Wicked Weed Brewing

Microbrewery in Candler, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev USA
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
145 Jacob Holm Way, Candler, NC, 28715, United States
Description
Founded December 2012, Wicked Weed Brewing is a brewpub which specializes in west coast style hoppy ales, open fermented belgian beers and barrel ages sours.

Wicked Weed's production facility moved to Candler, NC with the opening of Wicked Weed West in 2015.

Purchased by ABInBev in 2017

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

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Spicy and herbal aroma with cucumber, a definite gin character, juniper, dill, and basil. Sweetish taste, abv hidden reasonably well. Herbal gincumber? I did not expect to like his as much as I do, it's fun and different.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:58


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Fruity and hoppy aroma with citrus, soft pine, orange, grass, light pale malt, note of pineapple. Bitter dry finish, lightly sweetish. Medium body. Solid West Coast IPA.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:58


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

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Very juicy aroma with lots of orange, tangerine, tropical notes, grapefruit, light malt, orange peel. Sweetish and soft with a moderate to medium bitterness. Body is medium. Very aromatic, tons of fruitiness with a milder flavour than the flagship Pernicious IPA.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:58


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

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is fruity and dank-ish hops with citrus peel, orange, pine, some pale malt, tropical notes, grapefruit. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Good all-round IPA, some dankness, but mostly a classic American IPA profile.

Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:57


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is fruity and grassy hops with (wicked) weedy tones, citrus, biscuity malt, some pine, orange, tropical notes, touch of bubblegum. Flavour is sweetish with a medium bitterness. Body is medium. A bit more grassy than I expected, and could be more 'Imperial'. That being said, this is a very fine IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:57


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

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is strong wood with orange peel, bourbon, cherries, malt, caramel, vanilla, toffee, notes of dried fruit. Flavour is medium sweet with a light bitterness. Body is above medium. Very tasty, lots of candied orange and wood.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:57


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

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is smooth Bourbon with dark malt, caramel, chocolate, green peppers, vanilla, oak, spicy notes, toffee. Flavour is medium sweet without the firm chili burn you'd expect, it's fairly subtle and the chili is present more in the aroma than in the flavour. Body is above medium. Very nice, smooth and balanced with lovely Bourbon and peppers.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:57


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Funky and dry with a nicely complex Bretty aroma, tart fruits including some pear but fortunately not too much because I don't really like pear. Canned fruits, wood. Sour and mild bitter, medium body, wow very good.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:57


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

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is citrussy hops with light bready malt, soft tropical notes, orange, bit grassy. Pretty dry bitter finish, medium bitter. Pleasant example of the style.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:57


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

Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is funky and bretty with brown malt, oak, dark fruits, and a touch of caramel. Flavour is tart and mildly sour with a dry finish. A little bitter as well. Body is modest medium. Fairly light but nicely funky and fruity, tart.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:57