India Pale Ale
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Co.
- From:
- Wicklow Wolf Brewing Co.
- Ireland
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #4,266 - ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #32,234 - Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 16.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 09, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 20, 2014
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 9
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
A true hop lovers beer. A classic NorthWest American IPA, this big boy packs a punch. The 55 IBU’s are kept in check with Munich and Caramel malt character and the blend of Cascade and Simcoe hops deliver a combination of grapefruit, citrus, pine and passionfruit to rock the taste buds. Dry Hopping with even more Simcoe really drives the aroma home for this IPA.
55 IBUs
Grains: Pale, Crystal
Hops: Columbus, Simcoe, Cascade
55 IBUs
Grains: Pale, Crystal
Hops: Columbus, Simcoe, Cascade
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Reviewed by frenchbeer from France
4.24/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +17.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
very hoppy but not over whelming - just full of taste but not a strong aftertaste which is is good for a hoppy beer. Lovely smell and body and kept the foam till the hoppy end!
Sep 15, 2017
Reviewed by ArrogantB from Colorado
3.42/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I believe this was a pint bottle that friend shared when a relative brought him back a bottle. Orange color. Strange smell, like it was going to be sour, citrusy and almost gueuze-like. Flavor was a little dirty at first, then super bitter, then it started to grow on me. All in all a strange IPA but not unpleasant.
Sep 30, 2016Reviewed by mickwin from Ireland
3.63/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
A little cloudy, very little head. Smell is bland, but taste is rather special, sweet mango with a lot of hoppy sourness which lingers long after the sip. I like a really sour hoppy beer and this does it for me, a very fine ale, in my opinion.
Second try I think I was a bit kind, the flavour is a little bland, nothing special
Nov 05, 2015Second try I think I was a bit kind, the flavour is a little bland, nothing special
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.29/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Hazy dark amber with a finger of taupe. 3.5
Sour nose - overboiled hops and heavy honey. 3.25
Big tart caramel with overripe passionfruit, nectar and earthypine forest floor hops. 3.25
Medium, sticky, chewy. 3.5
2nd chance with this beer, different batch, still outright bad: lots of vegetal sourness that tastes likes too many hops added at all the wrong times plus a cloying malt load that could balance a DIPA. There’s plenty of dank, and I got no problem with that, but lay this up next to Modus and you’ll see where it’s lacking. I have a lot of trouble believing this is the beer they want to make, but it is what it is.
Actively unpleasant. 3.25
Jun 24, 2015Sour nose - overboiled hops and heavy honey. 3.25
Big tart caramel with overripe passionfruit, nectar and earthypine forest floor hops. 3.25
Medium, sticky, chewy. 3.5
2nd chance with this beer, different batch, still outright bad: lots of vegetal sourness that tastes likes too many hops added at all the wrong times plus a cloying malt load that could balance a DIPA. There’s plenty of dank, and I got no problem with that, but lay this up next to Modus and you’ll see where it’s lacking. I have a lot of trouble believing this is the beer they want to make, but it is what it is.
Actively unpleasant. 3.25
Rated by beerinabottle from Ireland
4.52/5 rDev +24.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.52/5 rDev +24.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
A nice IPA, easy to drink but not the challenge of a hop hit that I expected
Jan 29, 2015
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