Nickel Brook Brewing Co. Winter Wizard Magical IPA

Winter Wizard Magical IPA

 

Nickel Brook Brewing Co. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.96
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 68 Ticks: 12
Its creation foretold centuries ago, Winter Wizard is a mythical combination of West Coast and East Coast IPA styles. This beer shines with magical notes of mango, pine, and stone fruit; truly the stuff of King Arthur legends. With an enchanting balance of piney bitterness and fruity sweetness, it'll have you utterly spellbound.
 

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

Hazy and pale, medium head. Decent sweet malt, medium bitterness. It's not bad, even at sub-peak freshness.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 02:28


5.8
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

473 ml can. Pours an opaque turbid whitish yellow with full head. Aromas of pithy citrus, melons and wheaty malts. Flavors follow same with additional pine resin.Just another hazy that is not properly labelled…

Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2025 at 23:45


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 473mL can (pkg 04 Dec 2024). Hazy yellow with white head. Lightly juicy, citrus, feint tropical notes, balanced, decent.

Tried from Can from High Point - Beer Wine Spirits on 14 Mar 2025 at 03:17


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Light, hazy yellow, large white head. Bright, soft, light citrus nose, light cereals. Soft mouth feel, solid carb. Medium to low bitterness, lots of soft citrus, a great session pale ale.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:48


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

Can that pours a hazy, golden colour with an amber hue. The head is big, frothy, somewhat creamy, whitish with good retention and thicker foamy lacing. Great aromas of fruity tangerines with some herbal hops coming out with time. Hints of wood even show up. The mangoes come out in the flavours with some decent dryness in the finish. Not getting much from the West Coast style, except a touch of greener-woody hops, but not piney. A very nice, refreshing, juicy IPA with good citrus, fruity and dry notes.

Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2024 at 04:56


7

One of their best beers. On the safe side. A good beer but simple. To fam beers Again at brewery one year later. Same

Tried on 17 Dec 2023 at 05:58


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

473ml can. Pours a hazy yellow gold with yeast particles that sink to the bottom and a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves thick patches of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, tangerine, mango, coconut, floral, earthy yeast and piney hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, tangerine, peach, mango, earthy yeast, oats and piney hops in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with a smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. Juicy and enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 30 Nov 2023 at 05:01


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Almost clear golden, mid sized head. Citrusy nose. Mid sweet with light to medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and bready with citrus and starfruit. Mid bitter finish.

Tried on 06 May 2023 at 16:33


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

Sample (thanks fonefan!). Slightly hazy golden colour, small white head. Aroma is peach some mild herbal and earthy tones with some floral tones. Flavour is aloe vera, some pine, spruce, mild pineapple with mild grainy.

Tried on 27 Apr 2023 at 14:59


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8


Can 473ml. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰 💻👀

[ As Nickel Brook Winter Wizard Magical India Pale Ale ].
ABV: 6.2%. Hazy light to medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, moderate hoppy, citrus, grass, fruity hops, tangerine, stone fruit, citrus - pine - herbal. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, tangerine, citrus - pine, fruity hops, stone fruit, wheat, citrus - pine - herbal. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20230413]
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Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2023 at 21:31