Fantôme Santé 12!
Brasserie Fantôme

Santé 1-19 vertical.

Hazy yellow body with a small, white head. Smells like the zoo with hints of circus. Basement funk with peanut and earth character. Sourdough bread with a sharp finish. Kiwi, lime, cotton candy, well water, fresh rain. Odd and interesting. Fantôme beers are like the Every Flavor Beans from Harry Potter.

 

 

 

 

 

Bottle (2008)

Acquired via online purchase
Thanks, etregourmet.com!

(Aged for ~5 years)

Cloudy dark blonde or light amber. Nice cap of creamy, near-white foam. Somewhat sticky with irregular lines and splotches of stick left down the glass. A pretty saison from Fantome with proper carbonation throughout.

A musky, earthy aroma. A dirty, earthy, dried leaf aroma with some interesting accents. There is a distinct nuttiness and creaminess to this aroma like a peanut or a light almond butter spread. Very interesting. There's a bit of an herbaceous quality to is as well, perhaps like a fresh basil or even a curry note. The earth and Fantome funk leads though. Expressive aroma.

Moderate bitterness along with a lot of the earth, dirt, and dried leaf flavors found in the flavor. As with the aroma, there's a somewhat sweet nut character as well as some light herbaciousness to it as well. A touch of sweetness emerges as the beer comes to temperature.

Moderate to near-full in body, at least for the style. Fairly high carbonation. Very drinkable.

The fruit flies loved this one. I looked down at one point and there were 6-7 of the guys drowning in my beer. I suppose that added to the farmhouse effect?

 

 

 

 

Hazy golden-yellow pour, cloudier as it got to the yeasty bottom, and a small cap of white head on top. Some earthy funk in the nose, wet grass, toasted grains, light citrus. More of the same in the taste, grassy, earthy, funky, peppery spice, notes of bready yeast, herbal/citrus, green pepper. An overall good saison, standard stuff compared to other Fantome beers I've had.

 

 

Poured into a tulip. Bottled in '08, so this is getting up in the years.

3.0 A: Well hazed brown tinted yellow color. Two fingers of fizzy white head. Retention is below average and no lacing is left.

3.5 S: This is easily one of the oddest noses I've ever smelled. A very potent and equally surprising lemon lime aroma is most apparent. It actually smells a good bit like a lime margarita - even has a tequila note to it. After that there is herbal aloe vera, dirty funk, quince, and some hay. Peppery spice and a mild yeastiness.

4.0 T: Taste is much like the nose. This is a lime margarita flavored saison. Loads of lime and especially the rind, less lemon, tequila. Herbal aloe vera, dirty outdoors funk, hay, peppery yeastiness.

5.0 M: Lighter medium body. Light, spritzy carbonation. Pretty much perfect feel given the flavors. Good creaminess.

4.0 D: This is definitely an oddball, but I appreciate a diversion from the norm every now and then. Must try if you like weird, saisons, or margaritas.

 

 

Bottle at Fantome-a-thon 2012

We’ll call the color on this blonde with a nice white head. At first, this one smells almost exactly like lemon drop candies to me. There is a eucalyptus aroma that follows and a fair amount of pepper. The flavor is a bit bready with some of the same eucalyptus notes, some pepper, citrus peel, and maybe some herbs.

Bottle: Poured a hazy cloudy dirty dark blonde color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma consists of lemony notes with some rustic malt and light funky yeast ester. Taste is a nice mix between some lemony malt with some rustic malt notes and some funky ester. I really enjoyed the lemony notes which were really not tart at all. Body was full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Probably one of the best Sante beers I’ve tried from Fantome.