Cloudy, milky, and dull orange-gold,
Wicked Awesome pours with a sudsy off-white head. It packs a robust
scent, built around mango and hops stank. The flavour is equally split
between tropical fruit notes and sticky, resinous bitterness.
Easy-going
for an IPA, but bursting with juicy flavour, it’s not hard to see how
this beer is a contest winner. At 6.5%, there is a little room to up the
ante, but there is ample taste to keep your taste buds’ interest
piqued.
Other than their lamentable Green Apple
Pilsner (I won’t let it go—it’s awful!), Nickel Brook is one of
Ontario’s most consistently good, easily available breweries. Their
Naughty Neighbour and Headstock IPA are almost always present in my
fridge, and if Wicked Awesome remains available, I expect it will join
the gang in my staple roster. It’s not groundbreaking, earthshaking, or
heartbreaking, but it is a damn fine brew. Plus, with the relatively low
percentage and big, tropical flavour, this is the beer you give to your
pal Kevin who is convinced he doesn’t like IPAs because they’re “too
bitter”. Fuck you, Kevin! It’s a big tent style.
Rating: 9.0 out of 10.
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