Fragile Plane
Track Brewing Co. in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
7.63
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A beer style that throws back to earlier days of UK craft beer gets a 2025 update. This Black IPA is far from just a dark beer that tastes pale, it's a happy marriage of smooth, roasty sweetness and luponic elegance. Dry hopped with a fair whack of Nelson Sauvin, Comet and Nectaron, we get pineapple, passionfruit, gooseberry, grapefruit, grass and pine mingling in with the maltiness.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can online from the source.
Pours deepest brown with beige to tan foam. Aroma: some roast, cocoa, citrus rind, grass. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, earthy, burnt roast, mild liquorice, pine. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Crackin'
Pours deepest brown with beige to tan foam. Aroma: some roast, cocoa, citrus rind, grass. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, earthy, burnt roast, mild liquorice, pine. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Crackin'
Tried
from Can
from Track Brewing Co.
on 05 Feb 2026
at 21:28
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 01/02/2026.
Light black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is light roast, dried fruit rinds, cola cubes, pine nip, charr.
Taste comprises earthy roast, pine needle, charr, bitter hops, perfume.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close punctured with earthy hop bitterness.
Solid CDA.
Light black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is light roast, dried fruit rinds, cola cubes, pine nip, charr.
Taste comprises earthy roast, pine needle, charr, bitter hops, perfume.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close punctured with earthy hop bitterness.
Solid CDA.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2026
at 17:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Can
at
Track Brewing Co Taproom 2.0
on 25 Jan 2026
at 23:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, 3rd January 2026. Pours black, very black. Aroma is aromatic, cocoa and citrus. Taste is roasted malts, cocoa, citrus notes and bitter - very smooth
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2026
at 09:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours a very dark brown with a big beige head. Aroma of chocolate and roast malts, piney hops, citrus peel. Taste of chocolate and roast malts, hops are citrusy, peachy, piney, a hint of white wine in the background, good bitterness. Medium bodied. Solid BIPA, Track should brew more of these.
Tried
from Can
from Hop Burns & Black
on 29 Dec 2025
at 22:50