No Brakes IPA
Fixed Wheel Brewery in Blackheath, West Midlands, England 🏴
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.77
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Inspired by the fixed wheel couriers of the west coast, this American inspired IPA has No Brakes and is full of classic American hops delivering upfront fruity citrus flavours, English malts add some balance to the hops with a touch of sweetness.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
11/4/2026. Cask at the Isle of Man CAMRA 13th Beer & Cider Festival. Pours nicely. Aroma is hoppy, citrusy, grapefruit, herbal, grassy, resin. Quite sweet and a little soapy. Medium body, smooth, soft carbonation. Sweet and fragrant finish with some subtle developing bitterness. Rather too sweet but likeable.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2026
at 13:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can from Hop Vault, Stourbridge, online. Clear gold, small white head, settles to nice covering. Aroma of biscuit malts, stone fruit salad, tangerine, grass. Taste is biscuit, mango, tangerine, apricot, moderate grassy bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied, light dryness. Nice IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Clear pale gold with a frothy/bubbly white head and a soft citrusy nose. Hoppy up front, sweet malt and fruit combine before a touch of dry bitterness pulls through.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Abbey
on 23 Oct 2023
at 16:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled pint at the Wrekin Inn on 2nd April 2023. White crown on a pale golden body, clean and clear. Mild citrus front to the nose and taste, some malt action going on too.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2023
at 07:54
09/09/2016. RAVEN, 7 Queen Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 30 Nov 2022
at 09:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a pale straw with a small white head and good lacing. There’s a curious mixture of autumn fruits and medication in the aroma. It starts of sweet in the mouth, but then traditional hops come through and keep getting stronger until they totally dominate. Some lemongrass too, and the finish is dry and pretty d*mn bitter, It’s a pretty decent IPA, Sheila !
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2022
at 23:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Light gold, clear with a thin white head. It looks so harmless! Ammonia in the aroma with caramel and some TCP. Sweet taste with some sulphurous bitter notes, letting to a hoppy bitter finish. A nicely crafted old-fashioned UK IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2022
at 19:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at Gloucester Beer Festival 27 April 2018. Golden, with a thin, white, head. Citrus hops, some biscuity malts, tangerine and mango fruit and a dry finish. Pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 May 2018
at 16:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Gloucester Beer Festival. Clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of light citrus fruits. Taste of citrus fruits, light malts, moderate bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2018
at 15:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Guildford arms. Pours clear golden, nose is grainy, lemon, floral, taste is similar.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jun 2017
at 03:36