Franciscan Well Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Cork, Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪
Owned by Molson Coors

Established in 1998

Contact
Riverpark House, Unit L, Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Road, Ballintemple, Cork, T12 HW3W, Ireland
Description
Cork’s Franciscan Well Brewery and Brew Pub is one of Ireland’s longest established and best respected craft breweries. The “Well” has gained national fame for its popular beers along with international recognition for its numerous craft beer awards from across Europe along with their successful collaboration with Jameson Whiskey.

Founded by Shane Long in 1998, it is now Ireland’s No.1 Craft Brewery*. The brewery was founded on the North Mall in Cork City and is built on the site of an old Franciscan monastery and well dating back to the year 1219. In 2017, we opened a new Brewery Facility on the other side of the River Lee. This was to meet the growing demand of Franciscan Well products, while allowing the brewers to maintain the creative micro-brewery to create new ideas and products – continuing to allow the patrons of the Brew Pub to give them their initial feedback and input to the creative process.

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7

Magus, mõru, karamelline, linnaseline, tsitrus. Ok.

Tried from Draft on 04 Aug 2025 at 16:37


6

Hapukas, röstine, linnaseline, kohvine, kreemine Ok.

Tried from Draft on 01 Aug 2025 at 19:50


6

Vesine, linnaseline, karamelline, kerge hapukus, soolane. Okish.

Tried from Draft on 01 Aug 2025 at 19:48


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

From tap at Brewhemia, Edinburgh. Malty with notes of caramel, bread crust and modest hop. Moderate bitter and light sweet. More Amber ale than IPA.

Tried from Draft at Brewhemia on 04 Jul 2025 at 01:10


5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 4

Deep copper with a firm off white head. Very fruity, malt driven. Not much of an ipa. Can’t tell if this is how it’s supposed to be or if the keg is off but it’s not worth another try.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jun 2025 at 16:50


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Near black with a tan nitro head. Earth, caramel, some bright hops, light malt. Medium bodied. Decent.

Tried from Draft at Franciscan Well Brewery & Brewpub on 19 Jun 2025 at 20:41


6

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2025 at 11:24


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Аромат отличный, разные хмели, преимущественно европейские, немного цитрусовых и хвои, много грейпфрута. Цвет классический, пенка средняя, но мыльная и держится хорошо. Вкус сбалансированный, очень хорошая выверенная карбонизация. Ощущается солод, немного грейпфрута. После глотка появляются разнообразные хвойные нотки. Прям порадовал меня этот пивас.

Tried on 01 Feb 2025 at 11:33


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Tap at Farrington, Dublin: Clear amber coloured brew with an decent hints of caramel.

Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:37


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Keg at The Dome, Tufnell Park, London whilst at The Crawlers' gig. Pale hazy yellow with a white head. Vague lemon taste; thin, watery and insipid. A reminder of why we seek out proper craft rather than faux craft crap like this (not that there was much choice at this venue!).

Tried on 09 Dec 2024 at 22:04


Brewery Stats
Score 6.41
Beers23
Ticks280