Smithwick's
Sign in to save'''Smithwick's''' () is an Irish red ale-style beer. Smithwick's brewery was founded in Kilkenny in 1710 by John Smithwick and run by the Smithwick family of Kilkenny until 1965, when it was acquired by Guinness, now part of Diageo. The Kilkenny brewery was shut down in 2013 and production of all Smithwick's and Kilkenny branded beers moved to Dublin; parts of the old brewery were later converted into a "visitor experience".
Key facts
- Beverage.name
- Smithwick's
- Beverage.image
- Kilkenny Irish beer.JPG
- Beverage.caption
- A bottle of Kilkenny Irish Cream Ale
- Beverage.type
- Irish red ale
- Beverage.distributor
- Diageo
- Beverage.origin
- Ireland
- Beverage.colour
- Ruby red
- Beverage.flavour
- Balanced, malty.
- Beverage.variants
- Kilkenny Cream Ale, Smithwicks Pale Ale
- Beverage.website
- https://www.smithwicksexperience.com/
- Beverage.logo
- 150px|Smithwick's logo
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.smithwicks.ie
- Image
- Smithwicks pint.JPG
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- inception
- 1710-00-00
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'''Smithwick's''' () is an Irish red ale-style beer. Smithwick's brewery was founded in Kilkenny in 1710 by John Smithwick and run by the Smithwick family of Kilkenny until 1965, when it was acquired by Guinness, now part of Diageo. The Kilkenny brewery was shut down in 2013 and production of all Smithwick's and Kilkenny branded beers moved to Dublin; parts of the old brewery were later converted into a "visitor experience".
==History== Smithwick's Brewery was founded by John Smithwick in 1710. The brewery is on the site of a Franciscan abbey, where monks had brewed ale since the 14th century, and ruins of the original abbey still remain on its grounds. The old brewery was later renovated to become the "Smithwick's Experience Kilkenny" visitor attraction and centre. At the time of its closure, it was Ireland's oldest operating brewery.