Wicklow Wolf Mammoth IPA

Mammoth IPA

 

Wicklow Wolf in Newtown Mount Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland 🇮🇪

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.95
ABV: 6.2% IBU: 60 Ticks: 57
This is the big, bad wolf of West Coast IPAs. A Mammoth amount of Strata, Simcoe, Chinook, Cascade and Eureka! hops give a burst of floral, resinous pine, grapefruit and mountains of citrus fruit. This punchy IPA is supported by a strong malty backbone. Hops: Strata, Simcoe, Cascade, Chinook, Eureka!
 

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7/10
Can in 🇮🇪☘️. Deep floral pine and resin, fruity earthy parts, nice grainy bitter, nice.
Tried from Can on 05 Mar 2023 at 22:53

8/10
Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2022 at 13:47

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught, half pint. @"Artbeerfest 2022", Caminha (Portugal). 15/07/2022
[#5.208 Global - #137 Ireland - #5 Wicklow Wolf Brewing Company]
Pours golden with a lacing white head. Looks nice. Aroma: orange zest, caramel malts and cantaloupe melon. Taste: grapefruit, resinous hops and sweet caramel malts. Balanced bitterness.
Next one please!
Tried from Draft on 15 Jul 2022 at 14:51

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Strong hazy IPA by one of countless new craft breweries emerging in Ireland, enjoyed on New Year’s Eve. Snow white, medium thick, stable but eventually opening head, lacing in dots over a misty amberish-hued orange blonde beer. Tropical, citrusy and somewhat dank aroma of orange zest, cantaloupe, dry biscuit, mango juice, lychee, frying hot olive oil, pink grapefruit flesh, wet marihuana. Clean, sweetish onset, melon, some mango and lychee with slight orange peel bitterness, fizzy carbonation, smooth and oily body; nicely biscuity malt base, crackers, under a resinous, highly citrus-charged hoppiness, almost as grapefruity as a West Coast IPA for a moment – but then shifting to the subtropical fruitiness (mango, lychee, persimmon even) we all know and love from the New England idiom. The hops offer citrus pith bitterness in the end and in spite of some retronasal dankness, remain clean and focused. Typical postmodern ‘international’ IPA, drawing from the West Coast substyle as announced by the brewer, but equally (or perhaps more) so from the New England idiom. Perhaps best interpreted as a ‘mountain IPA’ if you look at it that way, but whatever it is, it is a damn fine IPA that will please many a craft beer afficionado.
Tried on 14 Jan 2022 at 13:17

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
23/XI/21 - 33cl bottle, shared @ HoReCa Expo (Gent), BB: 23/IV/22 (2021-1488) Thanks to the Ghent beer posse for sharing today’s beers!

Clear blond beer, small creamy off-white head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, lots of tropical fruits, mango, bit malty, caramel notes, papaya, bit sweet. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, nice bitterness, piny, bit resinous, malty grains, some tropical fruits, citrus and grapefruit. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, grapefruit, hoppy, bit resinous, lots of tropical fruits, mango, nice, dry and bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Nov 2021 at 15:00

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
330ml can from Monster and Beer, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Poured a hazy medium amber colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, piney citrus hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a rich, piney, light resin hop, light toffee caramel, orange, passionfruit, light dry pepper spice palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried from Can at Monster and Beer on 12 Jun 2021 at 11:07

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Easter Sunday 2021, 4th April; mega session at home. 330ml can via Beer52; BB 21st Jan 2022. Drank by myself, no sharing! Golden/amber body, white topping. Citrus front to the hoppy nose and taste, there are also floral notes in the aroma and a piney hop presence in the flavour, decent malty base for the hops to play on too. Nice.
Tried from Can on 05 Apr 2021 at 05:52

9.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 9
Il y a des Mammouths qui ne sont pas d'un autre temps. La brasserie Wicklow Wolf nous présente ici un beau savoir-faire pour une West Coast IPA à la fois racée et aromatique, bien servie par un houblonnage à cru et ses 5 houblons (Strata, Simcoe, Cascade, Chinook et Eureka) sans perdre de la lisibilité (ce qui peut être le cas en multipliant le nombre de houblons) et tout en conservant une bonne complexité. Et ce n'est pas l'alcool, qui, pourtant ne s'élève qu'à 6,2% fait défaut en se montrant à la hauteur et soutenant très bien la structure. Le visuel est très honnête, avec un blond orangé légèrement voilé surmonté d'une mousse blanc cassé d'un cm. Le nez est très sympathique, racé et agréable sur les herbes, le pamplemousse, l'ananas et l'orange. L'attaque est splendide, vive, intense, d'une bonne complexité et un cocktail très appréciable d'herbes, d'orange amère, de pamplemousse et d'ananas. Le houblonnage à cru est très efficace, l'amertume à 60 d'IBU bien pensé et le sucre parfaitement dosé. La deuxième bouche est sur la lancée, sans faiblir. L'arrière bouche est racée avec un alcool qui renforce l'amertume. Le final, bien que moins complexe, est sur une bonne amertume, toujours bien relevée parle houblonnage à cru. Très belle IPA.
Tried on 02 Apr 2021 at 23:01

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 28/03/21. Lightly hazed orange amber with an off white cap. Nose is sweet malts, floral tones, orange peel, pineapple, grass. Taste comprises airy malts, tangerine, grass, light pine nip, melon, papaya. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with balanced hop bitterness. Passable IPA if stuck a little in third gear.
Tried on 28 Mar 2021 at 17:13

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
31/3/2021. Can sample courtesy of SHIG cheers. Pours clear golden amber with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of citrus, grapefruit, orange, grass, flowers, pine. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation. Pretty decent.
Tried from Can on 25 Mar 2021 at 19:18