Menage-a-Freak
Wicked Weed Brewing

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From:
Wicked Weed Brewing
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
11.4%
Score:
93
Avg:
4.24 | pDev: 8.25%
Reviews:
11
Ratings:
73
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 29, 2020
Added:
May 13, 2014
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by hollywood_15063:
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Rated by hollywood_15063 from Pennsylvania

4.32/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

May 23, 2015
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by mdlacey from Texas

2.63/5  rDev -38%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5
This is definitely my lowest rating compared to what is already on BA. I’m sorely disappointed. Maybe I’ve got the rona or it’s a bad keg.

8.5oz pour On tap at Jekyll and Hyde in Matthews, NC.

L: very little head, standard for high abv. Color is fairly standard light amber for a big IPA, maybe half a shade lighter.

S: not much at all. Just a tiny little booze pungency.

T: it’s getting stronger as it warms, but it shouldn’t need to be this warm. Well below average for the type. Taste and aftertaste are an acidic sour, a tiny bit soapy. I just noticed a really nice malt at the very beginning of the sip that last maybe 1.5 seconds before the back of the tongue takes over.

F: the weight is thin, far too thin for a TIPA. The aftertaste makes the sides and back of my tongue curl up.

O: one of the most disappointing surprises after seeing the BA score. This was a total miss for me. I notice most of the reviews are from 4+ years ago. Maybe WW changed how they make it. Take that into account.
Aug 29, 2020
 
Rated: 4.57 by msscott1973 from North Carolina

Jun 29, 2019
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Reviewed by VABA from Virginia

4.3/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
A-Pours a nice hazy golden color with a slight head and lacing.
A-Aroma has resin, piney and hop hints.
T-Taste follows the nose with a nice resin, piney and hop flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated crisp beer
O-A good DIPA
Jun 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3.9 by MephistosCafe from North Carolina

Jun 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4.26 by BrainCaperKid from Georgia

Aug 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Apr 10, 2017
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Reviewed by Justinbshelton from Alabama

4.56/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Deep Amber color. Nose is dank, grapefruit, pine, and caramel. Taste follows, extremely herbal with some biscuit notes coming out as well. Glad to have had!
Jul 09, 2016
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This big India Pale Ale doesn't back down! Straight to the point and quite simplistic in its fruity, citrusy taste, its floral scent and its deeply resinous finish, the beer's inherent complexity proves good enough for the most staunch hop-head.

Golden and with the familiar hoppy haze, the beer's soft translucent glow takes on light amber proportions. Its frothy, creamy and lacing froth carries a full and bright bouquet of citrus, tropical fruit, wildflower and orchard blossoms. Splitting the difference between honey and caramel, its toasted sweet palate is soft with cashew and granola.

As its full fruity display comes to fruition on the middle palate, the boldness of red grapefruit, tangerine, and a hint of lemon precede more tropical flavors of pineapple, mango and apricot. Trailing with the stern bitter punch, the taste is of fresh-cut grass and gripping pine resins.

Medium on the palate, the bigness of the ale doesn't inhibit its drinkability at all. Lush carbonation keeps the texture creamy until the last moment and then the finish slams shut on any sweetness or breadiness and the ale finishes suddenly of gullet-snatching bitterness of fruit pith, peel and pulp.
Jun 22, 2016
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Reviewed by oskinker from Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Holy booze bomb. Had at the Brewpub for their release party after a night of drinking around town. This was quite the nightcap. Clocking in over 11%, it smells and tastes like an 11% beer but I don't mind that at all. This is quite bitter but it meshes well with the aggressive hop profile and the malty backbone of this brew. The mouthfeel was very nice and it didn't have an off putting overpowering alcoholic lingering that sometimes slows you down on this ABV monster. Enjoyable as he'll and glad I was lucky to be in town to try it
Jun 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.21 by Mumbled from Tennessee

Jun 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.67 by SierraStonePoint from North Carolina

Jun 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by DrMindbender from South Carolina

May 29, 2016
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Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina

4.45/5  rDev +5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
It pours golden clear with a full white head and plenty of lacing. It has a powerful citrus aroma with floral elements, very hoppy. The flavors are high floral and citrus flavors. There are also pine flavors in it. There is a high bitter punch to the palate.
Nov 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4.8 by ryanpalmier123 from Ohio

Oct 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4.41 by wethorseblanket from California

Sep 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by greencovesteve from North Carolina

Sep 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.89 by whitenads from Michigan

Jun 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by khargro2 from Tennessee

Jun 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.42 by halo3one from Georgia

Jun 24, 2015
Menage-a-Freak from Wicked Weed Brewing
Beer rating: 93 out of 100 with 73 ratings