Olut (21769) reviewed Chain Reaction from Fixed Wheel Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Leeds Beer Festival 2015. Mid-yellow coloured with a dryish malt-hop character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Victoria, Birmingham. Poured a clear straw colour with a frothy white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is skunky yeast, light hop and a bit of wet dog. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a smooth, creamy yeast, hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Carbon Black IPA from Fixed Wheel Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Leighton’s place. Many thanks to Colin Bois. Aroma is nice fruity hops, rubber, light roast, background. Nutty brown coloured pour with a lasting cream coloured head, sticky. Flavour is composed of nutty, grainy, lemon, fruity hop, rubber, with a a little sticky, hop. Palate is medium full, highish carbonation, tangy finish. Decent enough.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Carbon Black IPA from Fixed Wheel Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle split in the Bespin network, from an trade thanks to Rich the Villain, 10/06/15. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige covering that retains well. Nose is pine, liquorice, light charr, earthy hops, light cocoa rub, red berry pangs. Taste comprises juicy hops, spice, charr, toffee, red berry. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent easy drinking CDA.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Carbon Black IPA from Fixed Wheel Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Colin. Pours deep brown with a creamy khaki head. Nice aroma with decent roast, grapefruit, burnt herbs, pine. Light sweet flavor with dried berries, rind, subtle earthy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Subtle piney resins in the finish, some toasty bread, citrus rind. Easy going.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Carbon Black IPA from Fixed Wheel Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to Colin. It pours black with a decent tan head. The nose is earthy roast, coffee cake, chocolate, must, mild fruit cake, raisin and burnt pine. The taste is bitter-sweet, smooth roast, coffee grounds, dark chocolate, toasty, coffee cake and charred stuff with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Smooth and well-rounded. Solid stuff.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Single Speed - Rakau from Fixed Wheel Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Gravity cask at the Shirley Beer Festival 2015. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is grassy hop, skunky malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a smooth fresh grassy wood resin hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Tried at the Sanford Park Alehouse, Cheltenham. Light fruity hop aroma. Appearance is pale gold with thin white head. Taste was bitter with a mid bitter finish enjoyable beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear straw colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is citrus, hop. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a smooth citrus pepper spice palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.