Metalman Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Waterford,
County Waterford,
Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated Venue: Phil Grimes Pub
Established in 2011
Closed in 2022
Contact
Description
Metalman Brewing was born in 2011 when two beer enthusiasts decided they’d had enough of the outlandishly limited selection of beer available in Ireland, and decided to do something about it.
They started by contract brewing at a small brewery in Tipperary while building a brewery in Waterford city with a 6.5HL brewhouse. Draught Metalman started popping up in all sorts of places, and various brewery upgrades followed. At the end of 2014, they installed the first canning line at an Irish microbrewery, and cans of Metalman Pale Ale hit the shelves in January 2015. A brewhouse upgrade to 24HL followed later that year, as did various seasonal and limited edition releases.
Making beer is bloody hard work, but dammit it’s a lot of fun!
They started by contract brewing at a small brewery in Tipperary while building a brewery in Waterford city with a 6.5HL brewhouse. Draught Metalman started popping up in all sorts of places, and various brewery upgrades followed. At the end of 2014, they installed the first canning line at an Irish microbrewery, and cans of Metalman Pale Ale hit the shelves in January 2015. A brewhouse upgrade to 24HL followed later that year, as did various seasonal and limited edition releases.
Making beer is bloody hard work, but dammit it’s a lot of fun!
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Draught in Against the Grain. Pale gold with a medium head. Aroma is grainy malt. Flavour is crisp lemon, malt and grain. Decent lager.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2016
at 15:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
6th August 2016
The great ChrisO pre GBBF gathering. Can. Light haze on this gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Sweetish pale malts. Light floral in the mid. Mild citrus. Semi dry finish. Clean and drinkable.
The great ChrisO pre GBBF gathering. Can. Light haze on this gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Sweetish pale malts. Light floral in the mid. Mild citrus. Semi dry finish. Clean and drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2016
at 18:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy straw yellow colour, average frothy white head, mostly diminishing, light lacing. Shy aroma, wheat, lemon, light coriander, wet hay. Taste mild light sweet and bitter, wheaty, light citrus, herbal hops. Dry sweetbitter aftertaste, herbal notes, bit chalky, light body, watery to oily texture, soft carbonation, refreshing and quaffable.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2016
at 12:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from O’Brien’s, Athlone [080515]
Dark amber, very hazy, frothy off white head, sone lacing
Aroma of sweet malts, hop resins, citrus zest, caramel, caramelised orange
Taste of malty fruits, bitter zest, pine, some toasty malt, lots of flavour,
Palate - Soft carb, medium to full body, sweet malt and very bitter, rich mouthfeel. Finish - quite an aggressive bitter zest linger
Overall - Pungent flavoured beer, a lot stuffed in here
Dark amber, very hazy, frothy off white head, sone lacing
Aroma of sweet malts, hop resins, citrus zest, caramel, caramelised orange
Taste of malty fruits, bitter zest, pine, some toasty malt, lots of flavour,
Palate - Soft carb, medium to full body, sweet malt and very bitter, rich mouthfeel. Finish - quite an aggressive bitter zest linger
Overall - Pungent flavoured beer, a lot stuffed in here
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2016
at 12:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Golden beer with a good strong head. The aroma is yeasty and mildly malty with some hops. The flavour is yeasty and dry with a touch of strawberry. Overall a nice unfiltered lager. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2016
at 19:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Brownish coloured beer with a strong off white head. The aroma is lightly hopped, and the flavour is gently bitter and hopped. Overall a nicely mildly hopped IPA. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2016
at 17:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
330ml can. Cloudy, yellow-ish, bright golden colour with average, thick, creamy, osteoporosing, fairly lacing, white head. Spicy and wheaty aroma, wet strawy background, hints of coriander, a touch of lemon zest. Taste is slightly bitter hoppy, minimally metallic, hints of lemon, lemon zest, a wheaty touch; monotonous and slightly watery.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2016
at 15:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can from Flavourly.com. Deep hazy golden colour with a thick white head. Tropical fruit aroma and light tropical fruit taste, mid sweet to light bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2016
at 13:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at Chriso’s pre GBBF shindig. 6/8/2016. Many thanks to Daniel for this one. A lightly golden orange coloured pour with fine white head aroma is Cereal grains, light tart. Flavour is composed of semi sweet cereal grains, grassy hop, noble. Palate is grainy, moderate carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2016
at 15:25
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can shared at Chris and Ruth’s pre GBBF shindig; clear yellow pour with a thin white head, aroma has citrus and taste has citrus and sweet malts.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2016
at 05:11