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Wild Range IPA Review: Delicious, or Not Worth Your Money?

on 10/20/17 by Miguel A. Suro
9 Comments

I was with my wife at ALDI (an extremely cheap supermarket) when I spotted this brew on one of the shelves. Not only did it have a really cool label, but it was also an IPA (which I usually like), and it was relatively well-priced. So, I bought a six-pack, and resolved to write up this Wild Range IPA Review. Here goes:

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    • Quick Summary
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Wild Range IPA Review

Wild Range IPA review

Quick Summary

Beer: Wild Range IPA (India Pale Ale)

Bottom Line: A very, very good beer with a predominantly sour (but pleasant) flavor, as well as malty and sweet notes.

Price: About $6.99 for a six-pack of 12 oz bottles at ALDI

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Details

Origin: Rochester, New York

wild range ipa review: place of origin

Rochester, NY. Not a wild place…

Alcohol: 6.9%. Yeah!

Looks: A dark glass standard beer bottle with a really cool drawing of some circus-type dude holding up a baton and two wolves; together with James Bond, the apex of masculinity.

The other pinnacle of manliness

The beer itself has an amber color.

Smell: Strong malt smell with hints of chocolate.

Taste: The Wild Range IPA has an excellent balance of flavors, starting with a relatively strong, but pleasant, sour taste. Then, you get hints of malt and a molasses-type sweetness. So sour, malty, and sweet (in that order). The flavors linger close to the back of the mouth, but are all pretty smooth.

It’s also got good, medium-level carbonation and a nice thickness, not being watery at all. My wife says it’s soapy, but I couldn’t make that out at all.

Rooster

The cock, another icon of masculinity

The Wild Range is too sour and thick to be refreshing or easy to drink; it’s not a beach day kind of brew. Rather, think of enjoying it with a heavy, food coma-inducing meal, like a juicy steak.

Hangover Factor: Nothing out of the ordinary. I’m a male in reasonably good health born in 1983.

Wild Range IPA Review Final Thoughts

Initially, I didn’t really know what to expect, since I’d never bought beer at ALDI, and ALDI is like the dollar store of supermarkets (very cheap, no-name products, some of which are high-quality).

This is a really good and quite alcoholic beer. It’s manly, thick, and tasty. Pick it up the next time you’re at ALDI.

Credit: GIF from Giphy


Note: This is a series I call Caveman Beer Reviews, because I like to drink beer but am a caveman when it comes to beer knowledge. I know only the basics, and do not have a refined palate. I’ll review the beers on price and what they look, smell, and taste like to me.

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Comments

  1. Butch Brown says

    September 28, 2018 at 1:41 am

    I pick up new beers when I come across them. While at the local Aldi, I came across a few new beers and decided to check them out. One was Wild Range. This beer has the taste of green beer and turpentine. I poured out 3/4 of it. NOT RECOMMEND unless you don’t like someone, then I would definitely give this to them, I doubt they will be back.

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    • The Rich Miser says

      September 28, 2018 at 11:26 am

      Hi Butch,

      Interesting perspective. I liked this beer, but, of course, not everyone will. Thanks for providing a different point of view 🙂

      Cheers,
      Miguel

  2. tom lovely says

    June 17, 2020 at 2:01 pm

    couldn’t ask for any better for price, taste, and kick it’s next to Bass’

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  3. Vito says

    February 17, 2021 at 7:41 pm

    I really like IPA’s especially in the winter. This one is just plain delicious, and very approachable. I doubt I would ever find it “too much” after finishing off a six (over several days), the way I find Voodoo Ranger to be. I agree with your review!

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  4. Philip Robinson says

    April 8, 2021 at 2:55 am

    It has a grapefruit taste to it.

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  5. K says

    October 15, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    I taste grapefruit my husband tastes soap, but it’s a dead ringer to Ballast Point Sculpin for half the price so I’m a happy girl.

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  6. Michael M says

    November 5, 2021 at 3:51 pm

    Wild Range went up from $6.99 to $7.99

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  7. Steve says

    November 25, 2021 at 5:47 pm

    Has anyone noticed sediment floating in the bottle? I’m drinking one now and want to make sure I’m not having rodent parts

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  8. Kelly Hamula says

    November 5, 2023 at 3:40 pm

    Great review! I love this beer. I also love Aldi’s and many, many of their products are very good. Produce, dairy, fish, I could go on an on. I’d be lost without them here in small town upstate NY.

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