Fantôme Saison

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

Bottle: Pale caramel, very dirty, minor sudsy white head, pours more like homemade apple cider than a saison.   What head there was dies very quickly, leaving hardly any lacing.   Mild tart nose, slight oak, sweet grass, minor floral aspects.   Soft tartness on the tongue, slightly dry, basement, musty, some floral.   Clean, dry, semi-sweet while remaining tart.   Moderate example, but still good.   Body and mouthfeel are average.   Feels somewhat flat tho.   Good, but not as good as I had expected.

Bottle from PP Belgian Beer Fest. Earthy and spicy in both the flavor and the aromas. Some Skunk in the flavor to go along. Bitterness came out in the dry finish. Not too bad though.

Bottle poured into a Unbiroue tulip. Pours a light golden color with plenty of carbonated bubbles racing to the top of the glass. Smell is very fruity and wine like. Taste is very much the same with some sour/tartness coming through. It’s very nice. The mouthfeel is well carbonated and has the perfect amount of sourness to taste and not ruin the beer. This was a very nice surprise. It’s a very good beer that you’ll find leaving your glass all too quick. It’s definitely I will revisit again.

From a 750mL Bottle. Pours a transparent golden hay with a tall layer of creamy, brilliant white head. Herbal, slightly sour aroma with hints of camembert rind, juicy pear, chardonnay tannins, and dusty pepper spice. A nice bready dough malt base lays beneath with a hint of cardomom seed. Light to medium body with a sparkling, champagne-like carbonation. Starts out with a lightly tart, vinous brett character, and is closely followed by a well spiced, dry bread dough. Stalky herbal, goldenrod greens create a wild, gardeny hop character that linigers into the first phase of the final smack. The sour characters dry up the palate further, taking over from the hops, and adding a fantastic funky, musky, cheesy dimension to the finish. Dried thyme and crushed green peppercorns round out the flavor profile.

Bottle courtesy of Boboski: Poured d own a slightly hazy beige color ale with a nice foamy head with great retention and lacing. Aroma of funky yeast is dominating with some Belgian malt and some floral/fruity notes. Taste is also dominated by yeast with some sourness and brett like characteristics. There is also some sweet and floral note4s that provide much enjoyment as well as some light spices. Taste is quite complex but easily enjoyable with a full body and great carbonation.

Bottle. 750 ml. Orange/ golden colour with a white head. Aroma is yeast, sour, fruit, apple. Flavour is yeast, sour, fruit, apple, citrus, apple, spices. Nice beer.

750ml bottle, unknown date, pours clear straw color with fluffy white head. nose is loaded with hay, vinegar, lemon, and some sweetness in a soft caramel note. flavor notes are of spicy coriander balanced with a mild sweet honey and caramel notes, yeasty and crisp, and funk. alcohol is very well hidden. mouthfeel is very silky and long. this is really fun to drink, very easy, refreshing, and delicious. i still think i prefer my saisons crisp and dry over one’s like this that are mildly sweet, but still a great saison.

Bottled, 0.75ltr corked. Hazy, unclear, yellowgolden beer with a nice, dense, huge white head. The aroma is a bit sour, with lemon, cloves and weak notes of caramel. The sourness and citrus is found in the flavor as well, and is followed by wheat-notes, spices, yeast and coriander. Some nice medicine-notes as well. It has a medium body, the right fullness-level for this beer, and the finish has both medicine and citrusy bitterness. A complex beer that I would like to taste again. (070119)