Smithwick’s is Ireland’s most popular ale, first brewed by John Smithwick in Kilkenny in 1710. Smithwick founded his brewery on the site of an old Franciscan monastery, where the monks had ...

You’ll often find Smithwick’s, also an Irish red ale, alongside Guinness. The Smithwick family had opened its own brewery in Kilkenny in 1710. When Sullivan’s closed around 1920, ...

Smithwick's Irish Ale Review by Craig P. Dixon, southcoast247.com correspondent. Staff Writer. Standard-Times. One night a few years back, I ran into a friend of mine at the Irish Immigrant Pub ...

The Irish have turned barley into beer since 1500 B.C. Legend has it that even St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland who converted pagans into Christians in the fifth century, had his own ...

The Whip Tavern uses Smithwick’s Irish Red Ale in this recipe. Noelle Carter. Noelle Carter is the former Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen director. She left in January 2019. Newsletter.

In the early 18th century, a fellow named John Smithwick built a new brewery on top of the ruins of the old abbey and started making a red ale. Smithwick Brewing is now quite well-known ...

Smithwick's is Ireland's oldest operating brewery, the major ale producer in Ireland and, along with Guinness, part of Diageo. Like Murphy's Irish Red, this is a red ale characterized by caramel ...

Rosie. 5.2% ABV, Drafting Table Brewing Co. If you're looking for an Irish red that's a bit more malt-forward, Rosie is the perfect option. Available in 4-packs of 16-ounce cans, the Wixom-based ...

The ale tastes a bit like its long-established Irish red cousin, Smithwick’s – pronounced Smid-icks. “But it has more complexity, more body,” Hamilton said, because of its rich biscuit and ...

A new red ale available only in Dublin and Kilkenny, Ireland – and the Buffalo area – was awarded a gold medal at the 2017 International Brewing and Cider Awards.

This dry Irish ale has a spicy name: 50 Shades of Red. Twisted Rail is at 499 Exhange St., Geneva, and 69 Lakeshore Drive, Canandaigua. Be safe and make sure you have a plan for a ride if you imbibe.

Diageo Korea said Sunday it began official sales of Smithwick’s, an Irish red ale with a 300-year tradition.The modern craft beer was launched in Korea for the first time in the Asian market in ...