Hiver (Winter)
(has 5 batches)
Brasserie Fantôme in Soy, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪
Farmhouse - Saison Winter|
Score
7.11
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Fantôme’s winter offering, available December through March or so. Brewer Dany Prignon changes his receipes every year, so we can’t so for sure what this year’s beer will be like, but it is sure to please lovers of Dany’s beers.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rating #900:
Orange/Copper/Amber colour body with a perfect dense off-white head that leaves a really nice lace. Aroma of citrus, hops, oranges, coriander seed, cherries, slightly herbal...but VERY nice! Medium-bodied; Herbal, Woody, Spicey bite to the taste, with more of a drying oak flavour than any of the aformentioned fruits! Very complex in aroma and flavour...but definately expected with the brewery! Aftertaste is dark and spicey, but also having a slight tartness. Overall, this beer is exactly how I imagined it would be...a great way to celebrate #900! I bought this 75 cL bottle at Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York and sampled it on 14-December-2003, the day the world heard that Saddam Hussein was captured by the United States.
Orange/Copper/Amber colour body with a perfect dense off-white head that leaves a really nice lace. Aroma of citrus, hops, oranges, coriander seed, cherries, slightly herbal...but VERY nice! Medium-bodied; Herbal, Woody, Spicey bite to the taste, with more of a drying oak flavour than any of the aformentioned fruits! Very complex in aroma and flavour...but definately expected with the brewery! Aftertaste is dark and spicey, but also having a slight tartness. Overall, this beer is exactly how I imagined it would be...a great way to celebrate #900! I bought this 75 cL bottle at Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York and sampled it on 14-December-2003, the day the world heard that Saddam Hussein was captured by the United States.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2003
at 23:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
(draught)Orange-amber; white rim. Flowery nose, citrus-orange, hops and herbal. Taste with bog-myrtle, herbal, faint citrus as limequat; traces of maltsugars retronasal, as well as piney. A bit thinnish mouthfeel, really. More than OK, but it misses the Fantôme magic of their better bottles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2003
at 12:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
I've had access to this for a while, but after having a horrible experience with their Noel, I was afraid to try it. I'm glad I decided to give Fantome another chance. gold/copper in color with a decent, frothy head - aroma is slightly tart, with apples and grapes - tastes like gingerbread, biscuits, chocolate - slight dry roastiness - very smooth finish - spicy, slightly pepery - probably the best Saison I've yet had.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2003
at 11:24
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
If a 6 existed for the appearance, it would be for this one, that I poured in a giant glass of the original Cuvee de l'Ermitage.
Cloudy brown-amber color; rocky, giant, persistent, creamy head.
Very nice malt aroma, pretty barley-wine like, with a very nice freshness at the end, given by the hop and the spices (coriander, almost turning to black pepper); very good Belgian woody example.
The body is pretty much equilibrated, being enough malty, bitter and complemented by some pleasant sourness which makes of it more appropriately a Fall beer than a Winter one; some citrus fruits acidity at the end, introducing a final much similar to a orange peel bitterness.
Cloudy brown-amber color; rocky, giant, persistent, creamy head.
Very nice malt aroma, pretty barley-wine like, with a very nice freshness at the end, given by the hop and the spices (coriander, almost turning to black pepper); very good Belgian woody example.
The body is pretty much equilibrated, being enough malty, bitter and complemented by some pleasant sourness which makes of it more appropriately a Fall beer than a Winter one; some citrus fruits acidity at the end, introducing a final much similar to a orange peel bitterness.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2003
at 14:10
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Hazy, vibrant cherry with perfect foam. I have to use the word vibrant to describe bright colours because some dumbass decided "bright" was a cute way to say "clear" and now bright forever shall refer to clarity rather than intensity of colour. Fresh yeasty aroma - leather, sweat, cherry, glazed pear flan, styrians (?). Starts with juicy malts, kindling, sandalwood incense (unburnt), warming alcohol underneath, plus dashes of dried apricots, fresh bread, prunes. Dry palate - minerally, finish both alcoholic and hoppy but not too much of either. Like the Wolnzacher Hell I had a few days ago, this beer is beautifully subtle - nothing clubs you over the head but you know immediately that you're drinking kick ass beer.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2003
at 22:02