Craft brewer has plenty of bottle

Wicklow Wolf has ambitious export plans to the US after planting 10 acres of hops just two years ago, writes Trish Dromey.

While many microbreweries start small and think local, Wicklow Wolf started local last autumn but is already thinking about exporting its American-style beer to the US. “We have quadrupled capacity since we started and we are now supplying kegs to pubs in Wicklow, Dublin, Wexford, and Kildare, and are selling to 200 off-licences around the country,” says company co-founder Quincey Fennelly.

Currently in discussions with a distributor in Northern Ireland, Wicklow Wolf plans to start selling there within a few months and to start supplying the UK market by the end of the year. “We are also looking at Europe and in 2016 we plan to move in to the US,” Mr Fennelly says.