Phantom Haze
Boulevard Brewing Co.

 

 

 

I got a can of this beer from my good friend and old neighbor from the 'Wego. It poured a hazy orangish with white head that is leaving some nice lace. The scent had dank dark fruit notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with ripe plum base and tropical fruit highlights. The mouthfeel was medium in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer.

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/22/20. best before 6/21/20. Pours very hazy/cloudy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas and flavors of big mandarin orange, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, pear, red apple, papaya, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light toast/honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness; and wheat tang on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, pear, red apple, papaya, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, wheat, biscuit dough, light toast/honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready malts, fairly sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming 7.5% or hop burn after the finish. Overall this is an awesome NE style DIPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish; great soft feel. Really impressive NE-ish effort. Citra, Idaho 7, Amarillo, Strata, Calypso, Cascade, El Dorado, Galaxy, Mosaic, Ekuanot hops. Super juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a nice sized wheat/oat malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering bitter dryness. A really enjoyable offering.

 

 

 

16oz can to taproom tumbler. Orange to mango in color...light cloudiness. Frothy foamy head. Tropical scent on nose with orangy aroma. Carbonation, citra and hops blended evenly. Finishes clean and bubbly on palate. An easy brew for all IPA lovers.

 

 

16oz can from Brewers Haven. Hazy amber with a thick fluffy head. Aroma is faint but seems to be some caramel malts and citrus. Taste doesn't clear things up, still seems a muddy mix of caramel and orange peel. Nothing really stands out. Oh, how the mighty have fallen...

Apricot-type ipa with less bitterness and more fruit. A wheat-like aroma. Satisfying to sip even though it lacks carbonation and complexity/ additional notes in general. A one-note beer, but I suppose that it’s easily drinkable makes the can’s claim of “mystique” somewhat accurate.

 

 

$ 4.00 (Including tax)/16 oz can ($ 0.250/oz). Purchased 5/15/20 from Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA. In reefer at store. Reviewed 5/19/20.
Stamped on bottom of can “21JUN2020”. Stored at home upside down at 42 degrees and served at 45 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 56 degrees.
Appearance – 3.5.
First pour – Pale gold (SRM 4), clear.
Body – Deep gold (SRM 6), hazy. When held to direct light, same.
Head – Large (Maximum five cm, aggressive center pour), off white, medium density with many surface rocks, average retention, diminishing to an eight to twelve mm ragged crown and a thin cap. Small pieces of foam remain hanging on the side of the glass.
Lacing – Fair. Small amount of torn curtain lacing. See also above.
Aroma – 3.25 – Weak aroma of sweet tropical fruit, no malt, no yeastiness.
Flavor – 3.25 – Begins with a light tropical sweetness short of cloying, no malt, no yeast. No alcohol (7.5% ABV, as marked on the label) taste or aroma but a mild gastric warmth occurs. No diacetyl or dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium, short of syrupy, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.25 Just not much IPA flavor or feel. Post-consumption belches taste better than the initial swallows. No quaffing occurred here. One and done. The label has fairly simple design and little information.

 

Hazy gold with three fingers of white head. Rings of lace appear as the level drops.
Smell is sweet bready malts with orange hops.
Taste is big bready malts with fruity orange hops.
Mouthfeel is medium with good carbonation. Finish is lightly dry and mildly bitter.
Overall a tasty DIPA with moderate bitterness. Easy drinking.
From a 16 ounce can canned on date 31 May 2020. 7.5% abv 30 IBUs. $3.79.

16 oz can. Pours hazy orange gold with a medium frothy white head that retains fairly well and leaves some lacing.

The aroma is sweet juicy fruits and floral hops.

The flavor is sweet tropical fruit with balancing resiny piney hops. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with low carbonation.

Overall, a nice NE IPA.