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Fantôme Saison 3.83 598

Fantôme Saison

Percentile
98
overall
Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Saison

Soy-Erezée, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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5983.84/5.03.83/5.08%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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 SudsMcDuff (1707), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/514/20
May 30, 2009  
Finally get to try this brew.. . Pours with a crazy good head .. . is a murky gold, good haze .. . sour fuk .. . weird .. . odd sourness, some horse .. . did the mexicans get money today too??


 pineypower (1107), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/518/20
May 24, 2009  
Pours out a murky golden/slightly orange color with a small white head. Aroma fruity and citrusy with some interesting earthy notes in there too. Taste is complex with a lot going on. Tart apple, floral notes, citrus, grain, funk and some other dry notes also. This was very interesting, and once again a very solid offering from Fantome.


 yemenmocha (426), Glendale, Arizona, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
May 18, 2009  
Pours hazy golden color with generous white head. Nose is citrusy (perhaps lemon and orange peel), bile, peachpit. Mixed herbs/spices in there too. Palate is slightly sour, good wheaty malt flavor, and rounds out nicely on the finish. Very drinkable and refreshing like a Hefe-Weizen. Though this is the Hiver (winter) beer, it would be equally welcome in the summer months.


 AskForJenny (656), Ontario, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/517/20
May 15, 2009  
0.75l - Predominantly the flavors of mint, on nose and on palate. The internal glow, the cloudiness, the meringue head, all spectacular.


 Ljunkan (399), Karlstad, Sweden
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 26, 2009  
Bottled sample, thanks to andersand. Nice orange color with a white head. Aroma is fruity and invting: there’s notes of berries (raspberries?), some light funk and orange. Flavour is fruity with some nice berry-notes, some funk, and a balanced acidity. Dry finish. Very refreshing but at the same time complex, there’s probably more stuff in there. Glad I tried this...


 paytoplay (135), , California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 23, 2009  
Very refreshing. Heard this is made with whatever fruit is ripe at the time of the batch? This one seemed to have peach and pear, nice acidity. Rockin on a hot day. Not sure saison’s in general ever get as good as Fantome Saison.


 zach8270 (2136), Henrietta, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 18, 2009  
(bottle - corked and capped 750 ml) Amber color with a big and fizzy white head. Aroma is very earthy and funky with a lot of ester notes, apples. and some pears. Flavor is dry and slightly sour at the beginning with a good apple and pear hint near the middle. Finishes very dry with lots of fruity notes.


 MrGGen (243), Italy
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Apr 4, 2009  
Gradevole saison belga che assaggio per la prima volta.Colore giallo,aroma che definirei acido,profumo leggero di mele.Gusto secco di fragola e,forse,ciliegia.Piacevolmente acida.Nel totale direi una ottima e complessa saison.



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