Western Phantasy Series: Vol. 1
Western Collective

cool they are kicking off a new series with this exciting ingredient, its well used here, and this beer is awesome, one of the better i have had to use phantasm powder so far, soft and insanely flavorful, southern hemisphere smelling and tasting, really bright and awesome, among the best of their recent hoppy beers even, man have they ever come a long way in recent years! this is pale in color, looks like a wheat beer, cloudy but gentle, frothy headed from the tap, glowing with a low yellow fire. the aroma is juicy green grape, green gooseberry, green pear, and green apple, i get melon rind, coconut flesh, and meyer lemon too, so juicy and enhanced by the phantasm, almost a cryo intensity to the hops flavor, but absolutely no vegetal character or burn, like so pure and clean, essential and elemental. the juiciness is unreal, it definitely has a wine vibe to it, and overall the flavors seem so unique to me, id love to know what the hops are so i could try to tell what comes from the phantasm specifically, but this is real cohesive, and it drinks stupid easy for its strength, got me a little loose actually, but still i want to drink a half dozen of these. really great, i hope it sticks around and i am excited for whatever comes next in the series!

Bright body and fluffy haze. Really nice expression of NZ hops here - bright and almost pungent with the nose, lots of green grapes and pineapple, tropical fruit and grapefruit. Smooth body. Real nice.

 

16oz can from Brewers Haven. Hazy orange golden pour, fluffy, foamy subsides leaving lacing all over the glass. Tangy, zesty citrus peel aroma, floral notes. Taste is oranges, stone fruit, tropical with minor dank notes. Creamy, thick.