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Phantom Brewing Co. in Reading, Berkshire, England 🏴
IPA - New England / Hazy Special|
Score
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 29/11/2025.
Hazed orange yellow topped with an off white covering that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange wine gums, grass, pine needle, grapefruit.
Taste comprises orange pith, melon, light putty, grass, mandarin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with mellow light juicy hop bitterness.
Okay IPA but not top form here by Phantom.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16th November 2025
Can. A mild haze on this slightly yellowish gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy palate, mildly dry, a good fine minerally crispness. Thin bodied pale malts, a light creamy sweetness, pretty restrained for Phantom. Crisp cooling pine. Light and bright citrus, orange, mandarin and tangerine. Trace of peel and an even finer trace of hop spice on the light and crisp finish. That old warhorse Citra, still has a kick. Doesn't have the mango of the very good hop batches or the pink grapefruit of the very best but, a nice Citra IPA
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
On tap at Creative Juices taproom, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Herts. A hazy golden/orange coloured pour with a decent white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, lemon, grapefruit, tropical fruit taste, aroma is similar. Nice one.