Smithwick's (pronounced /?sm???ks/ or /?sm?t?ks/, not like the town of Smethwick /?sm?ð?k/) is an Irish red ale style beer from Kilkenny in Ireland. Smithwick?s was originally brewed in St. Francis Abbey Brewery in Kilkenny, known as 'Smithwicks Brewery' until c.2000.
The brewery is situated on the site of a Franciscan abbey where monks had brewed ale since the 14th century, and has ruins of the original abbey on its grounds.