Red Angel
Wicked Weed Brewing
- From:
- Wicked Weed Brewing
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #23 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 98
Ranked #342 - Avg:
- 4.45 | pDev: 6.07%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 31
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 17, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 29, 2015
- Wants:
- 156
- Gots:
- 89
SCORE
98
World-Class
98
World-Class
The first release of the series, Red Angel, is set for late March. As the name indicates, this vibrant, blood red sour ale received 1.5 pounds of fresh raspberries per gallon and was then carefully aged in red wine barrels for nine months. After this barrel-ageing period, the beer was blended onto another pound of raspberries per gallon totaling one ton of raspberries and eleven months of ageing.
We took inspiration from the clean side practices of dry-hoping IPA’s and added fresh fruit late in the aging process. The result is a full complexity of core fruit flavors with bright fruit character.
We took inspiration from the clean side practices of dry-hoping IPA’s and added fresh fruit late in the aging process. The result is a full complexity of core fruit flavors with bright fruit character.
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Rated by roconnor from Maine
4.5/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Powerful raspberry aroma/taste.
Aug 03, 2025
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
4.6/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.6/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Draft at The Funkatorium. Poured a semi-opaque, ruby color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left minimal lacing. It smelled of tart raspberry with some funkiness. Great sour taste with raspberry and caramel and very little bitterness.
Jul 26, 2025
Reviewed by The_Snow_Bird from Michigan
5/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Pours a murky red color with a white head that goes away quickly. Smell is of super sour raspberries! Tastes exactly like how it smells, extremely sour with a good chunk of raspberries.
May 16, 2025
Reviewed by Best_Enjoyed_In_Texas from Texas
4.85/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.85/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Bottled in June 2020 - Great color; slightly translucent. Smell is heavy raspberry and oak. Great jammy, fruity raspberry taste and feel is entirely on point - sour, but without a bite (which I attribute to the red wine barrels). Overall and exceptional beer.
Oct 02, 2020
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
4.65/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
A-Pours a nice reddish amber color with a generous head and lacing
A-Aroma has pleasant and generous raspberry and wine hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a very generous and well balanced raspberry and wine flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated beer
O-A great American Wild Ale
Oct 20, 2019A-Aroma has pleasant and generous raspberry and wine hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a very generous and well balanced raspberry and wine flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated beer
O-A great American Wild Ale
Reviewed by JBowenGeorgia from Georgia
4.34/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.34/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a clear ruby hued red with a thin pinkish head.
Smells of tart fresh raspberry.
Taste follows all raspberry up front, lemon like tartness, lingering jammy raspberry flavor.
Light, crisp body with good carb levels.
Overall a tasty sour, not quite as good as I had built it up to be but still great.
May 12, 2019Smells of tart fresh raspberry.
Taste follows all raspberry up front, lemon like tartness, lingering jammy raspberry flavor.
Light, crisp body with good carb levels.
Overall a tasty sour, not quite as good as I had built it up to be but still great.
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