Phantom Brewing Co. Black Mist

Black Mist

 

Phantom Brewing Co. in Reading, Berkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular
Score
7.19
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 9
Citra, Nelson, Superdelic
 

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7.5
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 03/08/2025.
Lighter shade of black topped with a lasting faded khaki head ... a handsome looking beer.
Nose is dried berry fruits, cola cubes, pine needle, dark malts, toffee.
Taste comprises dark malts, mixed tropical fruits, pine needle, dank spike, dried red berries, faint liquorice.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with earthy hop bitterness.
Tidy CDA.

Tried on 03 Aug 2025 at 16:37


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

14th July 2025
Can. Near clear dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Light crisp palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied dark malts, mellow chocolate and even mellower coffee. Crisp pine, modest citrus. Light crisp finish. Hmm. Doesn't really scream BIPA to me but, a pleasant drinking affair all the same.

Tried from Can on 14 Jul 2025 at 19:23


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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

44cl can, BB ?
Brune foncée, col épais crémeux blanc-cassé assez tenace.
Arôme sur un bouquet plaisant fleuri et fruité presque sur une touche rappelant la framboise et un effet de bonbon, le tout repris par un appui de malts torréfié, grillés et finement sur le chocolat.
Palais sur une base plaisante de malts - belle note grillée, caramel avec petite touche épicée du houblon. Complexe aussi sur les houblons avec un caractère sympa sur les fruits/baies rouges - cerise et framboise avec une note de résine et sève. Houblon Superdelic assez prenant et qui confère cette sensation de bonbon acidulé en bouche tout en gardant ce fini de malt grillé en retrait avec une finalité bien sèche.

Tried from Can at Kill the Cat - Spitafields Market on 17 Jun 2025 at 07:45


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Tried from Can on 27 May 2025 at 00:48


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7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can from Left Field Beer, Solihull and shared in Kuala Lumpur. Poured a slightly hazy cola colour with a mostly lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is light lemon citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, fresh, light earthy, light dry spicy, light citrus, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. Nice to see a black IPA with a little body and not so fizzy. Very drinkable.

Tried from Can from Left Field Beer on 09 May 2025 at 14:47


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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can at home, 3rd May 2025. Pours a black beer. Aroma is cocoa, chocolate, sweet notes, light aromatic. Taste is pleasant, roasted malts, cocoa, chocolate, light citrus and aromatic, could do with being more bitter. Nice

Tried from Can on 04 May 2025 at 07:56


7.5

Tried from Can on 18 Apr 2025 at 17:26


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can. Pours black with a small beige head. Aroma of chocolate and roast malt, citrus. Taste of chocolate and light roast malts, citrus, caramel, mild gooseberry, some piney bitterness. Medium bodied. A really tasty BIPA but it probably needs more bitterness. Cannot tell this is the same hops as Mist.

Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2025 at 20:33


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can from the brewery. Pours deepest brown with beige foam. Toasty malts, caramel, gooseberry, liquorice, gooseberry, bitter lemon, char. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter. Medium body with soft carbonation. An interesting flavour journey down to the hops used.

Tried from Can at Phantom Brewing Tap on 01 Apr 2025 at 08:35