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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8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Black, small brown head. Intense aroma of woody cognac. Mid sweet with full body and well rounded mouthfeel, Warming oaky cognac and raisiny madeira on chocolate and coffee. Velvetty and warming with long bitter finish.

Tried on 31 May 2024 at 21:00


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish.

Tried on 29 May 2024 at 11:30


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

Sample (thanks fonefan!). Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is plum, some alcohol, mild dried fruits and some raisins with a bit of cognac sweetness too. Flavour is caramel, some roasted tones, mild dry Madeiraish spicy tones with some roasted elements. Some inky tones. Big tartish and somewhat burning aftertaste.

Tried on 27 May 2024 at 17:03


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

44cl can from AbeerVinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours orange gold, scarcely transparent, with fine white foam. Aroma is citrus and piney, hoppy and a little fruity. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is medium bitter, with some citrus sweetness behind. Final is average.

Tried from Can on 26 May 2024 at 18:56


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Can. Slightly hazy dark gold featuring an ok white head. Aroma of passion fruits, lemons, pine, resin and malts. Taste of caramel, passion fruits, malts, pine, resin, lemons and honey. Moderate bitterness. Medium carbonation. Quite boozy for the abv. Neat.

Tried from Can on 22 May 2024 at 10:12


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

440ml can. Hazy, yellow-ish, bright golden colour with average, thick, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Tropical fruity and slightly citrusy fruity, minimally perfumed, floral and leafy, hoppy aroma, notes of mango, some grapefruit, pineapple, whiffs of coconut, rather neutral, malty basis. Taste is mildly bitter, tropical and slightly citrusy fruity, minimally floral-leafy hoppy, rather neutral, minimally oaty, malty basis with subtle residual sweetness, hints of mango, coconut, a touch of pineapple, mandarine. Creamy texture, smooth and soft palate, soft, creamy carbonation. Well crafted, fairly fruity, quite some coconut from the Sabro - decent.

Tried from Can on 21 May 2024 at 20:48


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can. Minimally milky, redd-ish, mahogany colour with average to huge, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Slightly toasty malty and minimally herbal-grassy, fruity hoppy aroma, a touch of coconut and red berries. Taste is sweet-ish and minimally toasty, minimally chocolately, caramel malty, slightly fruity and minimally herbal-grassy hoppy, notes of red berries, caramel, a weak touch of lemon and coconut. Oily texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Pleasant sweetness, nice subtleties in the hop flavours - decent.

Tried from Can on 19 May 2024 at 16:05


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Hazy pale orange colour, mid sized head. Potent pineapple and papaya aroma. Mid dry with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with guava, pineapple and passionfruit. Low bitterness.

Tried on 18 May 2024 at 16:57


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

440ml can, 6.5 % abv, bought at Alko Kilpis. Lacing rings down the glass from a remaining white head, hazy pale golden body. Inviting aromas of wheat, dusty hops, and citrus. Hop fruity flavours, mix of grapefruit, a bite of yeasty fruitiness, and wheat. Refreshing juicy ending. Decent thirst quencher. (Tromsø, 16.05.2024).

Tried from Can on 17 May 2024 at 12:16


7

Was kein Flight am Wochenende? 😠

Tried from Draft on 11 May 2024 at 21:46