Franciscan Well Brewery
Commercial Brewery
in Cork,
Cork,
Ireland 🇮🇪
Owned by
Molson Coors
Established in 1998
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.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught @ Franciscan Well. Hazy golden with medium white short lasting head. Sweet aroma with yeast,wheat and banana notes. Sweet yeasty flavor with banana notes. Ends sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught @ Franciscan Well. Clear red with tiny short lasting off white head. Sweet fruity aroma. Sweet flavor with fruity,caramel and hoppy notes leading it to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Draught @ Bull & Castle. Clear golden with tiny head. Sweet grainy with herbal notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Black with medium beige long lasting creamy head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt and smoke notes. Flavor is sweet with roasted malt,smoke and hints of liquerice. Creamy mouthfeel and a bitter end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Tara’s Speciality Beer House. Clear amber with medium off white head. Sweet and hoppy aroma with caramel notes. Sweet and hoppy flavor with caramel and pine notes. Ends bitter.
mjs (11972) reviewed Blarney Blonde from Franciscan Well Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Draught at Bull and Castle, Dublin, on 2008-07-02) Pale golden. Clear. Medium-sized white head. Hoppy nose. Medium palate with quite much carbonation. Hoppy and fruity taste.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
[Draught at Bull & Castle] Clear golden with tiny head. Aroma has grassy notes. Watery with light bitterness. Boring....
Mansquito (18977) reviewed Blarney Blonde from Franciscan Well Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours with almost no head and has a clear and low carbonated golden body that is actually very pretty. You can tell it is not a crappy pale lager just by looking at it. Bready aroma. Grassy hops that made me actually think that this was a lager. Slightly sweet taste. End is bready again. Fransiscan Well ought to have more customers and more ratings because they seem to be truly committed to good beer and its proliferation.
Mansquito (18977) reviewed Shandon Stout from Franciscan Well Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at the brewery. Beige head that was the darkest of any of the dry stout heads that I have encountered. Very, very dark brown colour. Coffee aroma. Hell of roasty and hell of matly as well. A little bit bitter. Coffee and chocolate tastes were very prevalent.
cagarvie (39800) reviewed Blarney Blonde from Franciscan Well Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Golden yellow coloured ale, grassy hop aroma, with a grassy laggery hop flavour.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.41 |
| Beers | 23 |
| Ticks | 280 |
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