Oude Faro
Geuzestekerij De Cam in Gooik, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Faro Regular|
Score
7.16
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Oude Faro De Cam is a tradtional faro bottled by De Cam. It is variably available in both 37,5cl and 75cl bottles and is labeled as 5% ABV.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750mL bottle, courtesy of kraddel (thanks Dylan), pours an opaque dark orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out candied sugar, medium funk, and some slight tartness. Flavour is intensely sweet, with loads of candied sugar, very light funk, and a light tanginess. Very sugary but somehow more tasteful than most shitty faros, likely only superseded by Cantillon and 3 Fonteinen's faros. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2014
at 09:18
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Bottle, 2009 with thanks to Kraddel. Pours clear orange, large beige head that dissipates quite slowly and leaves fair lacing behind. Aroma is funk-forward, basement, dust, horse blanket, some lemon and a bit of candi sugar. Flavor is medium plus sweet, sugary, laid on top of basement funk. A light tartness takes over mid swallow and carries you toward the finish, where it is (unfortunately) met by a wave of saccharine like bitterness. Finish is pretty bad actually; dominated by an artificial sweetener aftertaste that is not appealing. Light body, high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2014
at 17:03
8/10
Tried
on 15 Apr 2014
at 11:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 c&c from bu11zeye. Pours hazy copper with a beige head. Aroma is sort of sour fruit. Med body. Flavor is strawberry sweatsox with a little sour. Finishes very dry and astringent. Delicious.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2014
at 12:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Appearance: Hazy deep golden color with a frothy white head that leaves a fine lacing.
Aroma: Some fusel. Acidic and fruity.
Palate: Medium + body. Slightly sweet, moderate sour, mild acidic and an ok bitterness. Average carbonation. Medium dry texture.
Taste: Rich fusel. Acidic, citric, sugary and mild fruity.
Overall impression: I tend to like Faro a bit more than the other ones because they are a little bit more sweet.
Personal stats: Bottle from Mr Kaaz
Aroma: Some fusel. Acidic and fruity.
Palate: Medium + body. Slightly sweet, moderate sour, mild acidic and an ok bitterness. Average carbonation. Medium dry texture.
Taste: Rich fusel. Acidic, citric, sugary and mild fruity.
Overall impression: I tend to like Faro a bit more than the other ones because they are a little bit more sweet.
Personal stats: Bottle from Mr Kaaz
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2014
at 12:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled 750ml @VWPBF vintage 01/2009 Hazy amber color, small white head. Tart fruity aroma. Medium bodied. Sweet and sour - geuze and faro mix. Amazing geuze part.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2013
at 07:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Medium offwhite head. Hazy amber body with light particles. Earthy waxy barnyard aroma with fruity notes. Sweet-acidic fruity earthy barnyard taste with brown sugar notes. Mid-bodied. Sharpish mouthfeel. Sweetish-acidic oily earthy barnyard aftertaste with dried fruit and brown sugar notes. Lovely, complex, drinkable. Perhaps the best faro I’ve ever had. (0.375l bottle, from wine monopoly, Strømmen.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2013
at 22:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours golden with a white head, lacings. Aroma of light sourness, little citrus, white sugar, little white grapes. Flavor is light sourness, little citrus,lemonpeel, white grapes, some white sugar (but not as much / bad as feared) . Medium body, soft carbonation, light acidic finish. 011113
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2013
at 09:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[10/9/13] Bottle on a bench outside the Royal Museum for Cental Africa in Brussels. Bottled 1/09. Hazy deep orange with a big frothy off-white head and hypnotizing carbonation. Pleasant barnyard aroma with oak, fruits and some brown sugar. Sweetish flavor with brown sugar, fruits, funky sourness, barnyard and oak. Medium-bodied. A very good Faro.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2013
at 14:27
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
0.75l corked bottle shared with The Tasting Crew and actually courtesy of Etre. No pop in the cap, but it has a lovely big just off-white head on top of a cloudy peach orange body. Nice brett aroma with a lemon tartness, grapefruit, rice vinegar and some light candied sugar. Smells really nice this! It's definitely on the sweet faro path this one. Just about average on the carbonation with a filling mouthfeel. Lots of candied sugar here, sweet plums, something berry fruity and watery sugar syrup. The smell is super confusing compared with the taste. Smells lovely sour, tastes sugary sweet! Fruktsaft with oranges and mango in the finish. A full bottle would definitely not have been finished by me alone. 20.03.2013
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2013
at 02:56