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Phase Three Brewing Company

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for Imperial IPA · IPA
Known for Imperial IPA · IPA

Founded in 2019 by Shaun Berns, Brittany Berns, and Evan Morris in Lake Zurich, Illinois — the name refers to this being the third time the trio worked together making beer, following stints at Ram Brewery and More Brewing Company. Phase Three is built almost entirely around New England IPAs: heavily dry-hopped, soft-bodied, and juice-forward. Core beers include Muon Juice, True Colors, and the imperial IPA Midwest Sound. For drinkers who want haze and hop intensity without compromise, this is a reliable address.

3Beers
1Styles
7.8%Avg ABV

Beers by Phase Three Brewing Company

3 beers
Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
hoppyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
tropicalevery beer
3 of 3 beers
citrusyevery beer
3 of 3 beers
juicyevery beer
3 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Focused3 beers · 1 style family
IPA 3

Everything sits in one family — which makes the comparison below the interesting part. It isn't what they brew that sets them apart, but how.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 415 other breweries making New England IPA.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for New England IPAPhase Three Brewing Company
in no beersin every beer
bready
in 2 of 3 · typical New England IPA brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more bready than typical.
juicy
in all 3 of their beers · typical New England IPA brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more juicy than typical.
smooth
in all 3 of their beers · typical New England IPA brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more smooth than typical.
full-bodied
in 2 of 3 · typical New England IPA brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more full-bodied than typical.
crisp
in none of their beers · typical New England IPA brewery: 2 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.

and 1 more traits that set them apart

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 46%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
2 / 3
beers above the median
#1219
best ranked beer
Muon Juice

Their beers place in the Top 46% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Phase Three Brewing Company

Founded in 2019 by Shaun Berns, Brittany Berns, and Evan Morris in Lake Zurich, Illinois — the name refers to this being the third time the trio worked together making beer, following stints at Ram Brewery and More Brewing Company. Phase Three is built almost entirely around New England IPAs: heavily dry-hopped, soft-bodied, and juice-forward. Core beers include Muon Juice, True Colors, and the imperial IPA Midwest Sound. For drinkers who want haze and hop intensity without compromise, this is a reliable address.

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