Angel Of Darkness
Wicked Weed Brewing
- From:
- Wicked Weed Brewing
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
Ranked #51 - ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 97
Ranked #629 - Avg:
- 4.4 | pDev: 6.59%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 27
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 17, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 21, 2015
- Wants:
- 85
- Gots:
- 66
SCORE
97
World-Class
97
World-Class
Angel of Darkness is a barrel-aged American sour. This ale is blended with 1.5 pounds per gallon of boysenberries, blackberries, raspberries, and cherries and aged in Oloroso sherry casks. After 14 months of aging in these flavor-intense barrels, the beer is blended onto another 1.5 pound per gallon of these dark fruits in stainless steel tanks for 2 months. A total of 3 tons of fruit and 16 months of maturation later, we give you Angel of Darkness.
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Reviewed by jws7968 from Illinois
4.67/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.67/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
This is the first sour that I can honestly say I have enjoyed. So fruity and smooth on the nose and palate. Obviously berries are at the forefront on this one and it is tart, but not so much to make it puckering.
Jul 05, 2023
Reviewed by JLK7299 from North Carolina
4.41/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I’ve been sitting on this fur over a year, got lost in my closet until I spotted it today. Man I wish o had bought five! Fruity as hell. Tart. Very tasty. You’d never guess that it is 10+ ABV
May 30, 2021
Rated by TheRougeBastard from North Carolina
4.05/5 rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.05/5 rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Lip-smacking sour! Huge berry-fruit in the aftertaste.
Sep 29, 2020
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
4.5/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A-Pours a dark amber color with a nice head and lacing
A-Aroma has generous boysenberry, blackberry and raspberry hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a very generous and well balanced boysenberry, blackberry and raspberry flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated beer
O-A great American Wild Ale
Oct 20, 2019A-Aroma has generous boysenberry, blackberry and raspberry hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a very generous and well balanced boysenberry, blackberry and raspberry flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated beer
O-A great American Wild Ale
Reviewed by IvoryFoxhole from Virginia
4.49/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
500 mL bottle purchased at brewery on August 6. Pretty stoked about this one. Poured into Lawson's tulip glass.
L: Not much head and what there is disappears quickly, leaving nothing. Like seriously, nothing. Beer is so deep purple one should say "hush" upon seeing it.
S: Berry wonderful. I swear I am not drunk already. Just a nice melange of berry notes. A bit of funk.
T: BIG BERRY TASTE. WHOO. Also some sour cherry and once things calm down, you do get a little peek at that sherry cask. Funk and sour are beautifully restrained, additive rather than distracting.
F: Light bodied, moderate carbonation. Dry and refreshing and you really want to pound it down, which would be a mistake considering both the complexity of the taste experience and the ABV. Wonderfully complex and balanced.
O: Just about the best sour I've ever had. Should have bought just a case of this.
Aug 13, 2019L: Not much head and what there is disappears quickly, leaving nothing. Like seriously, nothing. Beer is so deep purple one should say "hush" upon seeing it.
S: Berry wonderful. I swear I am not drunk already. Just a nice melange of berry notes. A bit of funk.
T: BIG BERRY TASTE. WHOO. Also some sour cherry and once things calm down, you do get a little peek at that sherry cask. Funk and sour are beautifully restrained, additive rather than distracting.
F: Light bodied, moderate carbonation. Dry and refreshing and you really want to pound it down, which would be a mistake considering both the complexity of the taste experience and the ABV. Wonderfully complex and balanced.
O: Just about the best sour I've ever had. Should have bought just a case of this.
Reviewed by AyatollahGold from Indiana
4.63/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.63/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
From a 500 ml. corked bottle into a PAA Dino glass, this beer pours out like a grape and cherry juice mixed with black cherry like highlights.
The nose brings a beautiful jamminess with notes of grape, raspberry, strawberry, cherry and blackberry all tangling together.
The taste is much of the same. Perfect jammy notes of all the fruit above mentioned. Maybe even some pear notes now.
The mouthfeel brings a great tartness and acidity while still letting the notes shine. The barrel offers a nice dryness.
Overall, this is very good.
Jul 23, 2019The nose brings a beautiful jamminess with notes of grape, raspberry, strawberry, cherry and blackberry all tangling together.
The taste is much of the same. Perfect jammy notes of all the fruit above mentioned. Maybe even some pear notes now.
The mouthfeel brings a great tartness and acidity while still letting the notes shine. The barrel offers a nice dryness.
Overall, this is very good.
Reviewed by Vidblain from Minnesota
4.59/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.59/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
2019 release - wish list beer gifted to me by a fellow BA'er.
Impressed me that this beer poured so dark - you really can't see through it, and that's unique for a fruited sour. It's dark alright. Even when cold, the nose lights up with all kinds of berries. As the beer warms, the very prominent raspberry fades just a bit and releases a whole bunch of cherry. The barrel is very prominent - it's just a bit dry, but quite tart, not so sour as I'd expected but it has some pucker, for sure. Those berries contribute plenty of complementary sweetness as well.
Damn, this is terrific - recommended.
Jun 17, 2019Impressed me that this beer poured so dark - you really can't see through it, and that's unique for a fruited sour. It's dark alright. Even when cold, the nose lights up with all kinds of berries. As the beer warms, the very prominent raspberry fades just a bit and releases a whole bunch of cherry. The barrel is very prominent - it's just a bit dry, but quite tart, not so sour as I'd expected but it has some pucker, for sure. Those berries contribute plenty of complementary sweetness as well.
Damn, this is terrific - recommended.
Reviewed by andypeters1971 from Georgia
3.4/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev -22.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Pours out a very dark red with virtually no head. Very little carbonation. My palate is not sophisticated enough to discern the various elements of the tasting profile, but the sourness overwhelms any other taste in my opinion. I cannot detect any taste of cherry or the wood barrel. It's just all sour berries. Not sure what the point is of the barrel aging process if all you can taste is sour.
Jun 02, 2019
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