Beer5000
Kristiansand, Norway 🇳🇴 Member SupporterOptions
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For me one proper and honest beer review is more worth than 100 ticks without any relevant content. It’s all about respect for the beer and the craftmanship behind. I will always try to do my best for a proper rating than playing the number game.
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8/10
Bottle @ Herøya. Clear golden body under a nice, big frothy white head. Delicate aroma of grain and herbs with hint of yeast. Taste is sweet malt, herbs and some kind of generic fruitiness. Amazingly well-balanced body and dangerous well-hidden alcohol. This is the kind of beer that easily could be taken for plain and boring if not paying attention, maybe just be curs it’s so balanced that you need some effort to figure out its complexity It’s a classic I have enjoyed regular for decades and just forgot to rate and still find difficult to describe.
Tried
on 03 May 2026
at 18:00
7/10
Can @ Patricks. Hazy pale-yellow golden body under a white head. Aroma has light tropical fruits, currant leaves, grapes and cat pee (in a positive way). Taste has light, smooth malt, mild fruity grapes, some tropical fruits, moderate bitterness and a slightly touch of fruity acidity. Balanced body and refreshing aftertaste. Not heavy on the hops, but quite complex hop profile here. Nice and interesting beer.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2026
at 16:06
7/10
Tap @ Patricks. Clear, pale golden body without any head. Aroma is rather clean apple with a faint hint of yeast. Taste is medium sweet apple, hint of yeast and alcohol but all over a rather clean and straight forward cider. Medium body with a slightly sweeter aftertaste than first impression. Alcohol is well-hidden.
Tried
on 29 Apr 2026
at 11:33
5.5/10
Can @ Patricks. Black body under a small beige head. Quite much pastry from the aroma, tonka, chocolate, caramel and hint of cinnamon. Taste is sticky sweet chocolate, caramel, dark malt and rather well camouflaged alcohol. To much pastry for me.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 19:32
7/10
Bottle @ Patricks. Unclear deep golden body under a big, nice off-white head. Aroma has a nice ripe fruitiness, malt, toffee, spices and cellar notes. Taste is sweet malt, spices, liquorices, spicy yeast, nice bitterness and ends up quite dry. Another original take on the Saison, quite nice result actually. Still not the best Fantome.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 19:16
6/10
Bottle @ Patricks. Unclear deep golden body under a lacing white head. Spicy yeast aroma, dark malt, toffee and slightly funky. Taste is sweet malt, mild funk, harmonic spicy yeast and a floral touch. Far from the best Fantome but unusually and fun take on the saison style.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 19:05
8.5/10
Tap @ Patricks. Black body under a dense, beige head that fades quite fast. Delicious aroma of dark malt, dark chocolate, hint of wood and aquavit. Taste is surprisingly smooth for a 12% ABV with soft roasted, dark malt, dark chocolate, hint of coffee, mild wood, balanced bitterness and warming alcohol. Quite delicious.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 19:01
6/10
Tap @ Patricks. Hazy yellow body under a white head. Aroma of citric fruits. Noticeable alcohol without being too much. Taste in on the juicy side as well, but a bit mellow with a slightly warm, alcoholic background. Decent.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 07:18
6.5/10
Tap @ Patricks. Hazy yellow body under a small white head. Aroma of citric fruits. Taste is straight forward fruity citric juice and moderate bitterness. Refreshing but pretty straight forward.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 07:05
7/10
Tap @ Patricks. Hazy yellow body under a white head. Aroma is mainly fruity juice. Citric, apricot, tropical juice. Taste in the same direction, medium bitterness and not too sweet. Quite balanced. Fruity aftertaste.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 07:03