Fantôme Printemps

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

Sampled from 750 ml bottle, I don’t recall who to thank for sharing this one at Cellar’s Wine & Spirits last summer. Pours a cloudy golden pale brew with plenty of white fizzy head with good retention and lacing. Aroma of yeast funk, some fruity character with honey and something reminding me of some plastic styrene. Taste is medium bodied, slightly acidic with flavors of citrus zest, green vegetable, and some lime. Finish is metallic and acidic. hard to say if this one needs some aging or was infected. Willing to try again.

750ml bottle. The aroma was the best thing about this saison because it was so interesting. Celery, grass, lemon, lime, butter and honey with a light hint of bandage. The average to large white head was frothy. The body a dark yellow. The flavor was moderately sweet and lightly bitter and moderately acidic. Dry finish with a strong and unpleasant aftertaste of Band-Aid. Medium body and lively carbonation.

Cloudy pale body with a medium sized white head,lasting. The nose is herbal and grassy with lemon, honey and dough. The flavor is lightly sweet with honey, dough, clover, sweet basil and flowers. Medium body is very soft with gentle carbonation.

From bottle, no 2 at Papsoes blindtasting. Pours hazy yellow and with a diminished white head. Citrus and orange fruity aroma, brett-ish. Flavour is citric towards brett-ish. There too much lemon here. Ends with a mild citric lingering finish and with dry almost woody tone.

(Bottle 75 cl) Slightly cloudy, pale golden with a small, off-white head. Lightly tart aroma with a whiff of cork. Medium-bodied with lightly tart, Brettish accents and a touch of citrus. Somewhat fusty with notes of cork. Subdued bitterness. 301107

Bottle. A hazy yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is of yeast, fruits and spices, the taste is of yeast, citrus, fruits and spices. Medium body with a dry finish.

#2 [Blind tasting session @ Papsoe 30-11-2007] Average white fizzy head that mostly diminished. Cloudy to muddy golden color. Fair lacework. First impression was somewhat moldy with notes of caramel, fruit, spicy, and citrus. Don’t think the sour notes were intended. Medium bodied with a soft carbonation and hint of dry texture. Light sweet and acidic. Light spicy and acidic like finish.

2007-11-30, Papsø’s Blind Tasting
Corked bottle
Cloudy blond color. Very interesting aroma, sour, with cellar smell, cork, light grapefruit, very light vanilla. The flavor is much less interesting, built on a weak body, with more astringency than acidity. Weird.