Petes Wicked Ale

Petes Brewing Company
Formerly brewed at Matt Brewing Company
Style: Brown Ale
San Antonio, Texas USA

Serve in Dimpled mug

petes wicked ale is a good session beer. it is one of the few beers brewed in the us that has some taste.

Pours a dark brown color with a thick white head. Aroma is a bit earthy and a bit of caramel, too. A bit on the fizzy side with some sweet flavor. Average.

This one didn’t do it for me, lifeless in the glass, nutty and caramel notes in taste and aroma.

Serving: 12 oz. bottle from Wegmans Leesburg. It pours a very light brown with a small, foamy off-white head. The nose has some stale hop notes, a slight vegetal note, some nuttiness, and a bit of caramel. The flavor is a little English in style with a bit of butter and caramel. There is a light undercurrent of fruitiness and stale, papery hops. This one may be a bit past it’s prime, but it’s still not terrible. Medium bodied with average carbonation leading to a medium, lightly fruity finish. I actually think this brew comes across better than the ratings belie.

Deep russett coppery brown with caramel and crystal malt sweetness prevalent on the nose. There’s something amiss with the nose though. It’s not vegetal or appley, but a little bit earthy. Maybe it didn’t travel particularly well - this is 8,000miles from home after all. I don’t know, it’s just a bit... meh. Sweet and nutty as a brown ale ought to be, a bit bready. No major flavour faults, but not a lot else to comment on. Pleasant enough but not especially memorable. A touch astringent an smoky on the finish.

I had this several years ago and it was average in every way. A little bit of malt and not too sweet but nothing really flavorful. Not really bad but much better brown ales out there, although I am surprised to hear it isn’t made anymore.

Pours reddish brown with a foamy off-white head that lingers briefly. Aroma of raisins, malt, wheat bread, and faint herbs. Palate is a little thin, with average carbonation and short finish. The sweetness of molasses and maybe caramel defines most of the taste, but it tapers off quickly with a hint of hops in the finish. A good session ale.

A: The beer pours a dark amber color with a finger of off-white head sitting on top. S: Intensely sweet on the nose with a big time dark fruit character, possibly prunes and raisins. Some toffee, caramel, and brown sugar gives additional sweetness as does the hint of chocolate. T: Sweet toffee and brown sugar are present all the way through. Some mild dark fruit notes and perhaps a hint of nuttiness and toasted bread. M: Light to medium in body with a medium carbonation. O: A little too sweet and not much else going on.