UPDATED: JAN 12, 2022 750ml bottle - $15.99 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia. Appearance: Pours an orange-tinged-brown body with a minor murkiness and a high, airy, yellow-khaki head that's rather lasting. Smell: Caramel, bready-toasty malts coated in crushed peppercorns and tossed with chopped dried dark fruits and licorice snippets. A minute nuttiness, even a far-off hint of milk chocolate on the deeper inhalations along with a jumble woodsy, musky, herbal tones. Taste: It's a sweet opening, an almost oozing caramel taste that welcomes in a vinous red wine quality and dried cherries, bitter orange, berries and plums. Hiver has a striking pepper note, like nibbling on a handful of peppercorn medley. Incoming toasted breadcrusts. Then, it's anyone's guess, particularly as the varies notes shuffle around like a deck of cards. A moment it's like biting in a fennel frisée apple salad, the next it's burley tobacco sprizted with gentian liqueur. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Endlessly spirited carbonation. Overall: Hiver is an alluringly complex and engaging amber saison.

UPDATED: JUL 4, 2021 It pours brown with a large tan head. Head retention is excellent. It has aromas of dark caramel and dark cherries. There is some light biscuit in the background with medium spice. There are also hints of plum. The flavors pop with spices that include coriander. There are malty flavors of caramel, biscuit, and roast. There are some dark cherries and plums in support. It has a medium full body with plenty of lively carbonation. Overall, the spice is a bit stronger in the flavor for my tastes. With that said there are plenty of complex elements create many distinct flavors.

UPDATED: MAY 17, 2021 Bottle pour, brown color. Lightly tart aroma. Tear up front with notes of cider, raisin and plum juice, notes of molasses.

UPDATED: MAR 19, 2021 Green bottle, 1 pint 9.4 ounces, savoured on December 22, 2019; eye: coppery, cloudy, good effervescence, voluminous beige head, light lacing; nose: malt, spices, Belgian yeast, alcohol, floral, Epsom salt; mouth: malt, spices, Belgian yeast, alcohol, floral, Epsom salt, floral finale with light presence of spices, medium body, rather carbonated, lightly bitter, slightly sweet, slick texture; in summary: fine

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Bouteille verte, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, savourée le 22 décembre 2019; œil : cuivrée, trouble, bonne effervescence, volumineuse mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : malt, épices, levure belge, alcool, floral, sel d'epsom; bouche : malt, épices, levure belge, alcool, floral, sel d'epsom, finale florale avec légère présence d'épices, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée, légèrement amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

UPDATED: JUN 24, 2020 Ordered online from the LCBO, our final beer of the night, shared with friends on our closure of the volleyball season, finishing a great evening with fantastic discussions. Good times. Oddly, I would have went with a spiced belgian style (Chritsmas style), I’ll pay more attention next time on the farmhouse twist.

UPDATED: APR 6, 2020 750mL bottle. Pours a murky brownish amber with a moderate khaki head. Aroma is earth, berry, chocolate, prune, light spice, pepper, and some clove. Taste is caramel, chocolate, biscuit, wood, prune, pepper, light spice, and some cherry. Dry finish. Medium body. Moderate carbonation. Oily mouthfeel that is slightly syrupy/thick.

UPDATED: JAN 31, 2020 Bottle. Color: Hazy brownish amber, big frothy off-white head. Aroma: Spicy Saison yeast. Taste: Spicy, clove, white pepper, cardamom. Yeasty, malty, subtle caramel. Fruity combination of stone fruit, red fruit and raisins, blood orange, orange peel. Some funk and wood, Light citrus and red wine hints. Light sourness, moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body, average carbonation. Spicy and dry finish. Complex. Typical Fantome Saison. Nice.

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2020 750ml bottle. Hazy copper with a foamy beige head. Flavors are fruit cake, citrus and spices with nutty and funky notes. Medium body, lively carbonation, smooth texture.

UPDATED: DEC 26, 2019 Bottle from a party store shared. Pours a cloudy / murky brown copper color with a full 2 fingers of off-white foam. Raisin, prune, clove and light coriander notes as it warms. A bit of barnyard in there as well. Easy drinking beer from Dany with nice lingering prune, peppercorn and spice cabinet notes.

UPDATED: OCT 5, 2019 750ml bottle. Pours brownish colour.. White head. Nice farmhouse basis with raisins, spices, malts in the aroma. Slightly floral, slightly spicy, bit malty taste. Notes of spices and notes of pumpkin pie in the aftertaste. Crisp palate. Great balance. Nice brew.