Tom Crean Brewery

Microbrewery in Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland 🇮🇪

Contact
Main Street, Kenmare, V93 KDX0, Ireland
Description
The first commercially brewed beer in Kenmare for nearly 200 years and the first purpose built brewery in Kerry for probably the same length of time. All our craft beers are natural products, free from preservatives, additives and colouring.

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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Clear copper colour, rich firm head. Toasty nose with mild peat. Dry with light body and crisp, rounded mouthfeel. Salty and toasty with hints of peat and grass. Mid bitter finish. Unspectacular perhaps, but harmonious and unassuming. Would love to drink pints of this in Kerry.
Tried on 14 Feb 2023 at 21:50

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Black, small beige head. Piney coffee aroma. Dry with light body and crisp mouthfeel. Piney licorice with some tartness. Resinous bitter finish.
Tried on 14 Feb 2023 at 21:23

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Sample (thanks fonefan!). Black colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, some wooden and mild toffeeish tones. Flavour is fruity, some toffee and mild wooden tones with some slight herbs. 2-3 % more to this and it would kick ass with the elements there is (with the sweetness from malts added to get abv up)
Tried on 13 Feb 2023 at 21:33

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample (thanks fonefan!). Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some wooden and mild elderberries. Flavour is elderberries, some wooden, floral and mild sweetness.
Tried on 13 Feb 2023 at 19:18

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can from Craft Beers Delivered.com. Pours opaque mid to dark brown with an off-white cap. Aroma: malt, bread, caramel. Taste: moderate sweet & light bitter, caramel, earthy, tiny savoury note. Medium body with fine carbonation.
Tried from Can from Craft Beers Delivered on 08 Feb 2023 at 21:13

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5

Can 440ml. @ home. 🏡❄☃️🇩🇰 💻👀

[ As Tom Crean Six Magpies Stout ].
ABV: 4.5%. Clear dark dark brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, dusty, grass, leather, funk. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light acidic and light bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, roasted, burnt bitter, leather, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20230205]
5-4-5-3-10
Tried from Can on 05 Feb 2023 at 18:47

5/10
Tried on 05 Feb 2023 at 18:46

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

Can 440ml. @ home. 🏡❄☃️🇩🇰 💻👀

[ As Tom Crean Kerry Surf & Turf Ale ].
ABV: 4.2%. Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, straw, caramel, nutty touch, light UK yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, caramel, hay - straw, toffee touch, sea weed - salty touch. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20230204]
6-3-7-3-13
Tried from Can on 04 Feb 2023 at 19:11

6/10
Tried on 04 Feb 2023 at 18:24

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
14/1/2023. Can at the Haderslebener tasting. Pours hazy pale yellow gold with a small frothy white head. Very odd aroma, like walking into a pub late evening before the smoking ban came in when you're hit by a wall of second hand smoke. This was alongside some oak chippings and burnt rubber. Not an enjoyable aroma, though it tasted better, but was slightly watery and quite fizzy.
Tried from Can on 16 Jan 2023 at 23:13