Girardin Faro

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

bottle by way of glouglouburp.

rich copper colored pour with a short lived vigorous white head. seems pretty dark, no? it smells sweet and grainy yet still tart and dusty... aromas include caramel, cement, leather and red apple cider with warming spices. same thing goes for the flavor.... it*s a mix of sweet and sour i*ve not yet sampled. flavors of sweet bruised red apples, caramel, dust, copper/minerals and yeast with a mild soft tartness. the finish is dry and grainy with some cinnamon creeping in as it warms. medium to rich bodied. it*s rather thick and oily but parching and dry at the same time.

neato... 8/4.5/7.5/4/16/4.0

Sample courtesy of hellbilly. Aroma reminded me of pitching silage from the silo as a kid. Bronse body with off white head. Good mix of sout, tart and fruits like lambic style. Thanks Josh

Bottle shared by hellbilly. Deep amber-red pour with a foamy light head. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, apples, yeast and lemons. Flavor starts sweet and malty, but there is some sourness lurking in the back. Finish is fruity and somewhat spicy. It sort of goes in every possible direction, but very nice overall. Thanks for my first Faro Josh!

Courtesy of hellbilly Pours a nice reddish brown with a off white head. Aroma is sweet malt grains caramel and a cidery acidity. Flavor is acitdic sour vinegar caramel malt grains and belgian yeasts. Interesting beer its like a sweet sour. Thanks for the taste Josh

On draught at Bier Circus. I don’t like sweet beers, so I didn’t expect much from this one, but the owner Patrick talked me into it. Glad he did. Wonderful balance of sweet/sour, with great complexity. Tops the Cantillon Faro, which I had the night before. An incredible experience.

Thanks to Todd fro sharing. Dark amber pour with thin fizzy head. Sweet acidic aroma. Caramel, and dark fruit flavor. Sweet and tart

375ml I got via trade, I can’t recall from who. Pours dark red with a tan ring. Nose is sweet and tart and sugary. Taste is sweet, tart and slightly sugary. Its interesting and a strange beer, but I like it.

375ml bottle. Amber body with almost no head. Acidic aroma with caramel and dry fruit. Flavor is sweet and sour with a hit of caramel and dry fruit. The Brettomyces is lurking somewhere in the background. Quite nice.