Fantôme Artist: Gaelle Boulanger
Brasserie Fantôme

Fantôme Artist: Gaelle BoulangerFantôme Artist: Gaelle Boulanger
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From:
Brasserie Fantôme
 
Belgium
Style:
Saison
ABV:
8%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.62 | pDev: 14.36%
Reviews:
17
Ratings:
62
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 31, 2021
Added:
Apr 14, 2014
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  8
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.81/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Shared 750 ml swingtop bottle, cellared a few years. Golden colour, white head. Nice aroma of farmhouse, oak and mild spices. Moderately sour flavour, notes of brettanomyces and white wine vinegar.
Jul 31, 2021
 
Rated: 3.99 by VolatileAgent7744 from Kentucky

Dec 12, 2018
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +17.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
artist series 1 i think. this is approaching ancient now, and some in our group didnt much care for it, but like all beer from fantome, its a love it or hate it situation, and i am firmly with the former on this one, its so good, different, and real well done. i disagree with those who rated it poorly for this reason... we all dislike a generic saison, you know, the upstart local craft guy who makes a mostly belgian tasting clean wheaty thing that is labeled saison, we rail on those for being samey and safe. its not fair that we then turn around and face a beer like this, so wild, yeast driven, foreign, and complete, and call it weird, odd, or off, and write it into history as average or something because its unconventional. its a have and cake and eat it situation, and i really think this is the type of saison we should be exalting, not shaming. is it a little oxidized? maybe. is it different that what we normally see? oh yeah. but those are points to be celebrated, not shunned. to me, and assuredly to some others, like it or not, this thing is peppery, intensely yeast forward, with notes of plantain, pink peppercorn, grapefruit peel, even green olive and brine, but perfectly unique, grainy too with some toast, wheaty rawness, and starchy body, its big but creamy too, some slight tang, funk from maturity not intention, and happily high carbonated with a finishing fullness, not real dry, but not sweet either. so much happening with the yeast, its classic fantome in the sense that its weird but consistent with some of their others, i live for this kind of saison, haters be damned! drinking in what seems like its prime right now (mid 2017)! 23 bucks or so is a bit much, bit for 15, i would buy this regularly if it were available...
Apr 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.36 by acurtis from New Jersey

Dec 03, 2016
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Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida

2.87/5  rDev -20.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
750 mL bottle. Pours with a ridiculous head. Deep amber body. Smells of black pepper, light green pepper, toasty malt profile. Tastes very bready, black pepper again. Kinda slick and fruity. High carbonation. Very blah.
Nov 29, 2016
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Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

3.47/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to Brad for sharing. Most of the beer exploded, though ready vessels were awaiting. Murky orange body with a thni white collar. Herbal, vegetal...garden aromas. Light medium body. Green veges, subtle onion, hints of tomato. Fantôme.
Jun 25, 2016
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

2.84/5  rDev -21.5%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
BOTTLE: Best before end 2018. Swingtop with a paper ribbon strip over the cap. (NOTE: This is one of the only Fantome swingtop bottles I've ever seen). Imported by the Shelton Bastards. Purchased at the Barcelona BierCaB shop. Brown glass (finally, Fantome!). No size is indicated on the label, but it appears to be 750ml.

8% ABV.

Served chilled into a tulip and allowed to come to temperature over the course of consumption. Reviewed live as a saison in absence of any designations on the label (and given that Fantome's usual output is the saison style).

SWEET MOTHER OF FUCK THIS IS A GUSHER! I've never seen such an egregious explosion of liquid from a bottle before. Easily 80% of the beer was lost upon popping the fliptop; I intend to write Fantome for my money back - which is something I've never done for a beer in my life. Insane. We ended up having to clean a wall, floor, desk and ceiling because of the champagne-on-steroids blast of beer that resulted after popping this swingtop. BEWARE.

HEAD: Surprisingly, overcarbonated as it definitely is upon opening, no head forms upon pouring.

BODY: Murky turbid brown with plenty of yeast particulate plainly visible.

Looks alive, but not amazing for a saison.

AROMA: Caramel. Minerals. White pepper. Faint funkiness. Slightly spicy estery Belgian yeast. Red apple (but no cidery notes). Apple skin.

Aromatic intensity is average.

TASTE: Metallic. Mildly funky. White pepper. Coriander. Caramel. Spicy yeast. Doughiness.

Simple, but balanced I guess.

TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, Unrefreshing, medium-bodied. Overcarbonated.

OVERALL: It was hard to get past the disappointment in seeing 80% of this bottle explode on my friends' wall (and end up ruining my laptop's keyboard), but it's not a bad brew. Certainly well below par by Fantome standards.

C (2.84) / AVERAGE
Apr 25, 2016
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Reviewed by DeutschesBier from Maryland

4.15/5  rDev +14.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Definite gusher. Lost half the bottle. Muddy orange-gold color (due to said gushing). Smell and taste reminds me of the recent batch of Printemps. Sage and other spice. Slight fruit and tartness. No rubber or plastic phenols at all. Really liked this. Wish I had a full bottle!
Mar 06, 2016
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Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri

3.65/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle. Poured out a slightly cloudy, golden yellow color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled of spices, toasted caramel and yeastiness. Sweet caramel with subtle spices.
Feb 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.89 by Fabianno from Brazil

Jul 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.77 by SweetChicken from Massachusetts

Jun 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.11 by NateF90 from Connecticut

Mar 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.31 by WynnO from Florida

Feb 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.23 by SackBlabbath from Kentucky

Feb 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.44 by iatethecloudsfor from Vermont

Jan 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by EuphonicHops from Virginia

Jan 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by atrocity from Virginia

Jan 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.45 by jaymo18 from Virginia

Jan 11, 2015
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Rated by ygtbsm94 from Utah

3.4/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Aroma of white pepper, orange peel, other spices, stone fruit. Taste citrus fruit, spices, orange peel, yeast. Different!
Jan 11, 2015
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Reviewed by madtowndmb1 from Wisconsin

1.44/5  rDev -60.2%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
This gusher had the rare flavor profile of paint thinner aged on ashes of burned down car factories. A flavor I thought I'd never taste


I wouldn't give this beer to my worst enemy.
Jan 10, 2015
Fantôme Artist: Gaelle Boulanger from Brasserie Fantôme
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 62 ratings