Billiards, beer, and.. women, yeah, that works right? Phantom Canyon Brewpub is massive. With a different floor dedicated to each reason you’re there, whether it’s to: sit, eat, drink beer and talk to your friends about the political events (floor 1), or to drink good beer till your hearts content, and also to demonstrate your masculinity by losing in billiards to two Russian sisters who barely speak English (floor 2). The atmosphere exudes an overall feeling of refinement, whether it’s from the 9 foot pool tables, the quality of the beer, or the gorgeous outdoor patios who knows?
The building this brewpub is located in was named after two things, one of which being Cheyenne Mountain and the other being an indian chief whose humble yet slightly creepy visage stands near the front door. An interesting piece of this building’s history is that it is located at Colorado Springs’ very first street corner and is therefore the first downtown restaurant to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
I know what you are thinking, “but all-knowledgeable Zack, what about the beer?” don’t worry friends, here comes fun part. Phantom Canyon had some great renditions of the classics as well as new and interesting things going for them, for instance, we have never tasted an ESB (Extra Special Bitter) before and we have never lost in billiards to two Russian sisters, but let’s be honest, they were probably part of that olympic doping scandal anyway. For me, it was their Boxcar Amber, a light-ish amber beer with a strong influence of a porter. If I shut my eyes, I could swear I was drinking a truly dark beer. The other beer that really stood out for Pete and Taylor was the ESB. Here are the full reviews.
Our Reviews
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Beer |
Zack |
Taylor |
Peter |
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Dos Lunas Mexican Lager |
Coors light on the nose, light and slightly tasteless, better than a coors or bud |
Seltzer Water with a hint of lime and hops |
Mexican lager. Light beer done well. Bread and little hop |
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Alpenglow Hefeweizen |
Looks like orange juice, super fruity and sweet, would not drink, |
Sweet honey citrus with an odd dark brown color |
solid rendition of the milky sweet unfiltered |
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Box Car Amber |
Malty nose, fantastic taste, similar to a porter but lighter, it’s an |
Nutty, malty, smooth with a small amount of bitter end |
bread nose, malty body with a slight sweet finish. A |
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Streamliner IPA |
An IPA through and through, hoppy smell and hoppy flavor but very |
Pretty bitter beer, but you can taste the citrus/ fruit |
fruity nose, solid hop body with a balanced bitter |
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Slow Mo Jimbo |
Holy Starbucks, refreshing taste but dam this beer would make a white |
Coffee, chocolate, malty and smooth. It is slightly watery |
coffee malt nose, light sweet coffee |
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Succubus Juicy Imperial IPA |
Yum, an imperial IPA so yes you ninnies you can taste the hops, but
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“It’s not bitter” you sir are a liar. The 100 |
big grapefruit nose, balanced hoppy body |
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King Hat Imperial ESB |
Strong smell that I can’t quite identify at the moment, woah, never tasted that before, that’s different, but
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Syrup, Malty, Caramel all this with a whiskey after taste. Probably |
malty nose, chewy honey body with a sweet finish. I want |
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Rozay All Day Celestial Lager |
Smells kind of like flower pedals to me, not my favorite, has a
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Lemon lager taste, slight hoppy taste, I’d drink this on a hot summer |
lemon zinger nose, slightly sweetened sun tea body |
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Chaos The First Tart Pale Ale |
Warheads, with a hint of beer mixed in
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Holy cow, my cheeks shriveled up when I took the first sip. (Top |
sour but balanced all the way around and |
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Summer McLovin |
Very light smell, says this should be bitter but it isn’t, didn’t
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Slight malty sweet taste up front with a bitter after taste |
neutral nose, slightly bitter body with a |
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Top Picks |
1.) boxcar 2.) succubus 3.) streamliner
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King Hat Slow Mo Jimbo Box Car |
King Hat Box Car Succubus Imperial Juicy |