Wicked Weed Brewing Co
Asheville, NC
Wicked Weed White Angel sells out
Wicked Weed White Angel, the third release in the brewery’s Angels Series will return again in late August. Online pre-sales of this release take place again on August 14th, 12 pm (EST). This series edition is aged in wine barrels with locally grown wild muscadine and Scuppernong grapes.
This release is a part of the ongoing “Angels Series” that features Red Angel, Golden Angel and Wicked Weed Angel of Darkness.
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WHITE ANGEL is an American Sour Ale blended with two pounds per gallon of locally harvested Muscadine and Scuppernong grapes and aged in white wine barrels. After eight months, another pound per gallon of Amarillo wine must is blended in stainless steel tanks for 2 months. A total of 2.5 tons of fruit and 10 total months of maturation later we give you White Angel.
Brewery co-founder and head blender Walt Dickinson tells Beer Street Journal that the 2016 edition really exceeded his expectations. The grapes really pop, making this one hard to put down.
Wicked Weed White Angel is a 500 milliliter bottle release, only at the Funkatorium in Asheville, North Carolina. Bottle pickup for the 2016 release takes place on August 27th, and 28th.
The sale this past Sunday sold out in about an hour.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Wild Muscadine Grapes. Wine Barrel Aged)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Latest Return: August, 2016
7.3% ABV
Wicked Weed Montmaretto returns as a flagship offering
Wicked Weed Montmaretto takes leave of the brewery’s Canvas Series and returns as one of the brewery’s flagship beers this month.
In case the name was not suggestive enough, Wicked Weed Montmaretto boasts a favor reminiscent of amaretto – the Italian liqueur. The name is actually Italian for “a little bitter,” making a sour ale with almonds and cherries even more genius.
Montmaretto is aged in neutral wine barrels (barrels that have been used to the point where they are basically just oak vessels that don’t impart an flavor), when a secondary fermentation takes place on cherries. The beer is blended with beer aged on almonds, where a balance is struck for the final beer.
Wicked Weed Montmaretto is a 16.9 ounce bottle offering. The beer dons amazing new artwork, seen above.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Almonds, Cherries. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 16.9oz Bottles
Latest Release: August, 2016
6.9% ABV
Wicked Weed Montmaretto seen in 2015, part of the Canvas Series. Pic: Beer Street Journal
Wicked Weed Brettaberry returns with hot new artwork
Wicked Weed Brettaberry is returning to shelves once again. This year it is sporting some sexy new artwork.
A ton of fruit (literally and figuratively) goes into making Wicked Weed Brettaberry. The Brettanomyces heavy beer has around one half pound per gallon of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and honey, taking fruit to the next level.
A half pound per gallon of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries are packed into this effervescent Brettanomyces ale. These berries combine with honey to create the bursting fruit flavor of a freshly baked berry pie. Blended with a light portion of our golden sour and aged in French oak foeders, Brettaberry then bottle conditions until ripe for the picking.
Wicked Weed Brettaberry is a 500 milliliter bottle offering, seasonally.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Blackberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, Honey. Oak Aged.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Latest Return: August, 2016
5.5% ABV
Last year bottle artwork. Pic: Beer Street Journal
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Wicked Weed Brewing adds Colorado distribution
Wicked Weed Brewing (Asheville, NC) adds distribution to the state of Colorado in August. The brewery has signed a distribution deal with C.R. Goodman Companies.
“Colorado is an outstanding beer market and we feel honored to pour alongside our amazing craft beer friends there,” “We have seen such love and support from locals through our GABF and CBC visits and we can happily say that they will now be able to find a consistent supply of Wicked Weed beer.”- Ryan Guthy, Owner/Head of Sales, Wicked Weed
The exact launch lineup has not been determined, however Colorado drinkers can expect selections from the brewery’s sour and farmhouse lineup, plus hoppy offerings from the production facility. Wicked Weed did note that 80% of the launch lineup with be from their sour/wild lineup.
Wicked Weed Colorado launch events include:
Tuesday, August 16th – Falling Rock at 5pm
Wednesday, August 17th – The Mayor from 6-8pm
Thursday, August 18th – Backcountry Pizza at 5pm
Friday, August 19th – Freshcraft at 7pm
Saturday, August 20th – Hops & Pie at 12pm
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Wicked Weed Silencio breaks free of Canvas Series
Wicked Weed Silencio once a Canvas Series release last fall, has returned. Check out the hot new artwork.
Wicked Weed Silencio is a sour black ale, aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels with vanilla beans, and Mountain Air Roasting Coffee.
Bottles are now available at the brewery. Limited distribution starts now.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Coffee. Vanilla Beans. Barrel Aged. Bourbon.)
Availability: 500ml Bottles
Latest Return: Late July, 2016
7.4% ABV
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Wicked Weed Coolcumber bottles debut for the first time
Wicked Weed Coolcumber, a draft offering in the past, is now available in bottles as of today.
The beer is exactly as it sounds, a golden ale brewed with cucumber. Take our word for it – it really does smell and taste like cucumber. (Plus basil and juniper berries of course.) Face it, the South is hot. This beer is like air conditioning in a glass.
Summer in Carolina is a time when days grow long, life slows down, and friends draw near. Gardens burst with brisk basil and fresh cucumbers, fireflies illuminate the night sky, and warm days leave us lounging late, our glasses brimming with golden nectar. Summer in the South is best served cool.
Wicked Weed Coolcumber is a 12 ounce bottle offering.
Style: Golden Ale (w/ Cucumber, Basil, Juniper Berries.)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: 7/11/16
5.5% ABV
