Fantôme Printemps

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

July 2007 - Wonderful fruity and spicey saison. Pale orange color wit good lacing and head. Frutiy, spicey with perfect blend of pepper, spices and fruit with the required barnyard funk. Call me crazy, but something in the spices tasted like Mountain Dew...and it seemed to work well. Really an excellent showing.

Hazy yellow-ish. Nice head and lace. Sweet, lemonade, spice (ginger, orange peel, coriander...), citrus, dry, light bitter.

Rating # 275
Vintage 2000 or 2001?
I don’t know how old this beers is but I can assure you it is old, it was covered in dust so I know it’s not light struck either.
Hell Yeh, I just had the perfect pour into my Trois Pistoles chalice, it looks like something out of a Michael Jackson book. A rich copper, more orangeish body, fluffy cream colored head that slowly subsided into a velvety cap and ring of lacing.
The aroma and flavor are incredibly earthy, smells of those gigantic bales of hay, very rural and woodsy. Huge notes of wheat, rather; my new terminology, “barnyard.” Quite yeasty; this is strange but it reminds me of family vacations where we went spelunking, Printemps gives off this musty mildew stagnate impression found in caves. Noticeable notes of clove, coriander, rosemary, apricots, black pepper, and more pronounced remarks of Granny Smith apples. Ending with a nice fizzy champagne like palate with a dry bitter sweet tart apple finish.
This is a rather complex but enjoyably creation, I probably would not spend $13 on another 750ml bottle, but I Highly Recommend trying it at least once!

Cloudy gold in colour. The aromas are mildly malty, along with notes of herbs, driftwood, and funk. Flavors are somewhat citrusy, but the horse blanket / barnyard flavors were a little too overpowering. The mouthfeel was also surprisingly heavy even with the high carbonation level. I was expecting a lighter and more fragrant brew to represent "springtime". Even if this particular saison was a bit of a disappointment, any Fantome beer is better than most stuff out there.

This was a nice change of pace on tap. Crisp, a bit tart. Nice color, earthier than the saison. But nice on a nice day.

Poursa hazy golden hue with a frothy white head. Aromas of skunk, wheat and a little yeast. Flavors of honey, yeast, and a little spice.

Thanks to July’s Santa. Pours somewhat cloudy light copper with a small lacing white head. Aroma is of mint, citrus and yeast. Taste is refreshing and smooth, mint, yeast, grains, citrus and a slightly bitter finish. I thought this one was solid.

the cork exploded out of the bottle. the body is cloudy golden yellow with a big creamy, pillowy tall white head. lots of fiss in the body. aroma is lightly sour, dried apricot, barnyard too. body is light to medium, lots of carbonation. dry and tangy flavor, some sweet stone fruityness like peach and apricot. a little peppery like mild white pepper. faint dryish alcohol finish but very pleasant. what a great spring saison, a nice way to come down from alcohol heavy winter beers, while still being a bold saison.