Oude Faro De Cam
De Cam Geuzestekerij

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From:
De Cam Geuzestekerij
 
Belgium
Style:
Faro
ABV:
5%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.63 | pDev: 14.33%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
25
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 01, 2022
Added:
Jun 17, 2012
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  0
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Rated: 3.64 by Dicers from California

Sep 01, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by Eziel from Ohio

Jul 30, 2020
 
Rated: 3.85 by MTKATL from Georgia

Jul 27, 2020
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota

4/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
“2009 label” not sure the actual bottling however. Consumed 12/19. Pre 2016 for sure as the cage was all black.

Nice pop and a large head. Burnt amber orange color. Sweet with notes of candied sugar, sweet caramel, and brown sugar. Toffee notes. Almost cloying. This is the barley wine of lambic. It’s very sweet, but enjoyable. A fun beer to try.
Dec 31, 2019
 
Rated: 3.93 by Highbury09 from North Carolina

May 14, 2016
 
Rated: 2.75 by SocalKicks from California

Oct 28, 2015
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Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California

3.03/5  rDev -16.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Thanks to GRG1313 for sharing this one at his tasting.

Bottled 1/2009.

Pours a clear orange with a foamy bone head that fades to nothing. No lacing on the drink down. Smell is sour with malt, grain, funk, fruit, and acidic aromas. Taste is much the same with super sour malt, fruit, funk, and artificial sweetener flavors on the finish. There is a medium amount of acidity on the palate with each sip. This beer has a low level of carbonation with an almost flat mouthfeel. Overall, this is an average beer that is cool to try, but this one is very much past its prime at this point.

Serving type: bottle.
Jul 28, 2015
 
Rated: 2.25 by drewone from California

Jul 27, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Rifugium from North Dakota

Dec 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Dec 01, 2014
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Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland

4.09/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from the bottle into a stemless wine glass. Cork takes a bit of nudging to get out, but a minor pop pulls off. From notes.

Deep orange color, and fairly solid opaque. Some cola carbonation along the sides, with a faint off white head that subsides quickly.

The funky character on this is large for the nose. Big brett like heat with lots of earthy tones. Sourdough bread with mild black pepper which comes off a bit hot as well. Doesn't hint so much as sweetened, but just a great wild yeast punch in the face.

Palate though is like a real unique like faro. Tastes on first sip is like a big juiced tangerine sweet Christmas orange with lots of funk and earth. Mild sucrose character that brings out the future without getting to sugary. Real great balance of funk and sweet on this with the two fighting though to dominate. Palate feel comes off with very mild acetic notes and more of a dry light body saison character than acetic lambic, somewhere in betweeen.

This is a real neat brew, really glad I had the chance to have it.
Oct 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by tom10101 from Canada (QC)

Oct 28, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by illidurit from California

Jun 25, 2013
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Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida

2.6/5  rDev -28.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
750 mL bottle poured into a snifter. Bottledatum: Jan. 2009

Appearance - Deep amber. Small head. Nice collar. A few wisps.

Smell - Strange fruity and vinegary acid. Sweet and fruity. Simple. Weird for a lambic, not bad indepedently.

Taste - Ouch. Vinegar acidity. Lots of sugar. Sweet fruity sugar. It's an uncomfortable sourness. This is not for me.

Mouthfeel - Sweet and sour and not a great blend. Medium body and carbonation.

Overall - This is all sorts of weird and unpleasant.
May 14, 2013
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Reviewed by Thorpe429 from Illinois

2.98/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Served alongside a bunch of other De Cam beers. Of course, the worst of the bunch. Served in a De Cam tumbler. Thanks, Matt. Nose is lambic-like with slight funk and citrus but taste is harsh and a bit of a disaster. Lightly sour. Not great, but not terrible, especially for a bottle faro.
Jan 17, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by pperez38 from California

Dec 18, 2012
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Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

3.53/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Sampled at Volkscafé De Cam.

The beer is transparent and appears amber colored with a small, fleeting head. The aroma is sweet and bready. Gueuze flavors with sugar sweetness, almost akin to a soda. Similar to other faros I have tried, especially in terms of sweetness and body. Hints of tartness come and go, but sweetness prevails. While trying these faros is fun and adventurous, I would never choose this over a traditional lambic. Well done for what it is.
Nov 17, 2012
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Reviewed by drabmuh from Maryland

3.73/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Decent Faro, well at least I liked it. Still like gueuze better and have failed to ever have an authentic gueueze but that will happen one day...maybe.

Beer is amber, mostly clear, white head, small and large bubbles, minimal lacing.

Aroma is a little funky, a little grainy.

Beer is a little funk a little bretty, a little sugary sweet, interesting and I did enjoy it but not a repeat for sure.
Nov 16, 2012
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Reviewed by spdyfire83 from Ireland

3.7/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
274th Review
Served in a Loon glass
Bottled: January 2009

Shared with kscaldef while he was in Dublin.

A: Translucent copper. A few off-white residual bubbles for a head on medium pour.

S: Smells of dark fruit, leather, and slight funk. Deep, complex, and rich.

T: Taste is overwhelmingly sweet with soured dark fruit. Tannins with loads of leather and a touch of cherry. The funk and horseblanket here is not terribly pronounced - it actually reminds me more of classic Rodenbach (i.e. Flanders Red). Candied brown sugar is nice, but a bit too sweet.

M: Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.

O: A good beer that is mostly enjoyable due to the deep complexity; however, the sugar is a bit too intense for my liking. Very minimal lambic character in this and, again, it drinks more like an Flanders Red, but I think part of that is because this style is still being honed/refined in the bottle. On-cask, this is a way different beer.
Sep 23, 2012
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Reviewed by claspada from New Jersey

3.4/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Pours a light, semi-cloudy amber with a fine, effervescent bubbly white head. No lacing.

Aromas begin with grapefruit rind, stone fruit, lime flesh and fresh oak. Some sweeter syrupy sugary aromas emerge more as it warms with some emerging earthy, Bretty, horsey notes.

The tastes make a huge divergence from the aromas. Funk and must and earth take a back seat to the intense sugary candy syrup sweetness. Honey-like sweetness intensifies as it warms as well.

Mouthfeel is light bodied with medium carbonation. Finish is sweet, almost cloying so. Needs much more sourness to balance the sweetness, maybe in time.

Overall this was a miss for me. Maybe it is still too young and needs time to develop but the candy-like sweetness is just too off-putting for my taste.
Sep 22, 2012
Oude Faro De Cam from De Cam Geuzestekerij
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 25 ratings