Girardin Faro

Brewed by Brouwerij Girardin
Style: Lambic - Faro
Sint Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium

Bottle 35 cl. My first Faro to rate. Pours a rather clear kobber with an off-white head. The nose is a little metallic with some sour apples and a little vanilla. All together the aroma is rather low key. The taste is sweet with buttery undertones and finish - and thus a fat palate. There is also some dried prunes and plums, and finaly brown sugar. ... Makes you burb..cool

bottle. The aroma is sour, reminds me a little bit of cider vinegar. The head is relatively large, white and creamy, the duration is long. The body is orange and cloudy. The first taste started sour, then it gets a little bit sweeter, the duration is medium. The body is light, very dry and light watery with lively carbonation. A good beer.

Bottle at home. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. Smells a bit of athlete’s feet. Tart with Fruity aromas. Quite tart for a faro. Quite citric. Tiny hints of metals and bog myrtle. Medium body. High carbonation. Tart and citric finish with a tiny hint of diacetyl.

Dark brown pour with a small quickly receding head. Fresh funky aroma. Taste is very funky, lots of horseblanket, moderately sour, dry. Unlike the few other faros I have tried this one has only very little sweetness. For some reason this didn’t really meet my expectations, it’s too sweet for a Gueuze but not sweet enough for a Faro (or at least what my idea of Faro is).

Thanks OldStyleCubFan for sharing. Pours a bubbly ruby colored brew with a two finger creamy offwhite head. The nose was sweet, had a tart vinous character, raisiny, light earthy character. The flavor is tart and vinous, has a candy like sweetness that coexists with the tart and acidic qualities of the base lambic.

Sampled at the Carolina Crew tasting thanks to OldStyleCubFan - thanks, Todd! It pours a fine amber/garnet color with fine carbonation. The nose is initially deep and floral, but deepens with a soft, mead-like quality. While there are dry, tart undertones to the taste, the muscat and honey notes come through to make this a delicious blend, with a nicely bitter finish. Really fine, a happy introduction to the style.

Thanks to Todd for sharing with the Carolina Crew. Deep mahogany pour with small bubbly white head. Sour lambic nose but backed up by a caramel sweetness. Some leather and earthy sweet vegetal notes. Easy to drink and quite sessionable. Slightly overcarbonated palate, I thought.

Pours deep copper with small light brown head. Very pleasant acidic aroma. Excellent tartness with a sweeter touch than other lambics. Nasty aftertaste from the artificial sweetener costs a few marks.