Brasserie Fantome Fantome de Noel

I got a bottle of Brasserie Fantome Fantome de Noel from a friend Mark that he picked up at Capone’s.  The beer pours a dark golden-amber color with a frothy off-white colored head that leaves a bit of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of fig, raisin, lemon, hint of vinegar, and hay. The taste is lightly toasted malts with a hint of chocolate. Some raisin and fig does come out, but dissipates rather rapidly to a slightly sour flavor of vinegar, hay, and barnyard funk. The alcohol content is 10.0% ABV. The hint of chocolate in the background of the beer was great as it played well with the slight sourness. The slight hay dryness and lemon accents also were overly enjoyable, making this a multi-dimensional beer.

Brasserie Fantome Magic Ghost

I received a bottle of Brasserie Fantome Magic Ghost from the Michael Jackson Rare Beer of the Month Club. The beer pours a Ecto-Cooler green with a bubbly white head that will foamy up rapidly and recedes just as quickly. The aroma consists of vinegar, hay, swamp air, and barnyard funk. The taste is certainly interesting with vinegar, tea, grass, melon, pepper, lemon, and earthy. The finish is really herby and leaves a funky and dirt-like flavor behind in the mouth. The alcohol content is 8.0% ABV. While this beer has a bit of sourness to it, it is truly made by its funkiness. Rounding out the funk is a touch of honey, which makes everything perfect.