbonation, medium body. I typically prefer saison’s with lower alcohol levels, but here it adds just the right amount of body. The tartness reminds me of Bruery Hottenroth, in that it is overt but not overpowering. Bready background; incredible delicious bready finish. This is the best Fantome beer I’ve had (honestly the only one I’ve truly enjoyed so far), and it’s also the best saison I’ve had.

75cl bottle. Hazy-nearing-opaque gold with a medium-large head that leaves plenty of lace. Very bretty and funky with lemons, tropical fruit, honey, leather, spices, and herbal hops. The flavor is actually pretty sour and funky with lots of lemon, though not tongue-scrapingly acidic like the Beatification we had later. Grainy malt provides a touch of sweetness, and some spices add to the complexity. Dry overall, but with a nice balance between everything, and a smooth integration of flavors. Medium-light in body with medium-high carbonation. Great beer, and it looks like it has developed a lot since the spring, with plenty of wild stuff in the bottle doing its thing. I could drink this all night.

Poured from 750, cloudy, straw colored. Nose of citrus, hops, a bit spicy and earthy. Taste was mildly sour with good carbonation. Very enjoyable

750 ml bottle into a Tulip glass. Pours a somewhat dark to light hazy orange with a big fluffy white head. The aroma blasts off with a fruity, flowery, and very spicey nose with citrus and pear being noticable. The flavor has many notes of the nose being quite peppery. Also having notes of dried fruit, old yeast, grass, and big notes of just farms in general. The body is somewhat thick and it leaves a coating on the palate throughout the spicey finish. The spice sticks around for up to a half an hour after a sip! I love Fantome, and would love to be able to find this more often!!!!

Lots of spice. Intense flavors. A saison that will knock you out. Very yeasty. Tangy. Fruity. Wow. Enjoyable.

Bottle. 25.4 oz. Split with Braden. Pours speckled, hazy orange gold with a frothy, white head. Aroma of pine, cork, citrus, hops, and wheat. Medium bodied with a tangy, fruity mouthfeel. Quick, tight finish. Average saison.

PoIRS a deep orange with dissapating white head. Aroma of yeast cellar mustiness and spices. This is meatier then lighter american made saisons I have had that are more peppery. This has other spices like oregeno. Ther is some breadiness and a bit of sour grape. Unique

750 ml bottle - purchased at Bottleworks; bottle has the pink lettering; no marking on side to determine the age; poured into a very nice Boulevard saison glass courtesy of the generous Theisti; slight pop and probably would have gushed over if I hadn’t started to pour; dark orange w/ 1/2" sustaining eggy white head; incredibly amount of floaties cycling to the surface via the carbonation; first aroma to hit is one of food - almost garlic chicken if you can believe it; I get a pleasant mix of ginger, rosemary, oregano, musky sourness and dried flowers;celery and some pepper with a little thanksgiving stuffing; never smelled anything quite like it; wow, silky smooth texture; super creamy and full bodied; floral, grassy, spelty wheat some lemony or grapefruit tartness; cheese and some mint too; get the ginger and just a touch of rosemary again; fruity, but in the grapefruit and grape sphere; some sort of spice, seems like ginger, pops out the most to me; earthy overtones and perfectly dry finish; strange, intoxicating and delicious all at the same time; I didn’t read any ratings before opening, so this was very different than expected; earthy notes trump the fruity ones; one of a kind across the board