De Noël
Brasserie Fantôme in Soy, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Farmhouse - Black Saison Winter|
Score
7.14
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A very dark and entirely unique holiday seasonal beer, at a whopping 10% alc. by volume. Reportedly spiced with honey, caramel, coriander, black pepper, and other secret ingredients.
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7.5/10
Tried
on 13 Mar 2026
at 00:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Color: Hazy ruby to copper, large brownish white head. Aroma: Malty, spicy and dark fruit notes. Taste: Malty, spicy, earthy, quite a lot of dark chocolate / cocoa and notes of caramel, roasted malt, nutmeg, yeast and subtle dark fruit. Floral hop backbone. Warming mouthfeel. Slightly boozy. Long lasting dry-ish, bit earthy and medium to over medium bitter finish. Over medium body, just under average carbonation. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2026
at 20:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cloudy honey orange brown amber pour. Honeys and fruit aroma. Nuts malts caramel spice. Quite good really. Fantome rocks.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Kerstbierfestival, Essen: Darkbrown ale from this experimantal brewery, an spicy, flowery and herbel taste brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours clear brown, medium large off-white head. Scent is Spicy, loads of winter vibes still standing after all these years. Taste is sweet, loads of spices ( too much to my taste) but it does kindof match the idea and the beer. Age doesn't seem to have violated it (yet) , which is quite nice. Lasting bitterness lingers. Some age factor shows, but it works smoothly
Tried
on 10 Oct 2023
at 17:51
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 2
Green bottle, 0.75l, savoured on 17 December 2022; eye: dark brown, opaque, good sheet of brown head that holds, no lacing; nose: acidity, sourness, light cherry, light madeira, light cellar; mouth: malt, slight acidity, light molasses, finale in madeira with light presence of molasses, medium body, good carbonation, lightly sweet, slick texture; in summary: too old FRANÇAIS
Bouteille verte, 0,75 l, savourée le 17 décembre 2022; œil : brun foncé, opaque, bonne couverture de mousse brune qui se maintient, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, aigreur, léger cerise, léger madère, léger cave; bouche : malt, très légère acidité, léger mélasse, finale en madère avec légère présence de mélasse, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : trop vieille
Bouteille verte, 0,75 l, savourée le 17 décembre 2022; œil : brun foncé, opaque, bonne couverture de mousse brune qui se maintient, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, aigreur, léger cerise, léger madère, léger cave; bouche : malt, très légère acidité, léger mélasse, finale en madère avec légère présence de mélasse, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : trop vieille
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2022
at 19:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Botlle from Bierparadijs Utrecht. Vintage Rëserva 3 years de garde edition distributed 2021. Three years cellared at the brewery, thanks Dany. Color: Hazy ruby to copper, large brownish white head. Aroma: Malty, spicy and dark fruit notes. Taste: Malty, spicy, earthy, dark chocolate / cocoa and notes of caramel, raisins, roasted malt, rye, nutmeg, yeast and subtle dark fruit. Light hints of pinetree. Bit warming mouthfeel. Slightly boozy. Long lasting dry-ish, bit earthy and medium to over medium bitter finish. Over medium to full body, just under average carbonation. Great Christmas beer.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2021
at 19:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle split at the KristmasKracker Tasting, thanks to Leighton, Watford 10/12/21. Modest gushing offered on opening. Murky amber with a good sized light beige covering that stays for the show. Nose is tangy fruit esters, herb, light funk, barnyard. Taste comprises fruit esters, grains, herb, hedgerow, modest funk, floral nip, yeast tones. Medium bodied, prickly carbonation, semi drying close. Good flavour profile but the over carbonation lets this one down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2021
at 11:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in Watford - picked up from online shop. Massive gusher - forced the cork out. Pours lightly hazy amber with a frothing, tan head. Lightly sweet, notes of toasted biscuits, nips of earth, caramel, brown sugar, grass, some floral notes. Light bodied, airy, with massaging carbonation. Mild yeast expression to finish, more grass, toasted toffee, earth, toasted wheat. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2021
at 12:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the watford Christmas tasting 10/12/2021. Thanks to Leighton for this one. A hazed dark orange brown coloured pour with a lively rocky beige head. Aroma is nice earthy grains, brown leaves, apple, brown sugars, twig,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, burnt sugars, earthy grains, gassy, mineral, fizzy. Palate is semi sweet, uber dry, really lively highly carbonated,
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2021
at 12:44