Phantom Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Reading, Berkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2019

Closed in 2026

Contact
Unit 3, Meadow Road, Reading, RG1 8LB, England
Description
After more than two years of meticulous planning, preparation, research and development, we officially opened our doors in November 2019.

With the main goal of producing the freshest beer, made with the highest quality ingredients, we have worked hard to provide a welcoming community hub in our taproom in Reading that welcomes any person from any background.

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8/10
Quite a good IPA, thanks Graham B.!
Tried on 23 Nov 2025 at 14:39

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Hazy / cloudy gold with a bubbly white head and a stewed tropical fruit aroma. Smooth and creamy, big hop bitterness with tropical fruit underneath, some chewy biscuit malt and a dry bitter finish.
Tried from Draft at Tap and Can on 22 Nov 2025 at 21:25

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at Beaconsfield Tap. Thick hazy gold. Fruity and tangy with a boozy element. Medium bodied. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Niceeeee.
Tried from Draft at The Taps @ Beaconsfield on 22 Nov 2025 at 08:38

4.8/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Keg at Beaconsfield Taps - thanks Mark (I think) for sharing. Opaque, murky-looking yellow with an off-white head. Cheesey. Melted cheddar to the fore. There's some soft tropical fruit in the thick, creamy mouthfeel. Mainly I got yeasty cheese though, kind of a a Frenchman's foot infection vibe. Not entirely horrible but weird, slightly disturbing and certainly disappointing for a Phantom brew.
Tried from Draft at The Taps @ Beaconsfield on 21 Nov 2025 at 18:25

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at Beaconsfield Taps, 21/11/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is bitter tropicana, ripe melon, citric tinged straw, raw pineapple.
Taste comprises mandarin, grapefruit, pine resin, papaya, hop spice.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Tidy.
Tried on 21 Nov 2025 at 16:45

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of tangerine, mango, peach. Taste is very citrusy, tangerine, grapefruit, lemon/lime, mango, peaches, a little piney hop spice at the end. Medium bodied. Excellent NEIPA, especially so for a core range.
Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 17 Nov 2025 at 21:36

7.6/10 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
Tried from Can on 16 Nov 2025 at 19:08

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried from Draft at Trekkers on 15 Nov 2025 at 17:25

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
440ml can from Left Field Beer, Solihull and shared in Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy yellow golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, herbal. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a light, crisp, light melon, passionfruit when it warmed, mineral, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried from Can from Left Field Beer on 07 Nov 2025 at 14:07

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can from Left Field Beer. Poured a hazy yellow golden orange colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, big orange tangerine citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter and sweet, with a crisp, fresh, light piney, juicy orange citrus, light mineral, stone fruits, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Nice.
Tried from Can from Left Field Beer on 06 Nov 2025 at 17:28