Fantome Saison

Country: Belgium

Brewery: Brasserie Fantome

Style: Saison

Format: 750ml Bottle

ABV: 8%

This is a tremendously delicious, textural, and fizzy county ale, bright gold colour, citric and sour, reminiscent of a good champagne or lambic but in a class of its own.

Fantome is 8% ABV, with a wonderfully musty and characterful aroma. There are many drinkers out there who believe this is the “Nectar of the Gods.” Certainly no other brewer makes beer like this, in Belgium or anywhere. How many beers of 8% plus offer such fresh fruitiness? A solid Belgian saison beer at its base, with an unusual overlay of fruitiness.

Rated 99 out of 100 on Ratebeer.com

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Since 1988, Dany Prignon has been brewing delicious and unique saisons, whilst earning a cult following amongst beer connoisseurs. This is his flagship beer, with a more structured malt profile than a conventional saison, and refreshingly crisp and dry for an 8% beer.

It's a stunning beer disguised in simple packaging, easily my favourite for this style.

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