Try This Beer: Fantôme La Dalmatienne

Now that the initial craze of the recent Shelton Brothers shipment has worn off (all the Cantillon is sold) there are a number of amazing beers that are sitting on shelves that everyone should be trying. I actually struggled internally about posting this beer because it’s really amazing and there’s a fair amount of it out there. I’ve long been a huge fan of Brasserie Fantôme and it’s been incredibly hard to find their beers in Hawaii over the past few years. They basically only make saison’s, which happens to be my favorite beer style.

La Dalmatienne has all the quirkiness and spunk that I’ve come to love from Fantôme’s saisons. This beer has character and will challenge your palate to pick out individual flavors (at least it did for me.) There’s a pronounced malt character that runs through this beer. It’s dry, as a saison should be, but there’s a wonderful hint of graham cracker sweetness that plays along side the more dank, musty and herbal notes in this beer. There isn’t much funk

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