Space Weather On The West Coast
Phantom Brewing Co. in Reading, Berkshire, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.45
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can at home from Left Field. Light golden colour with a white head. Slight citrus and pine. Slight bitter. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
23rd August 2025
Can. Near clear gold beer, small bubbly off white head. Light palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied pale malts, a decent sweetness, feels weird not getting the usual Phantom forward creamy sweetness but, this is a West Coaster. The duo of very modern hops bring light pine, light floral peach, melon, a little nectarine. Whisper of hop spice on the light and semi dry finish. Nice one. Not a big West Coast fan but this is clean as a whistle, no bleeding caramel and stewed citrus skin but, lovely bright modern hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
440ml can from Left Field Beer and shared in Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy light yellow golden colour, with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, light sugary sherbet, marshmallow. The flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, with a fresh, smooth, juicy tropical citrus, light orange, tangerine, lemon, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. Not really a West Coast IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at craft beer junction. A clear golden yellow coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet, big dank, weed, grapefruit, sour milk. Flavour is composed of semi crisp, pithy citrus, weed, dank, assertive hop bitterness, harsh. Palate is crisp, pithy, moderate carbonation. Resinous.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
440ml can. Clear light golden, white head. Aroma of grapefruit, melon, pine, resin. Taste of grapefruit, piney resin, peach, melon, moderate bitter finish. Medium bodied. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Keg at CBJ, Bermondsey. Aroma has res8n and husks. Full-on. Clear gols. Thin foamy white head. Flavourwise we have bitterness..it's chewy- big bready malts - plus a lumber yard of timber. Light. Thin. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. A bag of flour Westie.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Outstanding. Nicely dank, clean and resinous, oily pine, melon, citrus.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Keg at Craft Beer Junction, 09/04/2025.
Clear golden with a just off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is grass, bitter orange, pine needle, bitter tropical fruit esters, dank spike.
Taste comprises grapefruit, grass, bitter tropical fruits, pine needle, melon, mandarin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with juicy come danko hop bitterness.
Solid WC IPA.