Golden Angel
Wicked Weed Brewing

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From:
Wicked Weed Brewing
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
Ranked #69
ABV:
7%
Score:
96
Ranked #830
Avg:
4.36 | pDev: 6.19%
Reviews:
28
Ratings:
253
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 01, 2023
Added:
Jan 29, 2015
Wants:
  88
Gots:
  50
American Sour ale, aged in red wine barrels with 2.5# of apricots per gallon for 10 months.
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Ratings by Immortale25:
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Rated by Immortale25 from North Carolina

4/5  rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jul 20, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.13 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Jul 01, 2023
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

4/5  rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bootle at share courtesy of Steve. Golden pour with a small white head. Fruity aroma with a hint at the tartness. Taste comes in sweet with a lingering pucker. White grapes and a bit dry.
Jun 01, 2023
 
Rated: 4.35 by clm9 from North Carolina

Sep 18, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by FLBeerGuy from Florida

Jun 11, 2022
 
Rated: 4.32 by Wisconsin_IPA_Lover from Wisconsin

Mar 27, 2022
 
Rated: 4.31 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jul 03, 2021
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

4.43/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Golden orange body with a thin white cap. Huge sour apricot aromas fill the glass, but the defining cut into them is what take this to another level: red wine and very complex oak, it just accentuates the apricot more, and together rain down aromas of peach, fresh cut flowers, and lemon zest. Taste is more monotone: apricot and oak with a hint of lacto, red wine, and peach. Feel is sour, slightly acidic cumulatively, yet has that certain oak juiciness that WW uses in sour many of their beers. Liquid sour sunshine
Jan 28, 2021
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Reviewed by CraftFan5 from New Jersey

4.6/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
18 February 2020 - Beer #31

Price: $20.99 at Hop City in Atlanta, GA

Appearance: 5 - a beautiful, bright orange with a thin white head. Teensy bubbles.

Nose: 5 - holy moly cow! Intense sourness and stonefruit. It's making me scrunch my face up.

Taste: 4 - nearly perfect. A bit TOO dry, actually, with some subtle bitterness. Winey.

Mouth: 5 - fantastic. Even a tiny sip fills my mouth with thick bubbles.

Overall: 5 - an excellent sour from the sour masters. Wha? They're owned by Bud?

Cheers!
Feb 20, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by jschott75 from Illinois

Nov 11, 2019
 
Rated: 4.07 by JLK7299 from North Carolina

Nov 09, 2019
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Reviewed by VABA from Virginia

4.42/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
A-Pours a nice amber color with a nice head and lacing
A-Aroma has generous wine and apricot hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a very generous and well balanced wine and apricot flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated beer
O-A great American Wild Ale
Oct 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by paulish from New York

Oct 17, 2019
 
Rated: 4.35 by Jonathan-Morgan from Florida

Oct 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.21 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Oct 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.46 by Duncian from Pennsylvania

Aug 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4.12 by sarpedon52 from Georgia

Jul 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.44 by Old_Dead_Oak from Wisconsin

May 30, 2019
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

4.09/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This one pours a mostly clear light yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells heavily of sour juicy apricot, with both white and red wine flavors, and lemon zest.

There's a lot of wine barrel and a big acidity here, but the apricot comes through pretty nicely. It's got an intriguing sour juiciness on the back end, with a touch of toasted oak as well.

This is light bodied, and very wine like, with a slightly lingering acidity at the end of each sip.

It's nice to see that Wicked Weed is still producing high level sours, even after selling out to AB-InBev. This was a fun little apricot sour.
Mar 25, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by lebriarjr from North Carolina

Mar 09, 2019
Golden Angel from Wicked Weed Brewing
Beer rating: 96 out of 100 with 253 ratings