YellowBelly Beer (Ireland)

Microbrewery in Wexford, Wexford, Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated Venue: Simon Lambert & Sons

Established in 2015

Contact
Pembrokestown, Whiterock Hill, Co., Wexford, Y35 HW27, Ireland
+353 53 914 2555
seamus@yellowbellybeer.ie
Description
We’re an Irish brewery and we love beer, so it’s why we brew it and why we drink it. And we know you do too, that’s probably why you are here, right? Learning about your new favourite brewery, perhaps reading up about a beer you are drinking right now or simply because you heard we make comics and want to check it out. Whatever the reason, we’re glad you swung by.

YellowBelly poured their first pint in May 2015, but the idea was born long before that. The founders of the brewery Nicky and Simon Lambert attended a brewing course in Manchester in 2009, and from then on the dream of opening a brewery on the site of their family pub began. Their first aim was to turn their pub into a craft beer destination in the heart of Wexford Town. Focusing on Irish Craft Beer & Spirits they quickly built up an exciting range of quality Irish products and went about changing the tastes of locals and enticing tourists into their pub. With a market established they set about work on their own 200 litre nano brewery in the basement of the pub. This work began in 2013, converting old store rooms into a semi-automated brewery, built using reconditioned tanks and a bit of local sweat and knowledge.

The fruits of that labour were a 200 litre Brewhouse capable of producing 20 kegs a week split across 3 products. A pale ale, lager and a special. This weekly special quickly put YellowBelly on the map. Under the stewardship of Head Brewer Declan Nixon over 100 unique beers were produced in our first year, with Simons Lambert & Sons being the only outlet to get your hands on them. Some of these early beers include the likes of Castaway and Citra which have become staples of the brewery throughout its history.
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SinH4

6.8
SinH4 (15499) reviewed Pirate Bay from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Hazy golden color with white head. Aroma is flowery, grassy, peachy. Taste is the same, again flowery. High carbonation, fizzy and fresh. Not bad!

Tried from Can on 03 Jun 2021 at 20:29

jhaase

7
jhaase (14816) reviewed Pirate Bay from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can. Milky copper, offwhite lace. Lychee aroma. Medium light dryish body. Fizzy. Peach, 🍑, fresh.

Tried from Can on 03 Jun 2021 at 20:27

Idiosynkrasie

6
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Red Noir from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

440ml can. Clear, chestnut colour with ruby shimmer and average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, beige head. Slightly earthy, grainy, bready, minimally chocolately, malty aroma, hints of coffee surrogate, cocoa powder, very cautious (forest) fruity overtones. Taste is minimally watery, toasty, bready and slightly grainy, malty, minimally metallic, hints of grey bread, coffee surrogate, whiffs of cocoa powder, subtle sweetness, a very cautious touch of dark fruit, forest fruit; lingering, metallic finish. Watery texture, minimally dry palate, mildly prickly carbonation. Earthy, veggie, almost a bit fungous - meh.

Tried from Can on 02 Jun 2021 at 22:47

Leighton

5.5
Leighton (34941) reviewed Great For The Town from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can shared at Chris and Ruth Pre-GBBF 2017 tasting - London. Cheers! Pours cloudy gold with a creamy, white topping. The nose holds dough, butter, hay. Medium sweet with more hay, dough, pale grains. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Vague fruity notes in the finish. Not great.

Tried from Can on 20 Apr 2021 at 20:33

McCash

7.1
McCash (16021) reviewed Unto the Breach from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - hazy golden orange. Big fluffy white head. Nose - pineapple chunks and fresh pineapple. Something very floral and reminiscent of parma violets. Taste - resin and floral again. Tangy, pineapple and skin. Fizzy citrus at the back. Palate - close to medium bodied. Tangy, lightly bitter middle and finish. Overall - l like this!

Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2021 at 19:50

McCash

6.4
McCash (16021) reviewed Great For The Town from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - hazy orange with a rapidly disappearing head. Nose - strawberry, orange and a light biscuit backdrop. Taste - sweet strawberry then bitter orange again. Brown bread coming in at the back. Palate - light bodied, creamy texture. Light malty finish. Overall - quite nice.

Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2021 at 19:35

Culchiem

6.9
Culchiem (6598) reviewed Unto the Breach from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Murky melon with a short head. Aroma of pineapple hop. Flavour is spicy fruit, warm fruity hop, mango and a light malt finish.

Tried on 24 Oct 2020 at 23:43

fuzzoholic

7
fuzzoholic (1386) ticked Metal Beer Solid from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 5 years ago

Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2020 at 20:43

Beertalk

6
Beertalk (16424) ticked Pirate Bay from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 5 years ago

Can, DØE tasting. Hazy golden with a small white head. Light aroma of citrus with a touch of peach. Dry and somewhat thin fruity flavour with a pretty good balance.

Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2020 at 17:40

fuzzoholic

8
fuzzoholic (1386) ticked Unto the Breach from YellowBelly Beer (Ireland) 5 years ago

Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2020 at 21:42

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