Chain Reaction
Fixed Wheel Brewery in Blackheath, West Midlands, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.60
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A chain reaction of ingredients brings this pale ale brewed with an English base malt and two big American hops giving orange and citrus flavours, a chain makers session dream.
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6/10
#cask lichte schuimkraag, lichtgeel, licht hazy. Geen?! Erg metalig, uitgedroogd brood, mandarijn. Ironbridge.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2025
at 16:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Clear pale gold with smooth white head. Slight tangy citrus and grapefruit with cereals and a grassy sweet finish. Decent bitterness running through. Medium bodied, smooth, semi-drying. Went down well.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
6/10
Tried
on 17 Jul 2024
at 14:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1/6/2023. Cask at the 36th Colchester Real Ale & Cider Festival. Pours almost clear straw gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of citrus, orange, flowers, caramel, yeast, light spice, mucky hint. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Oily and spritzy. Increasing drying bitter lemon finish. Improved on initial impressions.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2023
at 13:03
01/06/2019. CAMBRIAN TAP, 51 St. Mary Street, CARDIFF, Cardiff, Wales (BRAINS)
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2022
at 09:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in the Boot Micropub, Wellington Shropshire on 18th November 2022. Crystal clear and bright golden in colour, white crust on top. Citrus front to the nose, orange like mostly. Decent hop bitterness and a crisp citrus bite; liked it.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2022
at 15:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the West End Brewery, Fixed Wheel Tap Takeover. Light golden, clear with a small tight off-white head. Very light aroma: some lighter citrus notes but really not much at all. Tastes very nice though, juicy with bitter hops to the fore, filling the mouth in the sumptuous finish. Pomelo and pink grapefruit pulp in the afteraste. This one's all right once you get it going.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2019
at 19:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the joint stock.a bright golden yellow coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is dirty pale grains, straw, grassy hop,, Palate is semi sweet, grassy hedgerow hop. Flavour is composed of assertive grassy hop. Sticky hop. Resinous hop.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2018
at 19:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Old Joint Stock, pre Cotts Convention IV warm up act, 23/06/18. Clear golden with a decent white cap. Nose is lIght citric peel, soft bread dough, toasted grains, melon. Taste comprises airy malts, crackers, melon, grass, lemon drizzle, light breads. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. More a respectable golde than anything resembling an APA.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jun 2018
at 08:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Old Joint Stock - Birmingham. Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. The nose holds lemon peel, hay, pale grains. Light sweet flavour with nips of pine, lemon peel, dry pale malts. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with some husky grain, more citrus rind. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jun 2018
at 10:33