Nebraska Brewing Company Wick for Brains

Wick for Brains

 

Nebraska Brewing Company in La Vista, Nebraska, United States 🇺🇸

  Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Regular
Score
6.65
ABV: 6.1% IBU: 18 Ticks: 19
Wick for Brains is our classic and painstakingly produced Fall Pumpkin Ale. Instead of simply using spice, we use real pumpkin which lends a sweetness and pumpkin flavor not found in many Pumpkin Ales. Wonderful pumpkin pie spice intertwined in an Amber Ale creates a pumpkin sensation which is elegantly crafted. Notes of Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove, Ginger and Allspice blend perfectly in this seasonal Ale. There are many Pumpkin Ales out there crafted by some wonderful breweries – we feel that ours stands among them and in some cases – stands apart.
 

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12oz can pours out golden amber topped with a sand head. Nose is pumpkin notes some spice. Taste is more of the pumpkin spice notes and some grain.

Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2025 at 22:26


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

The Buechel OGs raid the GABF 2023: Poured a coppery with an off-white khaki head. Aroma is malts, pumpkin, spicy, nutmeg, cinnamon. Taste is pumpkin, spicy, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, ginger.

Tried on 07 Oct 2023 at 20:11


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz. can from Spec's, Boerne, TX. Happy Easter! Pours a semi-clear orange-bronze color with a small beige head and fair retention. Fair lacing too. Aroma of pumpkin and light spices. The taste follows the nose. Pumpkin and caramel flavor mixed with mellow pie spices. As the can suggests, this has more beer flavor than most pumpkin beers. It’s not just a spice bomb. Low carbonation. Medium-light body. Soft mouthfeel and finish. Not bitter. Good, and repeatable.

Tried from Can on 17 Apr 2022 at 19:55


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pour is a hazy orange with no head at all. Aroma is decent pie spice, nutmeg and cinnamon. Flavor is spice heavy but there is a bit of sourness before the swallow. A nice spice to this beer but this is a perfect example of a pumpkin ale made too soon. The canned on date is July 17th, this is probably already at the end of it's shelf life.

Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2017 at 20:44


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12 oz. can. Pours a hazy pale amber, with a creamy off-white head. Nose is pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg. Taste is pumpkin, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, with the pumpkin being the most prominent flavor. Decent.

Tried from Can on 11 Sep 2017 at 00:17


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can. Cinnamon, nutmeg, sour milk, pumpkin, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet orange, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin malt, moderately sour milk, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Okay body.

Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2016 at 19:44


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Can: Cloudy, amber-orange with a thin white head. Scent is natural pumpkin innards.....almost like cutting a real one open. Taste is straightforward raw pumpkin..a smidge of caramel malt, pumpkin-style spices. A little peppery and dry. Props for being carefully done.....very natural and not saturated with spices..... how a pumpkin beer should be.

Tried from Can on 20 Nov 2016 at 15:41


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 ounce can. Hazy orange gold color. Large dense creamy beige head. Slightly vegetal malt nose has all the obligatory pumpkin pie spices. The first sip is slightly tart and light in body. Spice notes seem more subdued. Bready, yeasty notes border on sour. Tasty, yet not quite distinctive. Another average pumpkin brew.

Tried from Can on 21 Oct 2016 at 20:42


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tap. Pours lightly hazy orange, medium fizzy off white head, dissipates to minimal residual and lacing. Aroma is cinnamon, allspice, pumpkin. Flavor is medium plus sweet, minimal bitterness, a bit vegetal with plenty of pumpkin spice. Light body, low carbonation. Meh was likely coined as a way to effectively define this beer.

Tried from Draft on 19 Oct 2016 at 19:33


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Deep copper coloured body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of canella, nutmeg, earth, caramel and quite a bit of peanuts. Medium-bodied; Strong nutty and spicey flavour at first that’s followed by a nice caramelised sugar flavour and some subdued fruits, all very noticeable with the squash as a malting agent. Aftertaste is complex and very nice for the style. Overall, a nice beer to sample and a good beer for the season! I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from the Class VI at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska on 26-October-2015 for US$8,99/six pack, sampled on the train to New York on 03-December-2015.

Tried from Can on 03 Dec 2015 at 18:08