Wicklow Wolf

Microbrewery in Newtown Mount Kennedy, Wicklow, Ireland 🇮🇪

Established in 2014

Contact
Moneycarroll, Newtown Mount Kennedy, A63 A243, Ireland
Description
Wicklow Wolf was established in late 2014 after the meeting of two likeminded friends with a common interest in good beer. Quincey Fennelly and Simon Lynch both fell in love with craft beer while living in California for many years. Setting up a brewery together was always inevitable.

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sample (thanks fonefan!). Black colour, mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is liquorice, chocolate, caramel and some brandy and wooden tones. Flavour is spicy, some alcohol, mild sweet malty tones with some dried fruits and some toffee tones. Nice and big brew.

Tried on 11 Aug 2024 at 18:19


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at Bryggerifestivalen 2024, kindly shared by Bryne. Fawn-coloured head, scattered lacing, jet black in the glass. Inviting chocolate malts on the nose, smoothly roasted. Powerful taste of dark chocolate malts, oak, and backed by black coffee bites. Roasted bitter ending with bourbon hints warming down the swallow. Full bodied. Nice sipper qualities.(Trondheim, 02.08.2024).

Tried on 08 Aug 2024 at 06:47


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught at Bryggerifestivalen 2024, shared with yngwie. Hazy pale golden body, spotty lacing, declining white head. Passion fruity aromas with a floral touch, fresh and inviting. Peachy flavours added by grassy hops, soft malty backbone. Distant bitterness to a short tail. Satisfying. (Trondheim, 02.08.2024).

Tried on 07 Aug 2024 at 07:06


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Draught at Bryggerifestivalen 2024. Shared with yngwie. Clear late straw coloured body, film-type layer leaving spotty lacing on the glass. Pale malty aromas with a touch of herbal hops. Mixed taste profile of crystal malts, hints of bread, and biscuit. Short, mid-sweet ending of grainy malts. Easy to drink. Okay. (Trondheim, 02.08.2024).

Tried on 07 Aug 2024 at 07:00


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Dark brown, small head. Brandyish raisiny nose with some caramel. Sweet with full to massive body and well rounded mouthfeel. Marmelade, caramel and brandy. Warming bitter finish.

Tried on 05 Aug 2024 at 20:04


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Draught at Bryggerifestivalen 2024. Shared with yngwie. Misty pale golden body, almost naked at the surface, fragile lacing. Moderate peachy nose, with a touch of mango. Fruity tartness to the taste buds, moments of apricot, ripe lemon, and mango. Tart and dry endnotes. Okay cleanser. (Trondheim, 01.08.2024).

Tried on 05 Aug 2024 at 18:12


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught at Bryggerifestivalen. 2024. Shared with yngwie. Pours a dark golden body, hazy, declining white head, fair lacing. Prominent tropical fruity aromas, floral touch to it. Peachy flavours supported by pineapple and orange. Hints of hop fruity bitterness to the ending. Medium bodied. Refreshing and nice. (Trondheim, 01.08.2024).

Tried on 05 Aug 2024 at 17:57


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Draught, kindly shared by yngwie at Bryggerifestivalen 2024. Lacing rings down the glass from an off-white head, misty amber-copper body. Solid aromas of dried fruits, earthy malts, and caramel. Solid taste, as well, with hints of dried fruits, biscuit, and caramel malts. jam-like impression. Lingering aftertaste of dried fruits and rather sweet caramel malts. Good drinking, a tad too sweet in the long run. (Trondheim, 01.08.2024).

Tried on 05 Aug 2024 at 08:10


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught at Bryggerifestivalen 2024. Shared with yngwie. Good lacing from a fawn-coloured head, almost black in the glass. Inviting smell of chocolate malts, smoothly roasted. Well balanced malt-forwards taste with impacts of oatmeal and chocolate. Slightly roasted malty ending. Medium bodied. Smooth on the swallow. Like it. (Trondheim, 01.08.2024).

Tried on 05 Aug 2024 at 08:02


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Lys brun lett tåkete med beige skum. Lukter barnål, lys karamell og noe trevirke. Middels fylde og bitterhet. Smaker grapefrukt, noe barnål, havre og stenfrukt.

Tried on 27 Jul 2024 at 09:59