5 Sciences Beer
Brasserie Fantôme in Soy, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Collab with: Hill Farmstead BreweryFarmhouse - Saison Special Out of Production
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Score
6.84
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Not positive, but I believe this is Batch #2. Aroma is fruit, spicy and vinous. Lemon, lime and tropical fruit with some overripe pear and apple. Lemongrass, pepper and mint. Slight tannic note. The aroma is very nice. Cork came off with a pop. Pours a cloudy golden orange with a thick, pillowy, white head that displays good retention. Moderately high lacing and faint legs. Flavor has a slight sweetness with a lot of citrus and herbal character. Again you pick up lemon and lime with some tropical fruit and moderate melon notes. Some mint, cilantro, lemongrass and pepper notes. Light tannic note and medium light bitterness. Light graininess upfront before the fruit and spices. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall I cannot decide whether I love this beer or find the flavors too strong. I ruinously enjoy the flavor components, but is it too much? No plastic or rubber character so I assume this is the more recent batch. If you like citrus and spices this is the beer for you. OK, after half the bottle I decided I really like this; I could definitely drink more of this beer.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2013
at 18:24
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Temporary rating. At some point I might re-write this. Very hazy brownish golden, frothy fizzy white head, soapy trace. Funky, fruity, crackers, barnyard, trop fruit juice, grass, pink grapefruit, Funky, fruity, as smell w dry soil, Crisp, tiny astringent, tiny tart, medium. Bitter, as taste. Very good!
Tried
on 26 Dec 2013
at 23:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Capped (corked) 750 from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours hazy/translucent gold with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is chamomile with mild, very mild, barnyard. Functionally full bodied (thanks to heavy carbonation). Flavor is aroma, with some odd additions. Some guesses: nettle; running out of guesses. It’s very tasty, in a veggie sort of way. It’s finishing mild barnyard with a lot of tag along flavors. I’m really liking it. Note: looking at other ratings, I can see why someone suggested eucalyptus. Now I’m also thinking bay leaf. Mystery is on the label, and mysterious it is. Really good.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2013
at 18:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle @ Exira Beer Summit IV, Day 3. Thanks to jcnielsen! Pours a hazy, bright yellow orange appearance with a white head. Very floral, grainy, huge corn crib/musty, cobweb, citrusy, dusty aroma. Very funky, very husky grainy, grassy, tart tropical fruity/pineapple, incredibly dusty flavor. I’m sad to say that this one was a serious disappointment.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2013
at 20:22
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
75cl bottle shared by Erwin van Moll @ Van Moll Brewpub. Opaque murky yellow to slight orange color, small white head. Smell and taste malts, brett, yeast, fruitpeel, oranges. Lightly dry finish, medium body, soft carbonation. Not bad for a Fantome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2013
at 07:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy golden colour, white head. Aroma of citrus, lemon peel, hay, yeast, light barn. Bitter flavour, bitter fresh orange peel, malts, yeast. Bitter finish, yeasty banana, orange rind. Interesting beer!
(from 75cL bottle @ home)
(from 75cL bottle @ home)
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2013
at 10:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor with hints of citrus. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty citrus finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2013
at 11:33