Vicious American Wheat IPA - North Peak Brewing Company

patpbr

Ohio

3.98/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Caught my eye at fifth street deli in Dayton, OH.
A-had some trouble getting a good pour. Sure that was skewed by my pour.
S- Never great at smells but like many IPAs
T- Interesting, grapefruit or something. it would appear some of the bitter is cut by the wheat?
M- Carbonation and a bit of bitter, a little sweet.
O- overall a good tasting ipa. I like to review a full six pack but one gave a good sample of a solid beer

Serving type: bottle

09-27-2012 03:28:29 | More by patpbr

HarmonMW

Michigan

4/5  rDev +3.9%

05-14-2013 23:02:30 | More by HarmonMW

bushbeer75

Michigan

3.78/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

12 oz stubby brown bottle dated December 7, 2012

North Peak Vicious American Wheat IPA poured a cloudy orange gold peach color into my pint glass. A nice creamy foamy off-white head was produced that held well and formed foamy strips of lacing. The nose was dominated by citrus and piney hops with light wheat in the background. The taste is similar to the nose with the dry hops dominating, however, the wheat malt helps balance the flavor and keeps the 72 IBU's from becoming too over powering. Not being a hophead I appreciated this. The mouth feel is smooth, creamy, medium bodied and a nice lively [almost prickly at times] carbonation.

Vicious is an easy drinking American IPA with just enough hops for this non-hophead.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2013 18:23:48 | More by bushbeer75

Chris77McGrath

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

03-19-2013 17:31:00 | More by Chris77McGrath

JimmyFlatRock

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

03-05-2013 02:09:10 | More by JimmyFlatRock

johnnydicfore

Ohio

2.25/5  rDev -41.6%

02-12-2013 23:43:11 | More by johnnydicfore

fluidmotion

Ohio

4/5  rDev +3.9%

02-09-2013 15:10:37 | More by fluidmotion

ssimpson89

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

02-09-2013 03:42:56 | More by ssimpson89

cmeinz

Ohio

4/5  rDev +3.9%

02-03-2013 16:37:04 | More by cmeinz

TheBedrosian

4.75/5  rDev +23.4%

01-21-2013 00:46:29 | More by TheBedrosian

Bitter_Echo

Michigan

4/5  rDev +3.9%

01-19-2013 23:17:59 | More by Bitter_Echo

atomicbeer

New Mexico

3.41/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Picked up at the Jolly Pumpkin in Ann Arbor MI as part of a mixed six pack. Pours an orange-amber with a one inch very slightly orange off-white head. Head sticks around as a thin cap. Aroma is sugared citrus, a hint of pine bark, and sticky sweet malt. Mainly orange and grapefruit with a bit of cherry. Flavor has all the elements of the aroma plus toasted wheat bread and spice. Medium carbonation. Maybe a bit too sticky sweet? Ok but will likely not be having again.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2013 20:52:39 | More by atomicbeer

Googs

New York

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

12-22-2012 14:45:52 | More by Googs

TimRoss41

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

12-10-2012 03:45:43 | More by TimRoss41

rolandboy

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -15.6%

11-26-2012 04:21:47 | More by rolandboy

ctrevino

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

10-26-2012 18:19:47 | More by ctrevino

StoutHunter

Michigan

3.2/5  rDev -16.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

I picked up a bottle of North Peak's Vicious American Wheat IPA last week for $1.79 at The Lager Mill. I haven't seen this beer before and North Peak usually does a pretty good at hoppy beers so lets see how it goes. Bottled September 5th 2012. Poured from a stubby brown bottle into an imperial pint glass.

A- It's got the typical North Peak label with a weird little werewolf on it, it poured a nice and hazy orange color that took on a bright amber hue when held to the light with two fingers worth of off white head that died down to a thin ring that stayed till the end and left some nice rings of lacing. This is a good looking beer, I have no complaints.

S- The aroma starts off with some nice caramel malt aromas that have have a fairly high amount of sweetness and impart some bread and biscuit like aromas. Up next comes a large amount of hops that are mainly citrus and impart some nice citrus aromas with grapefruit and pineapple seeming to stick out the most. The aroma was good and full of hops, but I would have liked some wheat aromas to balance out some of those hops, but it still has a pretty nice aroma.

T- The taste seems to be pretty similar to the aroma and it starts off with a lighter amount of caramel malts that have a medium amount of sweetness and impart some light bread, bread crust, and biscuit like flavors. Next up comes the hops that quickly show up and and are mainly citrus with a slight pine and floral aspect with grapefruit rind seeming to stick out the most, On the finish it has a medium amount of bitterness with a grapefruit rind like aftertaste. The taste seemed to be pretty average, the hop aspects were ok but I wish there was some actual wheat flavors to go along with it.

M- Fairly smooth, slightly dry, medium bodied, with a higher amount of medium carbonation that was slightly prickly. The Mouthfeel was ok but the carbonation was a little on the high side.

Overall I thought this beer was just ok and it's a pretty average example of the style, if I didn't look at the bottle I would be sure this was just an American IPA with no wheat in it because it didn't show up on the flavor or aroma. This beer had ok drinkability, it went down fairly smooth, but the flavors don't really hold my interest so I think one would be enough for me. What I liked the most about this beer was the appearance, it looked pretty good and it left some nice lacing. What I liked the least about this beer was the lack of wheat in the flavor and the aroma, without the wheat is just seemed one dimensional. I don't think I would buy this beer again, I would much rather have a Little Sumpin Sumpin from Lagunitas when in the mood for this style, but it is worth trying once if you don't mind hoppy beers. All in all I wasn't that impressed with this beer, the hops aspect wasn't that bad but the wheat never showed up, this beer doesn't really stick out in North Peaks lineup, it's a pretty run of the mill beer.

Serving type: bottle

10-13-2012 03:36:32 | More by StoutHunter

TGZ32

Michigan

4/5  rDev +3.9%

10-10-2012 03:12:06 | More by TGZ32

Steimie

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

09-08-2012 22:04:59 | More by Steimie

ucsbmullet

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

09-08-2012 15:34:42 | More by ucsbmullet

redleg64

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

09-03-2012 03:12:49 | More by redleg64

duceswild

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

08-29-2012 02:01:00 | More by duceswild

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Looks nice. Nose sucks. Flavor is...interesting. So, this is an IPA with wheat tones? I can deal with that. It's slightly unique. Mild in a way, but also vibrant with hop flavor. I suppose the best way to describe it is smooth. I like this. Definitely worth trying.

Serving type: bottle

08-25-2012 17:45:39 | More by RblWthACoz

vfgccp

New York

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

08-06-2012 00:27:14 | More by vfgccp

cestlavie

Yukon (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

06-25-2012 01:41:08 | More by cestlavie