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Purchased at Sergio's. Easily the hardest cork to remove of any bottle - not just Fantome but any bottle include wine - that I have ever opened. Pop was minimal, and a very small gush but nothing to speak of. Odd combination of an extreme seal and...
On the face of it, this could be a beer that is right up my alley, but there's quite a bit riding on the influence of the chardonnay barrel here. I do like that influence if the final result is grape must, vinous character, and clean edges, but not...
The usual Fantome presentation. Is this a new/alternative name for the Spring/Printemps? lot ba 02 26 best before 2029. A worrying lack of pop on opening, and by any standards this is under-carbnated. Color is fine, mid-golden body, but the head...
Usual Fantôme presentation with a big pop on opening. Brewed in association with the folk at TripelB, Belgian Beer bar in Worcester, England. Lovely pour with a standard golden, clear body and a nice head. The head is quite rocky and broken, but...
The standard Fantôme presentation, capped and corked. Nice pop on opening. Pretty, pale golden color with a pillowy, high head. Not a great deal of lace, but good retention of the head. There really is a noticeable, clean citrusy...
Quintessence 2025 Blend. BB 03APR 30. Light copper body with a smallish off-white head, some lace. Average retention. Nose is that of dryish grape skins. A touch of tartness in the first sips, but it's modest, and it is also accompanied by plenty...
This is a slightly older bottle, L1 05.2023. Unfiltered. Small gas release on opening, but the beer seems more carbonated than that might suggest. Golden orange body with some retention and lace. Nose is very herbal, and is true to the label. It's...
All of the beeradvocate reviews that include word descriptions for Amèri' iGhost, mention the harsh bitterness of the beer but all of those reviews are from 2022. As such, even having read them I don't feel confident that what's written in those...
Pour is a pale yellow, somewhat cloudy affair with a nicely formed, mid-density head. Retention isn't great, but the lace is good. Nose offers way too much acidity for me. Even though the initial tastes back-off from the nose a little, the taste...
This beer pours a lot less dark than some photographs suggest, with a lightly hazed orange body below a the usual, impressive wispy head. Some lace, moderate retention. There are quite a lot of band-aid phenols upfront in the nose, and more...
Pour is a lovely copper color with some depth. "Good" carbonation, but unfortunately it's that soda type which makes a lot of fizzing noise and then fades to absolutely nothing - not a fan. No lace, no retention. It should be noted that on...
This is one of those classic Fantôme beers that out of the gate, both in terms of the nose and the initial tastes, almost knock you off your feet with phenols, band-aids and other medicinal notes. However, also in a classic manner, it backs down...
Beautiful, honey-orange pour with a magnificent head in true Dany style. Retention and lace are great. Resplendent. Nose certainly has the citrus fruit promised. Oranges certainly. Lovely, restrained light bitterness breaks across the tongue....
LOT E/V ALIDADE Mc 4 24 best bef end 2027 Disappointing lack of pop on the removal of the cork, and the beer is definitely under-carbonated on the pour. Not usually an issue with any Fantôme beers, but today it was. Lower ABV than many Fantôme...
Additional notes from 07/06/25 on April 2025 Batch #3 version at 6.6% and pictured below. Lovely golden color on the pour with a little, light haze. Clean, cider-like nse with some simple, grainy apple notes. Definitely some light, white grape in...
I'd read a couple of less that spectacular reviews of this, so came to it with a little trepidation. Acquired at Sergio's for $45.00. This is somewhere around 10+ years old at this point in time, so it's had lots of time to mature, change, and...
lot 3 c 23 BBE 2026 I was forewarned that this was a gusher, so had the supplemental glass ready to catch the beer as it "exploded". As a result I lost virtually none at all, others have reported losing a significant amount of the bottle to the...
lot 3C no 23. $23.99. Tremendous pop on opening. Because of the volume associated with the cork, I was expecting a gusher, but no. Bonus! Golden body, exquisite head, retention and lace as usual. The beer starts gently and with some sweetness. The...
Interesting departure for Dany, a Witbier at 4.5%. Lots of recent, positive reviews of this beer - excited to try it. Light golden, slightly hazed pour. Head and lace is strong as ever with Fantôme. Light white pepper on the nose, along with some...
Bottled 23JUN23 BBD 23JUN27. #9 in a series that has not been easily available in the US, or via shipping beer in from Belgium directly. These beers have been experimental series since 2014, taking on various guises with various collaborators and...
I've been waiting to get my hands on this for a loooooong time, so delighted to have the opportunity. Bottled 22.04.2023. At around 20 months old, this is a bottle that likely would have be consumed by many others at a slightly younger age. No...
You just never, ever, ever know with Dany. It's really tempting to say that this is one of my favorite Fantômes of all time, BUT since it's also one of the least Fantôme-like beers that I have ever had, it seems like there's something horribly...
Fantôme's Double Badger, as part of the Fantôme Animals friends Project. lot 12 05 b 24 best before end 2027. The usual corked and capped presentation. Lovely, rich orange color on the pour with the broken, wispy head that one might expect. Some...
lot ab 03 24 best before end 2027. Usual Fantôme presentation, and a usual pour with a golden orange body and some lovely, pillowy head. Head is a bit wispy and does not leave the very best lace. Hugely noticeable, citrus-like tart, sweetness up...
lot 11 ce 23 best bef end 2026. The usual 750 mL presentation, corked and capped. Tangerine colored clear body with a nice, large head. Some lace. Band-aid phenols rip into the nose. On warming there is an acidic, funky fruit note. Some cider...
An attractive golden orange pour with a nice, light head. Wispy and soon gone, the head still leaves some nice, thin lines of sticky lace. Nose offers a little cheesy funk underneath some orange-citrus based hops. The tastes gives quite a bit more...
Etre. Best Before 15-12-2026. Classic Fantôme bitterness, wrapped up in some residual sweetness. Pour is a lovely golden color with a HUGE, well-formed head. Lace is sticky and classical. Yep, this is a beautiful looking beer. Herbal notes on the...
Pour offers up a chestnut body with a few ruby red highlights. Head pours with a nice amount of foam, and with some decent retention and lace. Looks more dense than it actually is. Nose offers some acidity, but also some sharp apple-like notes. As...
Pours a pale, straw golden color, resembling more of a chardonnay color than does the regular Chocolat version. Addition of yeast in the final pour creates a clouded version of the original pour. Nose has a tremendous grape-like, fruity acidity,...
Additional notes 03/26/26 Same batch as below, two years on. Still a decent gusher but not terrible and I was forewarned with a one liter mug next to the bottle. I lost virtually nothing. Still fruity up front, but now the spices kick-in quite hard...
This is an extremely soft and gentle beer no matter how one slices it. The mouthfeel is incredibly soft, with lightest of touches on the carbonation, and it has a pillow-like mouthfeel. Quite astonishing A hazy orange body with a bit of a...
11.2oz bottle, BBD: 23MAR28. Not sure if that makes this a 2023 vintage or not ... more research required. Lovely, lightly hazed orange color with a great head that is beautifully formed and retained. Nice lace. Nose offers some significant, yeasty...
Part of the "Extra Sour Collection". Lot 2 N 21, best bef end 2025. Capped and corked in the usual Fantôme fashion. You never know what you will get with Fantôme except the fact that you always know that you never know what to expect! Great looking...
My second bottle of this. Great, lightly hazed, marmalade orange pour with a resplendent, ice-cream like head. Nose has some simple floral elements but not flowery per se. Not as bitter as i remember the first bottle being. There is a spicy finish...
I approached this with a lot of trepidation, expecting little hoping for the best. Firstly this is lot 2 c N 16 Best Before End of 2020. Of course, that's not necessarily an issue for Fantôme per se, since the whole thing is likely to be all over...
lot 19 02 22. Best Before End 2026. Golden, lightly hazed body underneath a broken, wispy head that has some light lace and a little retention. Floral hop bitterness in the nose. The tastes follow the tastes initially, and then breakout with some...
My first review of a Tired Hands beer, although back in the summer of 2015 I did visit the taproom. Attractive golden body with a pleasing white head after the aggressive pour. The nose offers a peach note for me. Quite strong, and unusually if...
2017 Styrian Eureka version. Purchased for $11.99, in a random store in Ohio along with a few other bottles of really old beer. Took a chance, and at that price I am prepared to lose the $12. Yes, I am fully aware of the age of this beer, and its...
lot 04 02 23 Best Before end of 2027. Lightly hazed, orange creamsicle body with a high, rocky and broken head. Head retention above average, lacing the same. Thin film settles on the surface of the beer. Acidic, grainy, musty apples on the nose...
Opening the capped and corked bottle (the usual Fantôme presentation) fails to produce much pop or gun smoke which is a slight worry. However, a decently aggressive pour leads to a nice, 1 inch rocky white head, with some decent retention and lace....
Best Before End of 2025 Lot 18 Nr 22 ABV is not noted on the bottle. BA has the 2019 bottles at 7.0%, Rate Beer has 8.0%. Very pretty golden body. Head average, retention not incredible (some spotty lace and some spotty film on the surface of the...
750 mL bottle, corked and caged in the usual Fantôme fashion. Purchased on a recent trip to Portland, ME. Quite a gusher, but I didn't lose too much. With the carbonation comes a good looking, high head. It's wispy, but persistent. Doesn't leave a...
Described as an 'Unfiltered Amber Beer', in terms of the taste and the experience this is close to a fruity saison. The pour is far more golden in color than 'amber' might suggest. A nice head, retention average. The beer is lively and...
lot c10 oct 18 best before end 2022. Bottle purchased and consumed at Ebenezer's in Lovell, ME. First visit for me to this much lauded beer Mecca. Possibly the least Fantôme-like beer I have ever tasted. To keep it simple, there is a distinct lack...
375mL corked and caged bottle. $10.99 Tavour. Cork jammed in hard. Despite the cork, lack of pop on opening, but still carbonated OK. Golden, slightly clouded pour with a nice head that gives good retention and some decent lace. Looks good....
2023 Vintage, 1 pint, 1 fl.oz. A very weird color with is a sort of pink gold, light rose body with a fizzy head that dissipates quickly. Thin rim of lace around the edge of the surface of the beer. Almost no lace, almost no retention. There are...
The usual presentation, 750mL corked and capped. Chestnut brown pour - conker like. Thick, ice-cream, cream colored head. Well retained, some decent lace. Head nice, color less so. Nose has mainly a slightly cheesy, funky acidity. Nice...
Pour is a butterscotch colored body with a nice, substantial white head. Decent retention and lace. Nose has a lot of banana and pineapple for me. Quite surprising. very topical that I was not expecting. Lively beer, good carbonation. Solid...
Much the same as its sister beer, Two Rivers Noir in many respects. After cracking the cap there is an intriguing foam that protrudes out of the top of the bottle, as if it is fermenting - it is bottle-conditioned. Poured head is that of a soda....
750 mL corked and caged from Etre Gourmet. Red cap on the cage has dot-matrixed "U2 02:22 TRIPLE X". Presumably brewed for the 30th anniversary which seems to have been in 2019, so this is a four to five year old beer. Pop on opening is impressive,...
33 cL bottle. 2d batch. Etre Gourmet. Thickish looking, hazed orange body with a magnificent, ice-cream-like head. Body color is not particularly attractive (has a NEIPA look about it which I absolutely HATE). Head is resplendent. Retention and...
Bottled 11.29.21. The usual Logsdon presentation. My second time having this beer. Light pop on opening, carbonated as expected. There's a light, pinkish hue to the mostly orange, hazed body. Head is appropriately wispy, leaves a better than...
750 mL, corked and capped, the usual presentation. Brewed 19-20 August 2022. Modest pop on removing the cork. Pour gives a lovely tangerine, marmalade color with some light haze and a nice, rocky, white head. Head is only moderately retained, and...
Batch no: 2021, Bottled on 2/23/22. Pale, clouded yellow body with a modest head. Head is light and bubbly. Light film is left, a very, very light touch of lace, hardly anything left on the glass. Great mouthfeel. Feels both lively and light....
Best Before End 2020. Healthy pop on opening, with an initially high, white, wispy head that dissipates quite quickly. Not a lot of lace, but a thin film left on the surface of the beer. Deep orange colored body. Nose is all marmalade with some...
When people make grandiose statements about beer I usually take it all with a pinch of salt. In most of those cases I know a lot more about beer than they do, and I have significantly more experience. There are of course plenty of people whose...
Light, golden hazed pour with a white head that when forced out of the bottle, is good. Decent retention, some lace. There's a lot of raw cereal malt in the nose. Tastes are really clean with a strong lime undercurrent. Really light with some...
Lovely lemon colored, clouded pour with a dense head. Excellent retention and some lace. Looks classically well-made. Nose offers a dry funky note, as expected, simple and requisite with the style. That has the potential to sound trivial, but as we...
Additional notes 01/18/26 Pictured. BBD 11 JUL 28 High carbonation - excellent. The Brett character and the head remain absolutely first-class, and if you want "Brett beer" defined, reach for this. Lightly cheesy, wonderfully funky, the beer has...
Label has (what I assume is) the original brewing date of Friday and Saturday 14-15 August 2020 changed to 13-14 August 21, and the 24 asterisked. My guess would be because of COVID changes to the production occurred. Having had a bad experience...
Brewed May 18th 2016. Barrel-aged Saison, bottle-conditioned. Bottled on 7th, August 2017, Best Before 7th August 2019. Well, it is what it is. Brewed in 2016, this is likely a minimum of three, maybe more, years past its best. That didn't stop me...
2022 Vintage. 750 mL, Tavour purchase, the usual Bruery presentation. The Bruery's marketing re: labels and 750 mLs still pulls me in - at least I recognize that fact! Hazy, appropriately enough, orange body with a short-lived, initially decent but...
Well, here we are, back to utter insanity with this Fantôme offering. A darkish, lime green pour with a decent head, some thin film lingering, and an acceptable, if not incredibly well-retained head. The green color doesn't bother me (it's Dany),...
At the very best of times Fantôme beers can be tricky to pin down, to categorize, and to understand. That's their beauty and indeed their point in many ways. Then from time to time you get one that defies even that 'logic'. This is one of those....
330 mL bottle. Chestnut brown color with lovely, red highlights on the pour. Nose is malty as one might expect from a Brasserie de Silly beer, but not at all consistent with a (contemporary) beer that has "saison" on the label. Tastes are very...
lot 08 07 22 best before à consommer avant fin 2026 14° Plato. Mid-range orange pour after an encouraging pop on removing the cork. Beautiful, beautiful pitted head, Stunning retention and lace on the second and the third pour. Oh my gosh. Initial...
Capped and corked, the usual Fantôme 750 mL presentation. Clouded, deep orange body with a fizzy initial head that dissipates immediately to leave no film and no lace. Light carbonation remains in the mouth. Not great looking, but no panic, it’s...
22oz bomber (a relative rarity these days sadly), $11.00 from Brew Ridge Beer Hub Waynesville, NC. Label somewhat confusingly adds the moniker Season-Brett Golden Ale. Release #2 (or maybe #3), the text is smudged, and that seems confusing in terms...
Pale gold colored body, close to complete clarity (tiny amount of haze), with a moderate head; little to no lace. Nose has clean Belgian yeasts and not much else. It's good, but fairly simple. The beer opens with a decent splash of bitterness,...
750 mL bottle purchased at Knightly Spirits in Orlando, FL, USA. Capped. This beer was distributed in Atlanta for years and years during the mid 00s, and I am pretty sure that I've had it before, but apparently never took any notes so here we are....
Wow, an old, old friend. Very surprised I had not reviewed this, but also I haven’t seen it for years and years. Probably haven't drunk it since the mid-00s back in Atlanta when and where it was pretty widely available. 750 mL, capped from...
1 pint bottle directly from the Brewery last month. 2022 Vintage. Orange golden pour. Almost a pinkish hue at the edges. Head is average, drops off quickly and little lace. Nose has plenty of farmyard horse manure, not funk as such, but some oak...
1 pint bottle from the brewery last month. Pale golden color with a simple, white head. Nice lace. Lovely, wine-based nose.The nose also has a surprising level of sweet, bready malts. This is carried through to the tastes which initially feel very...
Fantôme & Fermentery Form adorns the label. Capped and corked, the usual Fantome presentation. Lively pour with a light, high, fine-bubbled head that is good effervescence but that fades pretty quickly. Body is a lightish brown, dark...
750 mL, corked and caged, a recent purchase from Belgian-Style Ales. A new beer to me. Looks like it has had some distribution in the US for about 3 or 4 years at least. Excellent pop on opening, good head, decent film retention, and some nice...
I’m pretty experienced with Fantôme, so I know what to expect (i.e., the unexpected), but lately I’ve had a couple of less than stellar experiences. This beer gets me back to more familiar territory of the brilliant madness. Pour is a slightly...
375 mL bottle, corked & caged. Tavour purchase. Lemon colored, lightly hazed body with a decent white head. The fades quickly, and is fizzy rather than anything else. Nose offers plenty of acidity, and not much else. Yeah, this isn’t really a...
750 mL, corked and capped, the usual Fantôme presentation. Big gusher, with a ton of very light, wispy foam cascading from the bottle. Needs a very quick inversion toward a glass to save the good stuff. Mmm … pour is frankly, ugly. It has a...
750 mL, capped and corked bottle. Pour offers a frankly unattractive, murky, reddish-brown body with little to no head. Some acidic fruit on the nose, and a bit of malty bread. The first couple of gulps are full of ethanoic acid and it burns a...
750 mL, corked and caged. There’s very little information about this beer, I’ll have to ask Dany. Lot 03 b 21 best before a consommé avant fin 2025 A pinkish head that is huge sits a top a reddish-brown body after a tremendous pop on opening. This...
33cl bottle, yellow cap. Lovely mid-golden pour with a half-inch head. Average retention, some nice lace. Nose offers simple grains, a touch of hops. Plenty of fruit in those initial tastes with a lot of citrus. However, it’s not sharp or tart, but...
33 cl bottle, imported from Belgium. 2021 Vintage. Dare I say it? It looks a little like a NEIPA. Hazed, light orange body with a fluffy, large head that creates decent lace and retention. Nose offers some light hops, and a grassy freshness that...
750 mL capped and corked green bottle. Pour is a clouded orange, with a medium head that fades quickly. No lace. Nose offers a kind of diluted orange notes, and little more. This is odd, and not great. Some orange notes up front, with a bitter,...
750 mL, corked and caged green bottle. Pops with pleasing vigor. Hazed, light butterscotch body. Huge head, but lacing and retention only slightly above average when considering the initial foam; likely because the foam was so wispy and light. Nose...
375 mL, corked and caged green bottle. Imported form Belgium. Light golden, hazed lemon colored body with a very nice, aggressive fizz on the pour. Not surprising, as it opened with a delightful, fierce pop. Nose has light acidity and some wheat...
375 mL, corked and caged affair. The classic heavy, green, dimpled bottom glass. Pour gives an excellent head that becomes more modest quite quickly on standing. Not much lace. Mid to darkish orange, lightly hazed pour. It looks like a beer with...
If the truth be known, I didn’t even know that this beer had been brewed back in 2019. That was a period in my life when my finger was OFF the pulse of the beer scene - so it’s not that surprising - BUT the consequence is that when I came across it...
Additional notes 01/04/26 (pictured) lot c8 m 22 best before end 2025, this one labeled at 4.5%. $15.99 on a Detroit suburb, shelf-turd run in December 2025. Carbonation has dropped off on this bottle quite a bit, and there is more medicinal,...
Second time I’ve had this, from a brewery that’s just a few miles away from where I used to live. 500 mL capped bottle, purchased from Total Wine, Atlanta (Akers Mill). Pour is a well carbonated affair, but it’s a little fizzy (as opposed to...
Occasionally one will come across a beer where there is a single, overriding experience that dominates just about all other aspects of it. It doesn’t necessarily make the beer one-dimensional, because at the time the subtleties may be possible to...
I’m generally not a fan of coffee based beers. I love coffee, but as usual with my beer, I have little or no need for a bunch of adjuncts or any extra, infused flavors. Having said that, I’ll never, ever pass up a chance to try a Fantôme that I’ve...
When a brewer/brewery owner texts you and says that there's a beer coming on in a few days that he thinks that you'll like, you pay attention. When Tom Carpenter is that brewer, who has had to suffer my bitching and moaning about some of the beers...
A special beer. Label declares, ‘1 brew Dark Triple Version’, lot 02 f a 21, best before end of 2024. Pour offers a chestnut brown body with a deeply impressive, mocha/tan colored head. It’s rich looking in every aspect of its appearance. Nose...
I love several Logsdon beers, I generally enjoy a wine influenced beer, and farmhouse funk is certainly part of my ‘favorite style’ profile. All good, things seem set fair here, then … or is it? Head is that of a soda. Fizzy but disappeared...
Additional notes: 10/02/2022 In late 2021 I found a few of the older (presumably 2017) vintage bottles languishing at Little Five Bottle Shop in Athens, GA, and although I knew I was taking a huge gamble I went for it anyway. A mistake...
Well, it does what it says on the label! Clear, mid-golden pour from the 750 DFH bottle. Capped. As with Noble Rot original there is a strong element of the grape must and vinous character. Some people are calling this champagne-like (which I can...
Pink/orange pour. Raspberry nice on the nose. The beer suffers a little from what has become an American problem, the confusion of sour and funk. These are NOT the same things. To be fair, the issue here is with the fruit. It will add a degree of...
23rd Anniversary from Avery, and a beer that I think I should enjoy, although the label talks about Brabant that was a beast of a beer. I hope this is a little less sour, and more funky. Foiled cap, 22 oz affair, as per Avery’s usual presentation....
Part of the Terreux series. 2016. Bottled 03/24/16. Golden pour but a little disappointing in terms of the wispy, non-retained head. Quite dry and with a serious bitterness from the white pepper element. Repeated bitterness rather than much funk....
Nice change of pace. 750 mL, capped wine bottle style. Incredibly light, hazed lemon pour with, if I'm honest, a disappointing head. Far too light. On the plus side the carbonation does offer a lively beer, if a little thin. Good funk and tartness...
I knew I would love this. 650 mL bottle from The Foodery in Philadelphia. Beautiful golden pour with a somewhat disappointing set of head and lace. It needs an aggressive pour. This is MUCH more fruity in the tastes and especially in the tastes...
Corked & caged usual Ommegang packaging with a healthy pop on opening. Best By 01/2017 LO 010915 BBT3 If I am honest my expectations for this series went from high to almost nothing. That's been a blessing, because the average nature of this beer...
Collab with Boulevard. The usual Ommegang presentation, in a style I am likely to enjoy. Medium pop on opening. Lightly hazed, orange color with a decent white head. Initially not that spicy, but it does build a little. Carbonation is medium to...
Pictured 05/0815 Original notes 02/20/15 Very pale color but clean enough. Head is good to begin with but retention is poor. Some grassy, hoppy notes on the nose, OK. Tastes are mostly hoppy water. Not sure what a 'Session Saison' is. It feels like...
Southern Tier is a real Jekyll and Hyde brewery for me, with a range of beers that I have simultaneously enjoyed (Creme Brulee and Krampus), hated (Imperial Cherry Saison) and felt largely indifferent about (Phin & Matt's and 2XIPA). As such, I...
Part of the New Monastic Series. Love the 3 Taverns presentation, it looks great. Golden, straightforward pour with a high head that drops away quickly. Nose has light, fairly non-descript fruit as do the tastes. Not as dry or as sweet as I though...
Head is disappointing. Very weak in terms of all aspects. Bad sign. Color is also a little dubious. Too dark for me. Nose has a touch of soapy fruit. A little paper and little spice, but it's a bit muddy to be honest. Tastes are a little better...
Does @StoneBrewingCo Saison have any relationship to the old, 'Du Buff' series? (Like those) It seems VERY herbal to me. 12 oz single. Quite pale yellow, limited head presence but some nice lace. VERY herbal with lots of sage notes. Far too herbal...
Last of the four pack, so I had a good run at taking some notes and forming an opinion. Initial pour is of that of a Wit. After that, when we add the bottle conditioned yeast as I like to do, we get closer to a beer that looks a little more like I...
Well, I don't really know why Ommegang needs to call this a Spring Saison, but ... ... anyway, the head is high but wispy and thin. Very broken lace. Body is a hazy orange. Yeasty flavor build on the palate. Nice carbonation, but perhaps even a...
Bright golden body with a high white head. Looks like a strong lager. Head fades badly, no retention no lace. All the charm and sophistication of a loud mouthed American trawling through Northern France and Belgium, mouthing off about the war and...
Pour is a bright yellow, lemon colored affair with a cloudy appearance. Head is vey slight, weak and wispy. Carbonation slightly above average. The nose has plenty of apple based, funky, organic cider notes. Very reminiscent of my experience around...
Bottled 5/8/13. $9.99 form Growlers, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA. BF#3. Pilsner and Munich malts, with New Zealand Wakatu, Motueka and Pacific Gem hops. Single French Saison Yest Strain. Yeasty, thick looking orange pour with a soapy, thick head....
Mid orange pour with a bit of a disappointing head and lack of lace. Nose offers a light mandarin citrus note. It's a light grapefruit tasting beer with a simple taste profile. The carbonation is consistent, and in parts quite prickly. The body...
The usual Side Project presentation. OK, so a 'White Farmhouse IPA' is something that I think might be something that I would be interested in, but what the hell it actually is, who knows? I wish breweries would resist the urge to write such...
$5.49 for the 12 oz corked and caged affair. Yellow dot-matrix date is obliterated on the neck. Brewed with 'Golden Raisins' (that I think is American for sultanas) and white pepper. Potentially a beer that I am VERY interested in. VERY. Always...
Copper pour, great clarity. Nice, solid head, decent retention. Some lace. Clean malt in the nose, similar in the taste with a slight metallic tinge. English Pale Ale vibes. A lot of mineral walt and light malts up front. The beer has a satisfying...
Bottle No: SB 32988 Best By: 02/2018 Label boasts, 'met/avec brettanomyces' Beautiful, tawny marmalade colored pour with an impressively retained thick head. The color is attractive, but I would prefer something a little more golden/yellow rather...
What's the deal with the (apparently) blacked out word between Farmhouse and Ale?? Pour gives an enormous, fluffy head with some good retention and some nice lace. The nose gives some quite hot alcohol and a large peppery element - so far, so good....
Thanks go out to @lnashsig for the chance to try this one. bottle-conditioned, 07.18.12, Batch 001. Here's the official word from Ranger Creek Brewing. My first interaction with them. Intrigued by the presentation with the 375 mL bottle, capped and...
12 oz single, Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pretty straightforward here. Very sweet, highly spiced Saison. A few medicinal herbs, but nothing too extreme, mainly because the sweetness keeps them in check. Definitely a mild alcohol burn which could be...
Always glad to see another De Proef collaboration, this one being the sixth in the series. Some have been great, some less so, but it's usually pretty interesting - turns out this is no exception. This beer is a result of Alan Sprints from Hair of...
Extremely surprised to see this back on the shelf at Green's in early August of 2012 - extremely. Distribution to GA seemed to have stopped for quite a while, amidst rumors of Dany Prignons' demise. $12.99 for the 750 mL corked and capped bottle....
With a name like this I suppose I was expecting a hopped up, high(er) alcohol Saison. In reality, neither is the case and I believe this is a re-branded version of Summer Saison anyway. A nice, bright orange body with plenty of cloudiness. The head...
High, fluffy, large bubbled and wispy white head sits above a mid-orange, slightly clouded body. Nose has a light, floral element with some icy, apple notes. Clean. Tastes are much like the nose but with the floral element jacked-up, and a slightly...
Jester King is a brewery that I have been monitoring carefully over recent months (even though I'm not crazy about the use of the word 'craft' in their name). Several people have mentioned them in a number of contexts that interest me (low(er) ABV,...
Tommyknocker is a brewery that has flattered to deceive me over the years. One of my earliest experiences with them was their Imperial Nut Brown Ale that, at the time, I thought was fantastic. Since then, almost every, single beer has been a...
I had this a long time ago (almost immediately after it came out) and was somewhat disappointed. As I was passing through the Olde Crabapple Bottle Shop a couple of days ago, I saw it and thought it time to re-visit the beer to see if a little age...
22oz bottle. Lemon, hazed pour with a minimal head. Nose and tastes have more hoppy bitterness and less sweetness and spice that I was expecting. Hops generate a small degree of bitterness that I wasn't expecting. The nose gives a fairly large does...
It's strange how coincidence works out sometimes. I had heard about the new, embossed and differently shaped Dogfish Head bottles were about to come out, and apparently Noble Rot is the first beer in these bottles to make it to the Atlanta market....
Additional notes 06/17/23 Since those original notes from 11 years ago I've come to adore this beer. Put simply, it (along with Saison Brett) is one of the great beers brewed in the USA. Original notes 01/21/12 Part of the usually tremendous,...
The first thought was, whoops this is an expensive beer for a lager shandy, but luckily that passes pretty quickly. 'Very attractive hazed orange pour with a high, fluffy head and some nice retention and lace. Nose offers some lemon based, high...
Another bottle purchased 04/10/24 Belmont Party Supply, Dayton, OH $9.59 Original notes 08/28/11 750mL, (plastic, meh) corked & caged bottle in the usual Brewmaster's Collaboration Series presentation. This one comes with the added moniker on...
If the truth be known I'm really not a big fan of the bitter, grating unrelenting tastes that rye tends to impart to beer, nor have I been a huge fan of many of the Avery anniversary beers in general, so I approach the beer with a large degree...
I spent an hour or so chatting with Crawford Moran (the genius brewer at 5 Seasons Westside in Atlanta) yesterday, and really enjoyed drinking his Provence Saison that is brewed with Lavender. Coincidentally I had picked this up at Hop City next...
Twice in 24 hours The Bruery impresses me - that's NOT easy! Drunk on tap at Local Three, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour delivers the requisite hazed, golden body, fluffy head and the accompanying head retention and lace. Classic looking. Nose also gives...
750 mL capped bottle with matt, black foil on the neck with a brooding sepia and black label with additional Nietzsche quotes. It's all trying a bit too hard for my liking. Anyway ... I was excited to see the words 'Farmhouse Ale' on the label...
11.2oz bottle. Surprised to see this at The Beer Dispensary in Apex, NC, USA. Not an Urthel beer that I have ever seen in the US before. Pour gives a pretty standard, honeyed, hazed, lemon color with a nice creamy white foam on top. Some nice lace...
22 oz bottle, $7.99, #14 in the Side Project series. I'm immediately put on the defensive by the idea of a 'Black Saison'; as a traditionalist and a person that really loves a great Saison this doesn't really fill me with a lot of inspiration or...
12oz single from my Secret Santa 2010 - thanks to finewinemike. This is the third in the series for me, and I had pretty poor experiences with the Stone and Victory versions (the Victory was especially awful), so my hopes are low for this one....
750 mL capped bottle, part of a recent booty haul from Jacksonville, FL. Pour is a dark, dank looking reddish brown with some rocky, impressive looking head. LOTS of sticky lace too, a nice looking beer. Aromas and tastes match very well. There is...
750 mL capped bottled. Pour is a seriously hazed, butterscotch orange color with a persistent, thin film that sits atop the beer with some scant but pleasing lace. The nose has quite a lot of ethanoic acid and is sinus clearing. The tastes are very...
12 oz bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA. $2.99 I *think*. Nice looking pour with a very attractive golden color and plenty of head. Some retention, a little lace. Solid looking. The aroma gives a little white pepper and a few sinus clearing...
Pictured 07/26/21 Original notes 09/03/10 11.2 oz bottle, recent purchase at Green's, Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. Always delighted to get a new beer from a favorite brewery and this beer seems to be right in the wheelhouse of De Ranke. A cloudy,...
12 oz single from the brewery. Slightly murky golden color with an impressive head that lingers. Some lace. The nose and tastes are VERY organic and quite aggressive. Lots of serious grass and hay and a lot of bitterness. Some medicinal phenols to...
12 oz single from a recent trip to NY. The pour is a very bright orange color with a fizzy head that fades quickly to leave no lace but some thin film on the surface of the beer. The nose is very strong. It's a sweet, citrusy, herbal mix with the...
750 mL corked & aged beer from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Always very excited to try a new beer from Brooklyn, especially one in one of my favorite styles. The pour has a beautifully rich, butterscotch, lemon yellow hue, but to be honest the...
12 oz single as part of the Longshot sixer. Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. Crystal clear, lemon-yellow color. Head is good initially but fades quickly with poor retention but conversely leaves some nice, sticky lace. Mild, earthy funk in the...
1.0 L swing-top bottle. Thanks to PittBeerGirl for the chance to try this one. Impressive presentation. Pour yields a hazed orange body with wispy head. Darker than expected. Retention and lace are not huge, but are sufficient. Nose has an acidic,...
750 mL corked & caged bottle courtesy of PittBeerGirl as part of Secret Bunny 2010. Batch number 2009-1, bottle 00220 out of 11925. I loosened the cage on the bottle, turned around to get a glass of water and 30 seconds later the cork flew out...