Fantome Saison bottles in either NJ/PA

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  1. mindspin315

    mindspin315 Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2011 New Jersey

    Hey BA friends...I'm looking for any store in NJ/PA that has Fantome Saison on the shelf. I missed out on getting a bottle or two of this beer around me and would like to be able to grab one. This is the beer I'm looking for: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/738/5057

    If you know any store that has this let me know. I appreciate any help you can give!

    Cheers,
    Jason
     
  2. ThoreauLikeAGirl

    ThoreauLikeAGirl Initiate (0) Mar 11, 2011 Pennsylvania

    Pinocchio's in Media had some recently. i'm pretty sure they still do.
     
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  3. mindfuldave

    mindfuldave Savant (1,089) Mar 22, 2011 New Jersey

    Last time I was at Max's raintree in Freehold, NJ they had it.
     
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  4. xnicknj

    xnicknj Initiate (0) May 25, 2009 Pennsylvania

    i havent been there in a while, but Wine King in Brick had a bunch of these sitting on the shelf. same thing with Jon Ron in Brielle, but I would call before driving down there.
     
  5. claspada

    claspada Pooh-Bah (2,391) Sep 27, 2007 New Jersey
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    Speaking of Fantome in NJ/PA, did we get any Extra Sour Special Original Creation?
     
  6. stakem

    stakem Grand Pooh-Bah (4,070) Feb 20, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    No
     
  7. rolltide8425

    rolltide8425 Pooh-Bah (2,470) Feb 18, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    The Beer Store in Southampton had some recently as well but not sure if they still do.
     
  8. foleyallentown

    foleyallentown Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2007 Pennsylvania

    Call Abe's cold beer in Bethlehem to see if they have it by the bottle. I was able to pick a case up at Stockertown Beverage about 2 years ago.
     
  9. GeoffreyM

    GeoffreyM Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 Pennsylvania

    I'm bumping this thread because I just had my first Fantome Saison and I need to have more. Does anyone know if there is any available to purchase in PA?
     
  10. aminobutyricacid

    aminobutyricacid Initiate (0) Mar 19, 2011 Pennsylvania

    Oak Tree Wine & Spirits in South Plainfield, NJ, usually has something from Fantome brewery on the shelf, last I checked two months ago...
     
  11. rtd125

    rtd125 Initiate (0) May 14, 2009 Pennsylvania

    I recently got a bottle at Teresa's in Wayne
     
  12. stmgl01

    stmgl01 Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2007 Pennsylvania

    There's a bottle of Fantome Noel at Abe's in the Bethlehem but I haven't seen any of the Fantome Saison since September.
     
  13. phillybeer7779

    phillybeer7779 Initiate (0) May 31, 2010 Pennsylvania

    Just a heads up, had some of the new batch of Fantome Saison, and it was way off. We all tasted a seriously smoky aftertaste.
     
  14. GeoffreyM

    GeoffreyM Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Hmm, that's weird. The bottle I had was fairly fresh and I thought it was delicious. I guess the stories of bottle variation are true.
     
  15. OddNotion

    OddNotion Pooh-Bah (1,915) Nov 1, 2009 New Jersey
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    Fantome is known for huge bottle to bottle variation, not just batch variation. I have never had a bad beer from them but I know people who bought beers from the same shipment that said they had a bad bottle.
     
  16. ThoreauLikeAGirl

    ThoreauLikeAGirl Initiate (0) Mar 11, 2011 Pennsylvania

    yeah. i have had bottle variation with theirs, as well, but never with the classic saison before. but this newer bottle was kind of gross. and i think i heard someone else say that they had a bad bottle of the new classic saison, as well. that it tasted like tobacco. (i had the same bottle as phillybeer7779)
    so i have a feeling this a batch variation, not bottle variation.
     
  17. BdubleEdubleRUN

    BdubleEdubleRUN Initiate (0) Jul 28, 2009 California

    You will curse the day you did not do
    All that the Fantome asked of you!
     
  18. OddNotion

    OddNotion Pooh-Bah (1,915) Nov 1, 2009 New Jersey
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    I think I have a bottle from the most recent shipment... not positive, I may have to do a taste test soon.
     
  19. stakem

    stakem Grand Pooh-Bah (4,070) Feb 20, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    some of the new batches are coming out with the bottled on/best by notches used. did you take note of any specifics?
    also, i believe there is a new label design for the classic saison, hiver and printemps. was the one you had the normal label (sur lie) or the new more "cartoon-like" label?

    i have noticed the smoke/tobacco character on a couple varieties of fantome lately (newer batches) ranging from black ghost noire de noire, dark white and the new Boo all have that character. i havent found it in the pale offerings yet but that doesnt surprise me to hear it. it makes me wonder if Dany started using a little pete smoked malt in his grain bill or if he has an over-abundance of brett L in his yeast strain that is drawing out much more tobacco/earthy smoke character than usual

    i have a fresh bottle of the classic saison ill try and open tonight to report back on findings and if it has any identifying marks (not that it would be terribly helpful for everyone)
     
  20. ThoreauLikeAGirl

    ThoreauLikeAGirl Initiate (0) Mar 11, 2011 Pennsylvania

    it was the newer label. not sure about the notch dates, though.
     
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