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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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, from Craft Beer Central.ie, 29/05/24. Lighter shade of black topped with a big old dirty tan head that stays for the show. Nose is old skool BA impy, dark chocolate shavings, bourbon nose pinch, spice, molasses, fruit cake mix, dates, toasted brown sugars. Taste comprises dark chocolate, charr, dark malts, roasted bite, coffee, bourbon soaked oak, molasses, toffee, liquorice chew. Medium bodied with bite, fine to light prickly carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol. Fun old skool impy ... you don't get many like this today not at all subtle ... big ballsy and bourbonic ... not a sweet adjunct rush.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2024
at 18:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can in Donegal. A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head. Aroma is nice airy wheat, tropical fruit salad, passion fruit, orange rind, pithy. Flavour is composed of fluffy white wheat, bready, mixed citrus, passion fruit, tangerine mango,. Light pithy, dry flaky finish.. Palate is light fluffy, airy carbonation. Drying finish.
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2024
at 18:31
6/10
From backlog. Can, from Craft Central, Dublin, at a Hotel. Golden with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, grain, some sweetness, some bitterness in The finnish.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2024
at 20:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brownish black with a medium tan head. Aroma of bourbon malt. Flavour is sweet malt, cream cake, fruit booze on a soft finish.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2024
at 21:49
8/10
Tried
on 17 Jan 2024
at 18:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Black with a short tan head. Aroma of blueberry cake. Flavour is sweet cake, dark blueberry, milky base, chocolate fruit finish.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2023
at 21:37
5/10
Tried
on 01 Dec 2023
at 22:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can shared in London - cheers to Cloin. Pours deep brown with a creamy, khaki head. Medium to big sweet flavour, rounded dark malts, some berries, low roast. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, more berry accents, light cocoa, ash. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2023
at 20:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22nd June 2023
6th Floor bottleshare with the usual suspects. Can. Almost opaque dark brown beer, thin tan head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth if slightly thin dark malts. Creamy dark chocolate. Biscuity dark chocolate. A touch of tangy dark fruits. Mild spice on the fairly dry finish.
6th Floor bottleshare with the usual suspects. Can. Almost opaque dark brown beer, thin tan head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth if slightly thin dark malts. Creamy dark chocolate. Biscuity dark chocolate. A touch of tangy dark fruits. Mild spice on the fairly dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2023
at 20:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can shared at the Columbus tasting 22/06/2023. Thanks to Colin. A clear dark caramel brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is leaft, sour, green apple, fizz chew, green apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, light tangy, green apple, brown sugars. Palate si tangy, oily, mellow carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2023
at 19:38