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Fantôme Saison

Percentile
98
overall
Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison

Soy-Erezée, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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5933.84/5.03.83/5.08%98.4Tulip
Commercial Description:
This is a delicious, textural, and fizzy county ale, bright gold colour, citric and sour, reminiscent of a good champagne or lambic but in a class all its own.
Fantôme – Golden ale, 8% alc. by volume, with a wonderfully musty and characterful aroma. There are many drinkers out there who believe this is the “Nectar of the Gods.” Certainly no other brewer makes beer like this, in Belgium or anywhere. How many beers of 8% plus offer such fresh fruitiness? A solid Belgian saison beer at its base, with an unusual overlay of fruitiness.
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 hirigalzkar (578), Stockholm, Sweden
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/59/105/518/20
Sep 28, 2008  
Sample @ Stockolm Beer Festival 2008. Looks pale and hazy. The aroma is very inviting, like a geuze but also fruity and sweet. Tastes like a sophisiticated strawberry chewing gum.


 bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Sep 27, 2008    Updated: Oct 30, 2008
This is a great saison that I also tried at the Ratebeer tasting...citrusy flavor with a hint of honey and corriander with a dry finish. A must try if you like saison.


 mpersinger (183), , California, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/519/20
Sep 27, 2008  
From a cellared bottle at a RateBeer tasting (thanks Joe!): Pale yellow and somewhat hazy in glass, like lemonade. Syrupy-citrus aroma with a high salty nose, tastes of bitters and grapefruit rind as well as marshmallow (the herb as well as the campfire treat). Represented by flavor of canned mandarin oranges. Memorable.


 LordCorkscrew (964), Ronco Scrivia (GE), Italy
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/104/516/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Stupenda saison che finalmente riesco a bere in una forma che se non era perfetta ci si avvicinava. Bottiglia da 75cl divisa in tre al Mulino. La gradazione alcolica del tutto insospettabile.


 travita (1921), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 16, 2008  
Orange color with a nice white foamy head. Cloudy look. Smell is sweet, fruity (pears), and some spices. Taste is again fruity, a light tough of tartness mixed with sweetness. Very good.


 pepperford (115), robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
Sep 3, 2008  
hazy yellow/gold like the sunrise. Bright white head, like foam off the surf in a cool lagoon. Aromas of distant dreams, lost loves, tangerine, lemons, sweetness, corriandro, and a hint of funk/newspaper. Lightly sour, orange, good amounts of carbonation, spicy hints from the hops, and a lingering sour/tartness. i love you casper, you magnificant bastard. But the fake eyelashes have to go.


 tomthompson89 (1488), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
Sep 1, 2008  
Hmmm not a fav but interesting, cloudy amber golden color, nose is odd earthy notes some old hops and a barnyard nose. tart apple and and funk, drying finish


 malrubius (1000), Valley Stream, New York, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 1, 2008  
750 ml bottle split in Duvel glass. Hazy orange with lasting white head. Spicy lemon tart sugary aroma. Delicate vanilla sugar sweetness with cherry/lemon popsicle fruitiness Spicy dry tart hi-carbonated finish. Great mix of flavors with no off-flavors or over-spicing. Medium-light body. Extremely quaffable yet strong and very complex. I just love a great saison, and this one is great.



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