Is Fantome "back"?

[Sage1]

Love having this as a shelf beer (thank you kingg for that!).

 

[FTowne1]

I'm not sure how danyP makes a beer like this without using fruit or fruit juice. This tastes exactly like strawberry lemonade. Insanely good!

 

[MooseLang]

I'm not sure how danyP makes a beer like this without using fruit or fruit juice. This tastes exactly like strawberry lemonade. Insanely good!

All you ******** need to really stop publicly praising this beer.

I need to be able to buy more.

 

[FTowne1]

All you ******** need to really stop publicly praising this beer.

I need to be able to buy more.

Sorry for partying.

 

[austinbridges]

Consistently the best chocolate/chili saison I've ever had.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Consistently the only chocolate/chili saison I've ever had.

 

[beeraroundtown1]

Consistently the best chocolate/chili saison I've ever had.

New batch? So good

 

[austinbridges]

New batch? So good

Yep. Best one that I've had. Super delicate, I've always wondered what one of these would taste like with a few years on it.

 

[The Red Viper]

Yep. Best one that I've had. Super delicate, I've always wondered what one of these would taste like with a few years on it.

When I've had this with a little age I've found it basically just a diminished version of itself/more generic Fantome. Maybe gains a little funk (not all that much) but loses its unique character. I haven't had it more than a couple years old but it seems like one of the handful of tomes that's just better fresh...interested in any experiences to the contrary though. I had the new batch a couple days ago and agree it's very good/best batch I've had.

Also had a Tonka the other day, it's yummy and probably a bit better than it was fresh, though also maybe a bit less distinctive in its spice than it was. As much bitterness as funk. Was worth revisiting though I wasn't inspired to buy more to cellar or anything.

Excited to drink a bottle each of b1 and b2 De Tous in the next few weeks...


Question: is there a pretty consistent time of year when Pissenlit is released? Is a new batch about due? I know Fantome isn't in any kind of predictable release schedule but seems like this has been one of the bottles pretty consistently done once per year.

 

[austinbridges]

When I've had this with a little age I've found it basically just a diminished version of itself/more generic Fantome. Maybe gains a little funk (not all that much) but loses its unique character. I haven't had it more than a couple years old but it seems like one of the handful of tomes that's just better fresh...interested in any experiences to the contrary though. I had the new batch a couple days ago and agree it's very good/best batch I've had.

Also had a Tonka the other day, it's yummy and probably a bit better than it was fresh, though also maybe a bit less distinctive in its spice than it was. As much bitterness as funk. Was worth revisiting though I wasn't inspired to buy more to cellar or anything.

Excited to drink a bottle each of b1 and b2 De Tous in the next few weeks...


Question: is there a pretty consistent time of year when Pissenlit is released? Is a new batch about due? I know Fantome isn't in any kind of predictable release schedule but seems like this has been one of the bottles pretty consistently done once per year.

You just said consistent and fantome in the same sentence.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

Question: is there a pretty consistent time of year when Pissenlit is released? Is a new batch about due? I know Fantome isn't in any kind of predictable release schedule but seems like this has been one of the bottles pretty consistently done once per year.

I always expect that it's a spring release given that is when those damn flowers spring up all over my yard.

 

[Frank1]

I just bought and drank a bottle of pissenlit this week in VT. Not sure when it was bottled. Tasted good, though probably would have been better in a year. Some residual sweetness clinging on, but lots of tropical and citrus fruits flavors.

 

[CornAndBeer]

Lol like all script

 

[beeraroundtown1]

Had a 2011 (I believe) St. Roch this weekend, definitely past it's prime. Picked up some bottles of this at the brewery in 2011 and it was one of my favorite Fantomes I've had, lots of lambic like brettanomyces character. This bottle had no cork and was definitely showing a lot of oxidation, damp earth, and aged noble hops. Still enjoyable, but I miss that newer Roch.

 

[Frank1]

Also had the recent saison that hit VT, straight pineapple funk party.

 

[swivelhips1]

Drain poured my first Fantome last night. Year plus old ete that had become flat balsamic vinegar. Alas ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[regularjohn]

Also had the recent saison that hit VT, straight pineapple funk party.

pineapple party sounds good, no lemon party though please

 

[The Red Viper]

I'm not sure how danyP makes a beer like this without using fruit or fruit juice. This tastes exactly like strawberry lemonade. Insanely good!

Drinking one now...I don't get much lemon but definitely strawberry. Yum.

 

[Spanner1]

pineapple party sounds good, no lemon party though please

Lemon party... I fell for that website... Never again!!! Let's make America Great Again!!!

 

[likesbeer]

So, the girlfriend blueballed me and brought back zero of the tomes she saw. Huge disappointment. But to be fair, she was there to visit people and not mule ghosts. I've got a #gopickitupformebro request in with a friend so not all hope is lost yet.

Drain poured my first Fantome last night. Year plus old ete that had become flat balsamic vinegar. Alas ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This makes me nervous for my bottle. I think I bought it about a year ago.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

So, the girlfriend blueballed me and brought back zero of the tomes she saw. Huge disappointment. But to be fair, she was there to visit people and not mule ghosts. I've got a #gopickitupformebro request in with a friend so not all hope is lost yet.

Wife came home last night from a work trip with a suitcase of To Ol, Fantome and Propolis. Then I gave her the ghost if you know what I mean.

 

[MooseLang]

Wife came home last night from a work trip with a suitcase of To Ol, Fantome and Propolis. Then I gave her the ghost if you know what I mean.

Is yours ropey?

 

[RyanG1]

Is yours ropey?

 

[pmoney]

So, the girlfriend blueballed me and brought back zero of the tomes she saw. Huge disappointment.

There are plenty of fish in the sea.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

Is yours ropey?

The ropiest.

 

[CSO]

Really digging this. Citrus/melon followed by an herbaceousness that I am woefully incapable of identifying followed by a pepper/bitter finish. Yummy.

 

[LukeAleTime]

Really digging this. Citrus/melon followed by an herbaceousness that I am woefully incapable of identifying followed by a pepper/bitter finish. Yummy.

De Garre glass swoon.

 

[thrashD]

Really digging this. Citrus/melon followed by an herbaceousness that I am woefully incapable of identifying followed by a pepper/bitter finish. Yummy.

I love the glass. Great memories there.

 

[FTowne1]

Noble hops, citrus, peppercorns, mint, and...banana leaves(?)

Strange. Exotic. Refreshing. Confused. How u do dis?

 

[Pneill3161]

Just moved into my new place so I gotta let the tomes of old out. This is the oldest I've had yet, by about a decade.

Oxidation has set in but in a very good way. It has transformed into a tart candied apple flavor. I've only had lambics this old and like them this definitely shows me of how a beer can age gracefully even with oxidation. Carbonation is still there and cork came out with ease.

This is so freaking good and drinkable, good thing this was the last bottle on etre or I would be buying the rest tonight!