Benevolence
Wicked Weed Brewing

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From:
Wicked Weed Brewing
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
6.4%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.18 | pDev: 5.5%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
44
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 17, 2020
Added:
Aug 23, 2016
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by papposilenus:
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Reviewed by papposilenus from New Hampshire

4.08/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From the 500ml bottle, dated 07/19/16, batch #1199. Served in a tulip.

Pours a heavily hazed copper with a two-finger head of soapy off-white... ecru? ecru foam. The head lasts for a couple of minutes before settling back to a thick coating of scum and a solid sheet of lacing.

Sharp nose of vinegar, raspberries, mildew and damp wood.

Taste is assertively sharp and tangy, with oranges, raspberries, melon and peaches steeped in cider vinegar. After the acidity comes a woody, caramel-creamy smoothness, finishing with a little tangerine-lemon and funky, mildewed carpet off a wet basement floor... which sounds revolting but is really rather interesting and pleasant.

Mouthfeel is light-to-medium, moderately-well carbonated and, somehow, both mouth-puckering and creamy.

If I were actually paid to write reviews you might be entitled to demand that I explain how something can be both mouth-puckering and creamy at the same time but, as it is, screw you. It just is.
Oct 05, 2016
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by StoutElk_92 from Massachusetts

4.67/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Date bottled: 7.29.16

Pours copper amber orange color with a dense creamy white foam head. Smells real complex and earthy with wet leaves, barnyard foresty funk, oaky spice, dried fruit, grains and earthy hops. Tastes tart, funky, complex with barnyard horse blanket, wet leaves, dusty forest floor, oak barrel, wine, dried fruit, apricot, some sweet spice, bready malty grains, with earthy aged hops. Feels medium bodied, creamy smooth with moderate carbonation. Overall a real nice and complex barrel-aged sour ale.
Mar 17, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by jschott75 from Illinois

Mar 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.31 by Zach136 from Georgia

Apr 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4.19 by caahare from West Virginia

Apr 10, 2017
 
Rated: 4.43 by Nat1975 from Indiana

Mar 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by baklo from North Carolina

Mar 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by kvgomps from New Jersey

Feb 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by thatche2 from Georgia

Feb 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by brpendergast85 from District of Columbia

Jan 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.34 by cuvtcuv from Florida

Jan 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.37 by REVZEB from Illinois

Dec 29, 2016
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4.35/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours a very hazy peach nectar color, the head reasonably impressive; splashy lacing left all around

Smell: Green apple, white wine grape and a hint of berry, all bathed in acetic tones

Taste: Acetic fruit tones of green apple, white wine grape and a hint of cranberry; with both funk and caramel elements arriving, in the middle; oaky, woodsy and acetically sour, through the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: Really interesting flavors in this sour; I like what the hint of caramel (like what typically is found in an amber ale) brings to this beer
Dec 25, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by Grackos from Florida

Dec 24, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by Immortale25 from North Carolina

Dec 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Nichols33 from Massachusetts

Dec 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.85 by oriolesfan4 from Maryland

Dec 12, 2016
 
Rated: 4.04 by jaydoc from Kansas

Dec 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by leitmotif from Romania

Nov 28, 2016
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Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania

4/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dark orange color with off-white head. Aroma is funky with nice farmhouse character and unripe fruits. Taste starts sour, quite dry, rustic, funky but not too yeasty. Medium body and carbonation. Overall it's really nice gueuze style sour ale with balanced funk and sourness.
Nov 28, 2016
Benevolence from Wicked Weed Brewing
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 44 ratings