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!
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Cask at LMG. Black with a cream head. Aroma is milky stout. Flavour is milk stout with a big kick. Lovely spicy mouth warming mexican spice on a milky stout base. More of this please
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Feb 2015
at 18:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Growler from Carryout Tyrellstown. Clean Amber orange with a short head. Flavour is sweet orange malt with a lot of tangy ginger, watery finish, long ginger palate.
Tried
from Growler
on 02 Jan 2015
at 16:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
on draft at O’Donoghue’s Suffolk St, pours a light brown to reddish colour, a little off white head that is gone quickly. Smoke in the aroma, bready malts, taste is the same but too thin and watery for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2014
at 06:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Growler from tyrellstown carry out. Light Amber with a medium head. Fruity with a light bitter background. Sweet malty finish.
Tried
from Growler
on 02 Nov 2014
at 13:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Draught at the Norseman. Light orange with a solid head. Aroma is soft berry. Flavour is dry bread, nutty a little bitterness.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2014
at 12:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught, smallish head, clear and just a touch deep orange colour, aroma of lemon sherbet, peach and aloysia, flavour of under ripe banana, strawberry, sponge cake and some spiciness, medium herbal bitterness. citrus aftertaste. Nice and interesting.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2014
at 02:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cellar Blackrock [230714]
Pitch black, frothy beige fluffy head, good lacing
Aroma of roasted malts, soft spicy, herbal note in there, dab of root ginger
Taste - Very odd initially...herbal, bit minty, spicy, dark malts underneath, some ginger-like flavour, tasty, very spicy...I like it
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, smooth, fairly sweet. Finish - more dark and some plain chocolate comes thorough to offset the craziness.
Overall - Good spicy porter...found it got less odd with the drinking
Pitch black, frothy beige fluffy head, good lacing
Aroma of roasted malts, soft spicy, herbal note in there, dab of root ginger
Taste - Very odd initially...herbal, bit minty, spicy, dark malts underneath, some ginger-like flavour, tasty, very spicy...I like it
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, smooth, fairly sweet. Finish - more dark and some plain chocolate comes thorough to offset the craziness.
Overall - Good spicy porter...found it got less odd with the drinking
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2014
at 16:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Scura buona scjiuma persistente belle mote maltate torrefatte un po di caramello bruciato cioccolato erbacea liquirizia nota speziata secchezza media erbaceo tostature morbide
Tried
on 25 Jun 2014
at 10:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Martins. Reddish black with a film of head. Aroma is coffee and roast. Flavour is chocolate, cold tea, spicy fruity on a long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2014
at 13:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Draught in Bierhaus Cork. Hazy orange with a medium head. Aroma is a little dough. Flavour is dusty fruit, dough and citrus. Wet base on a medium bitter finish.
Tried
on 13 May 2014
at 08:43