After years of talking about it as a family, the decision is taken in 2015/16 to make brewing the new family business. The family travel to various brewery manufactures and finally place an order for the system that is now in place in Kilcoole.Equipment starts arriving and the brewery is built and commissioned. Late 2017, test beers are put out at the Irish craft beer festival at the RDS. In 2018 Larkin’s formally launches into the market at the Alltech beer festival in March. Larkin’s is now distributed in pubs across Ireland as well as exporting to other markets in the EU.
Can. Light orange with a short head. Aroma of passion fruit. Flavour is solvent syrup, a little spice, tropical fruits, a little jumbled sour dry finish.
44 cl. can @ home, bought @ Una Mas, Nieuwegein. Hazy dark golden with a white head. Malty aroma with piny hops and tropical fruits. Bittersweet taste with a long hopbitter finish. Nice malt forward double IPA.
47,3 cl can @ NISBWG ’20. BBE 11/2022 Aroma has licorice, liquor and sweet malty notes. Flavour has sweet malt, licorice, saltiness and herbal tones. A tad too salty and herbal for my taste.