Brasserie Fantôme Special Bitter Sour

Special Bitter Sour

 

Brasserie Fantôme in Soy, Luxembourg, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Farmhouse - Sour Saison Special
Score
6.87
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 12
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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Small, bit Champenoise-like head by fine pearling in cleare copper-golden beer. End of bottle fully yeast-laden. Smells form opening as herbs from the roadside. And I do get some horseblanket/Brettanomyes notes. Of course quite spicy, Fantôme obliging. Shoepolish and Bretts. Spiciness isn't overly obvious in the mouth. The flavour is not 100% clean, but I don't find traces of infection. Some grains (wheat?). Mild acidthinning and -burn; medium to well-carbonated. Wheat(?)slickness. Quite nice sour, with a distinct lambic-y touch. Quite well done, Dany! Txs to Stef!

Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2026 at 10:11


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Kind of an odd Buddha's Hand flavor. Aroma is quite odd as well, never got to be that desirable or enjoyable. Not my favorite. At least it wasn't a gusher.

Tried on 02 Oct 2025 at 14:28


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft. Amber beer with a whitish head. Tart aroma. Sour and grapefruit flavor with floral notes and light soap. Medium bodied. Sourness and grapefruit linger with light soap and floral notes.

Tried on 09 Sep 2025 at 19:46


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

75cl Fles van Etre Gourmet. Iets mistig lichtoranje kleur, witte kraag. Grapefruit, grapefruit- en sinaasappelschil, dood gist, vooral in de smaak, witte peper, licht citruszuurtje, redelijk bitter maar vooral door de gist en het wit van citrusschil. Lichte body. OK-ish.

Tried from Bottle from Etre Gourmet (webshop) on 29 Jun 2025 at 15:42


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample at Max's Belgian Fest 2025 pours a murky dark yellow with a ring of white head. Nose has herbs and hops, continental but spicy and nearly dank. Straw and grain. Flavor is nice. Saison to a T. Peppery and grainy, straw and yeast. This is well balanced if not perhaps a pinch of candy sweetness on the end.

Tried from Draft on 14 Feb 2025 at 17:03


6

Spicy, soapy, floral and fruity with some funky farmyardy notes, yeastiness, mild sourness and hints of citrus vibes. A bit unbalanced

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 15:25


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

On tap at Proletariat, pours a hazy bright orange with a small white head. Aroma is quite bitter, with orange bitters, wild yeast, and some oakiness. Flavour is earthy, with wild yeast, orange bitters, and some dirty water. Slightly phenolic but a nice wild yeast and hoppy bitterness character. Decent.

Tried from Draft on 16 Dec 2024 at 06:01


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

A bit of haze on a orange beer with a white head. Tart citrus, light spice, slightly sour, a bit of light toasty malt, hay. Medium bodied. Nicely carbonated. Finish is medium dry with some tangy sour citrus. I wasn’t sure where this was headed after my first sip but it really grew on me and by the end I was loving this beer.

Tried from Bottle from Etre Gourmet (La Cave à Bières - physical bottle shop) on 25 Nov 2024 at 20:22


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Khyber Pass: pours gold wirh whire head. Light funk and hops. Dirty little beer. Hops plus funk. Solid.

Tried on 27 Oct 2024 at 04:19


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Flaska från Etre Gourmet. Disig gyllengul vätska med högt skum. Funkig doft med mycket stall, citrus, örter och gräs. Lätt kropp, lätt syrlig, frisk med en fin örtig beska på slutet. Mycket gott

Tried on 06 Sep 2024 at 16:45