Petes Wicked Ale
Celebrated as America’s Original Brown Ale, Wicked Ale’s inviting ruby-brown color, distinctive malts and aromatic Brewers Gold hops will stir up a devilish urge to let loose.
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San Antonio, United States
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Originally reviewed: 11/7/08. Pours a nice crimson brown. Crystal clear with good amount of bubbles rising through.
Nothing spectacular in the smell. Smells floral with some pine notes. Sweet smelling.
Nice taste to this though. Creamy smoothness brings with it a nice mild to medium hop bitterness at the finish.
This is a very drinkable brew. Pairs really well with my burger. I could drink a few of these.
355ml bottle pours a pale amber color with a 2 finger white head that settles quickly leaving only a few specks of lacing behind. Aroma is caramel and earthy notes with some toasted grains. Taste is caramel malty sweetness with some earthy hop bitterness. Medium body and light carbonation. A pretty decent brown ale.
Bottle. Aroma has notes of cereal malts, caramel and toast. Deep brown hue with a small off-white head that mostly diminished and left little lace. Flavor is medium sweet. Palate is light/medium bodied and watery average. Overall a decent brown with an ok caramel malt character that was enjoyable to drink.
Bottle pours a copper with a white head. Tastes smells of caramel, bread, not bad at all a bit sweet but I like that better then lots of hops.
Has medium strong carbonation in a red brown pour block like head aromas vanilla caramel honey toffee hint grain note flavours some wheat not impressive the taste a biiter sour taste malts are not good in flavour at the finish watery aftertaste btter sourness a brown to forget
Sad to see this one go down the marketting/declining sales proverbial tube as it was an innovator of it’s time!
Fiery orange copper in the glass, radiant and dazzling with an intermittent and fine bead. Houdini disappearing head leaves nothing more than a beige film on the surface. Earthy, dusty and just a little vinous is the pronouncedly malty, mud and fruit cake nose. Woody, peaty and earthy in the mouth. Roasted and raw nuts shine through in abundance. A bitter herbal backdrop gives it and edge on the swallow before a dry nutty and woody swallow that fades quickly. Very light, almost watery in feel, the carbonation is a little biting and gassy for my liking. Promising appearance and aroma overrun by an overattenuated beer that fails to delight. Still, goes down wickedly!! (12fl.oz, no date stamp, Cellarbrations, Carlisle)
Transferred from old tasting notebook: Poured from bottle into standard pub pint. Great hoppy aromas, way more than Newcastle. Nice malty, caramelly, nutty, slightly roasty flavors. Light-medium body and fruity ale yeast esters, but heightened hops gives a drier than expected finish. Good stuff.
From an old notebook. My favourite beer while staying in San Fransisco. Bottle. Reddish colour with a tan head.Caramel and raisin nose. Medium malty flavour with some fresh hops.
Aroma of caramel/ molasses/ light resin hops. Appearance is red/ brown with bone head. Flavor was mostly sweet and slightly toasty malts with slight hop finish. Palate is bubbly. Nothing really excited; still it is very drinkable and a good everyday sorta beer.
12oz bottle. Rating #823. Clear dark reddish/brown color with a light tan head. Malty and a little sweet and a bit of toastiness. Flavor is a bit off, picking up some butter, I think the bottle might be a little old, too bad. (1933)
Bottle- Pours an amber color with a tan head that fades slowly with good lacing. Aroma is sweet and a bit nutty. There is some caramel and fresh grain in the background. Initial sweetness of caramel and some dark fruit. A fairly clen finish with a lingering sweetness. Medium body, smooth and creamy. Nice balance but a bit too sweet. Smooth and goes down easy. Hard to drink more than one due to the sweetness.
It took a while to get into the brown ales but it finally ‘grew’ on me and this is a nice beer to have on those fall days beside a roaring fire. It’s reddish, copper color sports an off-white foamy head which settles down much more quickly than I would like. It has a nice caramel aroma with a creamy, smooth body with a faint grainy finish. I enjoyed it for a couple of beers but anything more than that and the flavor really begins to decline.
petes wicked ale is a good session beer. it is one of the few beers brewed in the us that has some taste.
Pours a dark brown color with a thick white head. Aroma is a bit earthy and a bit of caramel, too. A bit on the fizzy side with some sweet flavor. Average.
This one didn’t do it for me, lifeless in the glass, nutty and caramel notes in taste and aroma.
Serving: 12 oz. bottle from Wegmans Leesburg. It pours a very light brown with a small, foamy off-white head. The nose has some stale hop notes, a slight vegetal note, some nuttiness, and a bit of caramel. The flavor is a little English in style with a bit of butter and caramel. There is a light undercurrent of fruitiness and stale, papery hops. This one may be a bit past it’s prime, but it’s still not terrible. Medium bodied with average carbonation leading to a medium, lightly fruity finish. I actually think this brew comes across better than the ratings belie.
Deep russett coppery brown with caramel and crystal malt sweetness prevalent on the nose. There’s something amiss with the nose though. It’s not vegetal or appley, but a little bit earthy. Maybe it didn’t travel particularly well - this is 8,000miles from home after all.
I don’t know, it’s just a bit... meh. Sweet and nutty as a brown ale ought to be, a bit bready. No major flavour faults, but not a lot else to comment on. Pleasant enough but not especially memorable. A touch astringent an smoky on the finish.
I had this several years ago and it was average in every way. A little bit of malt and not too sweet but nothing really flavorful. Not really bad but much better brown ales out there, although I am surprised to hear it isn’t made anymore.
Pours reddish brown with a foamy off-white head that lingers briefly. Aroma of raisins, malt, wheat bread, and faint herbs. Palate is a little thin, with average carbonation and short finish. The sweetness of molasses and maybe caramel defines most of the taste, but it tapers off quickly with a hint of hops in the finish. A good session ale.
A: The beer pours a dark amber color with a finger of off-white head sitting on top.
S: Intensely sweet on the nose with a big time dark fruit character, possibly prunes and raisins. Some toffee, caramel, and brown sugar gives additional sweetness as does the hint of chocolate.
T: Sweet toffee and brown sugar are present all the way through. Some mild dark fruit notes and perhaps a hint of nuttiness and toasted bread.
M: Light to medium in body with a medium carbonation.
O: A little too sweet and not much else going on.
Dark red/brown in colour with firm off white head. Caramel aroma. Subitly sweetness of caramel in the flavour. Slight hopmouthfeel.Wicked!!!
Bottle. Pours an amber brown with thin white head and litle carbonation.
Aroma is a bit of caramel malts with notes of nuts and apple and an overall sweetness. Some caramel malts up front and then a sweet hoppy finish, but none of the flavor lingers long. Decent but could be a lot more with better execution.
Bottle. Pours a ruby red brown color. Smells of fruit, apples and berries. More like an irish red or amber ale them a brown. Not as malty. Nixe session beer, but nothing memorable
Decent, tasty ale. Slightly caramelly, some dry roasted nuts, and a nice bready note. A good session ale, though a little strong at 5.3%
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark caramel-brown color with a medium sized foamy tan head that lingered and produced some lacing. The aroma was sour, tangy and lightly fruity with a faint caramel note. The flavor was toasted caramel, tangy and vague fruits and a bit of nut. The finish was long with caramel, nut and citrus. Medium body and a bit smooth. Decent.
The aroma of roasted nuts, poured into a dark caramel color with minimal head. You can definitely taste the bitter in this beer. Fizzy & carbonation texture.
Brown-red color with foamy white head. Sugary sweet bready aroma. Tastes much like it smells...Doughy, caramel, toasted malt and just a tad nutty. Very low hops. This is good but could be excellent with some more bitterness...seems unbalanced to me. I’ve read that they’ve officially discontinued Pete’s as of a few days ago so I’m glad I was able to taste it before it’s gone forever. I’ve also read that Pete’s Wicked Ale was much better back in the day before the Pete sold out...Supposedly the recipe was much hoppier. Would have loved to taste the original.
Notes from 01/14/2011
Ar: Predominantly caramel malt. A bit of herbal hops.
Ap: Slightly opaque, amber pour with 3/4" head that recedes quickly. No lace.
T:Quite a bit of caramel malt up front, sweet for this style. The finish has lightly resinous hops, and is somewhat refreshing.
P: Way over-carbonated for my liking.
O: Not bad. My scores did get knocked down a bit as I was drinking it, as the sweetness kind of took over.
9th February 2008
A 1993 bottle! Pours a deep red brown. Smells and tastes of chocolatey malt. A little watery in the finish with a trace of marmite.
Pours reddish amber with creamy off-white head and foamy lacing. Notes of wheat and spice. Balanced taste with a slight bitter kick at the finish.