Kentucky Common American Brown
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Co.

500ml bottle bought from McHughs, Dublin

Poured a nice deep dark brown. Creamy mocha head poured very tight, thick and meringue like then faded slowly to nice light covering. Very sparse carbonation... light lacing creeps up the side of the glass...

Aroma - Nice strong toasted biscuity malts, toasted bread, light chocolate notes, some light fruitiness (figs, some raisins), some peppery / grassy hops, toffee / nutty sweetness, some brown sugar traces, leathery, faint woodiness...

Taste – Toasted caramel maltiness, bready, nice light spicy / peppery hop bitterness, cookies, toffee / honey sweetness, some sweet nutty notes, light woodiness, faint herbal notes, creamy, some dark fruits (figs, raisins)...

Feel - Pretty smooth and creamy... Light / medium bodied... Extremely drinkable - i could happily knock back a few of these in a session...

Overall - A superb example of a brown ale... so well balanced and drinkable... definitely recommended...

 

Chocolate garnet with creamy tan froth that trails immediately. 4
Dark caramel, cream soda, and a hint of German dark rye. 3.75
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Sarsparilla end and drying cinnamon bark linger.
Fizzy, clingy, almost medium. 3.75

My first Kentucky Common. Malty sweetness leads, black malts seem to be for colour only, and rye influence (which is not strictly historical) might be imaginary. Just too cloying for me to really get into, and it would be a below average dark mild, but there’s a time and place for Genny Creamers (NB: like cream ales, Kentucky Commons have maize in the mash) too, so maybe this just needs its moment. Admirable effort, at the very least. 3.75

Another fine brew from the Wicklow boys with one of the best labels around.