O Brother Brewing

Microbrewery in Kilcoole, Wicklow, Ireland 🇮🇪

Established in 2011

Contact
Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Ireland
Description
O Brother Brewing is a family owned brewery from Kilcoole, County Wicklow. Back in 2011, three Brothers - Barry, Brian and Padhraig O’Neill - got put their minds together to create this independent brewery. Exciting beer with the best quality ingredients, packed with flavour: Beer we love drinking ourselves, always bold, always interesting.

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle courtesy of John at Johnny Off L. in Rome Italy. Pours semi clear golden, tick creamy white head which stays there forever. Nose: fruity, peach and apricot. Mouth: balanced bitterness, a bit astringent but juicy with a decent bitterness. Balanced. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2015 at 06:03


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

Bottle from O’Brien’s, Athlone [071115]
Amber, clear, frothy bubbly white head, light lacing, head dissipates
Aroma of tropical fruits, mango, sweet citrus fruits, soft grapefruit, hint of orange, good clear fruity aroma
Taste of bitter zest, grapefruit zest, sweet caramel malt background, very hoppy, getting a bit of that butter biscuit malt I didn’t like in another one of their beers, but it did go away eventually, lots of flavour in this
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, rich texture, considerably bitter, sweet background. Finish is fairly dry, long bitter zest linger
Overall - Maybe a tad over stuffed and I’m not sure about the malt background, but plenty of hops in this and it’s robust. Quite decent.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2015 at 17:43


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from O’Brien’s, Athlone [161015]
Golden, clear, thin bubbly white head
Aroma of some tropical fruits, soft sweet fruits, dab of buttery caramel
Taste of caramel, some tropical fruit, soft grapefruit, some bitter citrus hops, but some butter biscuit. Not that keen on the malt base.
Palate - Medium carb, tad fizzy, medium body, soft sweet. Finish is quite drying, very bitter spicy zest linger, bit rough around the edges
Overall - Seemed a bit flawed to me. Will re-rate this in the future.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2015 at 18:40


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

Draught at Against the grain. Cloudy gold with a thin head, excellent lacing. Aroma is a bag of tropical fruit. Flavor is bitter, bitter and then some. Dries the mouth, fruit, sugary sour finish. Too big for me.... But if you like intense this is the one for you.

Tried on 14 Sep 2015 at 10:53


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Draught at ICBF15. Hayz gold with a thin head. Fruity, hoppy aroma. Flavour is hoppy, disty, bitter, a bit rough.

Tried on 07 Sep 2015 at 08:42


6

Tried on 16 Aug 2015 at 09:24


8

Tried on 16 Aug 2015 at 08:56


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at the Black Sheep, Dublin, 28/06/15. Pale golden decent off white covering. Nose is lemon curd, pissy citrics, straw, mandarin. Taste comprises apricot, mandarin, lychee, tangerine, yuzu trace. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close laced with juicy hop bitterness. Decent APA.

Tried on 28 Jun 2015 at 11:54


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Growler from McHughs. Gold with a solid white head. Aroma is citrus. Flavour is fresh citrus, light bitterness, sweet on the finish.

Tried from Growler on 21 Jun 2015 at 04:37


7

Tried on 24 May 2015 at 11:57