Bottle- pours yellow white head- nose and taste of sour lemon, Apple, champagne grape, citrus funk - med body

750mL bottle, pours a hazy dark-ish golden with a huge white head. Aroma brings out tart fruity notes, especially apricot and peach, and loads of brett. Flavour brings out dry tart fruits, with peach especially, lemon peel, and moderate brett presence. Extremely high carbonation, but it is more or less fitting. Very dry and tart, with low funkiness and medium acidity. The best Fantome I've had.

Thanks Nick for grabbing this for me at Hunger Mountain in August. $30 a bottle, 1 per person and cellared at 55F until December. Enjoyed with my girlfriend at 55 F in a snifter on her birthday.

A - Corked and capped bottle. The cork shot out too easily but thank goodness this bottle wasn’t a gusher. Poured a huge carbonation into the glass producing 4 fingers of pillowy and fluffy solid white head that faded to a single finger and sticking around. Amber orange hues with a slight murkiness. It’s a darker saison than I’m used to.

S - Smells of eggs, grapefruit peels, musky basement and burnt copper. Brown sugar and lemons as well.

T - Wow. The taste is peachy and a very nice balance of fruit juice and acidity like lemon spritz. The finish is lemons and pears with a crisp tart blossom that sticks around for far longer than you’d expect.

M - Huge carbonation. Every sip reveals an explosion of foam and bubbles and the body is medium and dry, tart, fruity and crisp like sparkling wine.

O - This is truly an extraordinary beer. It’s a perfect example of a classic saison with just the right amount of funk. What a fantastic beer. Simply incredible.

750ml bottle at Birch and Barley. HUGE cork pop but no gush. Good thing, I paid $50 for this. Pours a hazy orange with a rocky white head that fades fast. Aroma is very well balanced, grassy, lemons, white pepper, tangerine, apricot. Flavor is similarly balanced, a delicious lip smacking lemony feel that envelopes the mouth but isn’t over whelming. Other flavors of grass, some unripened peach, lemony mineral water, earthy, lightly herbal. Medium bodied, spritzy finish. This did not have nearly as much acid as I thought it would, but I liked it more because of that. Very drinkable, especially when the heavy carb subsides. Very well balanced.

A U.S. bottle through Shelton Brothers, courtesy of Greg and Darrell at Pizzeria Paradiso Dupont. Cloudy gilden yellow color, large white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of dusty lemons and subtle pineapple. Taste is funky citrus, sourdough bread dough, white pepper. Hi carbonation goes without saying. Very nice.