Beerfest5 (1972) reviewed Black Perle Porter from Wicklow Wolf 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
500mL bottle from Molloy’s. Pours a deep brown to black, thick oily pour, medium tan head that would suggest more carbonation than I’d like from a porter. Aroma is of roast beans, some milk chocolate, nutty taurine. Flavour is less carbonated than expected which is nice, typical porter flavours, roasted bean, chocolate, some fruity hops, lovely. Velvety mouthfeel, nice roasted finish.
Beerfest5 (1972) reviewed American Amber from Wicklow Wolf 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500mL bottle from Molloy’s. Pours a deep amber almost reddish brown colour with an off-white head that dissipates quickly. Biscuit and earthy hop aroma, first impression is an Irish red ale that doesn’t want to be. Sweetish malt flavour with unbalanced hoppiness, some tropical fruit. Nice idea but the flavours don’t mesh well. Nice bitter finish, thinner mouthfeel than expected.
Culchiem (6598) reviewed IPA from Wicklow Wolf 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Medium Amber with a thin head. Aroma is fruity hop. Flavour is sour bitter hop, grapefruit and malt. Sharp bitter fruit base. Bit rough.
Culchiem (6598) reviewed Black Perle Porter from Wicklow Wolf 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Dark black with a tan head. Aroma is coffee malt. Flavour is milk, toasted coffee, dark fruit on a milky finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Clean caramel with a thin head. Sweet biscuit malt aroma. Flavour is bread, caramel, dusty malt. Sweetish finish
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed IPA from Wicklow Wolf 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Mum and Dads, from Callans Dundalk, 26/12/14. Very lightly hazed golden amber with a decent off white covering that dissipates then stays for the show. Nose is floral hop, tangerine, melon, orange pith, light pine, citric tinged straw, perfmued pissoi. Taste comprises tangerine, hoppy pangs, straw, floral notes, mandarin, pink grapefruit, faint spice, light caramel malt, chalky mineral vibes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with citricana and hop bitterness. One of the better craft Irish IPA’s I’ve encountered thus far, nice balance, fresh, clean, tropical fruit tones, some pine and hops - decent enough fayre and one I would actually class as an IPA not an IPA wannabe ESB affair!
stravale (3279) reviewed Black Perle Porter from Wicklow Wolf 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Drinkstore, Dublin [221214]
Pitch black, fairly dense tan head, some lacing
Aroma of roasted malts, quite burnt roast, some dry charcoal, some burnt coffee grounds
Taste - Less roast than the aroma, fairly roasty, dark malts, some bitter dark chocolate, soft yeast, some dark fruity coffee
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, smooth, good mouth feel. Finish as main flavour, slightly dry, quite rich roast
Overall - Best of the WW beers I’ve tried so far
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from Drinkstore, Dublin [211214]
Amber, slight haze, frothy white head, slight lacing
Aroma of soft sweet caramel, some soft fruits, almost no hops
Taste - soft caramel malts, light honey, some butter biscuit, again little hops in this, not keen on this
Palate - soft carb, medium body, quite sweet. Finish has more soft butter biscuit and cereal
Overall - Hmmm....just soft biscuit buttery malt, didn’t really like this. Maybe this bottle was iffy...
stravale (3279) reviewed Kentucky Common from Wicklow Wolf 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Drinkstore, Dublin [201214] 5/3/6/3/12 2.9
Caramel brown, clear, frothy beige head, slight lacing
Aroma of soft caramel, slight dab of ground coffee, weak aroma
Taste of caramel, soft toasted malts, brown sugar, slight sour note, dab of brown bread, little hops, mainly malts, rather dull
Palate - Medium carb and body, slightly sweet. Finish is a bit dry, more toasted malts, brown bread crust
Overall - Rather ordinary to be honest, bit boring. Down to 2.9.
Keg @ The Barge, Dublin [131214] 6/3/6/3/13 3.1
Caramel brown, slight haze, frothy off white head
Aroma of soft caramel malts
Taste of caramel malts, light toffee, some toasted malt in there
Palate - Medium carb and body, light sweet. Finish has some more toasted malts, dab of brown bread crust
Overall - Came across as a rather plain beer for the abv, certainly better as it warmed up, served too cold and fizzy. Cask would be better for this. Will review bottle soon.
Culchiem (6598) reviewed Kentucky Common from Wicklow Wolf 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Draught. Murky brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is light malt. Flavour is brown sugar, malt a little spice and nut. Dirty texture on a dry base.