Fantôme Strange Ghost

Brewed by Brasserie Fantôme
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Soy-Erezée, Belgium

Bottled sample. Dark amber in colour with a fair bit of haze and medium carbonation. All sorts of spices on the nose: nutmeg, cinnamon, lemongrass, and black pepper. There’s also some of that typical Fantome funky yeast and some mellow pale malts. In the mouth, it’s strong herbs again, with more nutmeg, citrus peel, mint, camphor, and maybe even a little oregano. The mouthfeel is totally bizzare: it starts off medium-dry, then seems to evaporate completely... somewhat ghost-like perhaps? Anyway, a strange beer to say the least. Not my favorite Fantome, but interesting nonetheless

Dark brown in color with a loose, sparse off-white head. Nice aroma, not as funky as a typical Fantome, but has some real nice herbal characters with a slight sharpness to it. Taste is pretty straightforward with a light toasty graininess followed by a faint tart twinge and more herbal character. A very subdued Fantome.

Bottle @ ORL throwdown, courtesy of SoLan. This pours deep amber with a fair-sized off-white head. The craziness that is this beer unleashes itself upon your nose. Mint! Peppermint, eculyptus, hay, a slight hint of the usual Fantôme funk, and a nice dose of pepper to finish of this beer aromatic arsenal. The flavor is more muted, definite tartness, some grass and slight herbal bitterness. Well-balanced carbonation and drying in the mouth make it easier to finish, but the flavor overall was not my thing.

Brown color with a medium head. Aroma has some very interesting, raw herbs and citrus. Flavor was a bit yeasty and bready but the herbal undertones overpowered and took this one down a notch. My least favorite Fantome, but creative and interesting (as all Fantomes are).

Throwdown. Cough drops. Minty and fruit, with eucalyptus and herbals. Finish is strongly herbal. There’s just a touch of caramel underlying everything.

Thanks Davinci! Pours a cloudy rootbeer color with "nice head" ha. Aroma of ginger, lemon and other spices... Sweet ginger, lemon, rootbeer flavor. Sparkling very light body with bigger carbonation bubbles. I love ginger so this was excellent to my tastes.

4-5-08 bottle shared at tasting
Brown amber orange with a nice head. Smell is sweet spice and woodsy. Interesting complex, unique flavor full of rosemary, mint and lots of elements that worked well together (perhaps a few too much going on). I didn’t get much sage (altough I was by far the only one). Thin body and has a semi medicinal aftertaste.

I let this beer sit for about 7 months or so to gain some funk. Descent head when poured but no lace. nice spicey/fruity aroma and flavor. notes of clove and black currant in the flavor. deep red in color. pretty delicious but a little bit lacking in my opinion