Inishmacsaint (Fermanagh Beer Co.)

Brewpub in Derrygonnelly, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Established in 2009

Contact
Old Pals, 75-77 Main Street, Derrygonnelly, BT93 6HW, Northern Ireland
Description
Established in 2009, Inishmacsaint is a small-scale, farm-based craft brewery in County Fermanagh that produces mainly bottle-conditioned beers. The company was originally formed by farmer Gordon Fallis in 2009.

The success of the first brews led to a decision by Mr Fallis to expand the business and form a new partnership with local businessman Norman Donaldson, who runs the Old Pal's Bar in Derrygonnelly with his father Steve. It's also meant moving the micro-brewery to bigger premises behind the bar.

We take our name from an island that nestles in the beautiful waters of Lough Erne near the village of Derrygonnelly. Our range of craft beers reflect the history and character of our local area - carrying on a tradition established by the ancient monks who began brewing beer here on Inishmacsaint over 900 years ago.

Naturally, all our beers are made from the finest ingredients. And we also include our own locally grown hops and herbs when making our extra special batches each year - so you get a genuine flavour of the Fermanagh countryside. However, our most famous ingredient is the famed waters of Fermanagh’s lakes and streams. Because if it wasn’t for the fine rain that falls on our county, none of our beers would be possible.

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500ml bottle (5.5% ABV) from KWM Wines: BB 31st December 2022. Drank at home on 9th April 2022. Mini haze to the blonde body, thin white head. Mild yeasty front with that Belgian feel, some spice like action too. My first beer from County Fermanagh.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2022 at 06:53

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500ml bottle online from KWM Wines in Northern Ireland. Pours almost clear pale golden with a white cap. Aroma: pale malts, fruity, light pine. Taste: light to moderate sweet & light bitter, dry, sweet malts, subtle citrus. Light to medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle from KWM Wines & Spirits on 05 Apr 2022 at 18:48

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8/3/2022. Bottle sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Region #377. Northern Irish Region 5/6. Pours clear pale gold with a small frothy white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, citrus, grass, tropical fruit, ligth passion fruit. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slightly watery, average carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2022 at 18:54

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Panda 🐼 at home thanks to SHIG. New county stat for my home nation. A ight hazed dull brushed gold coloured pour with a lasting loose white froth. Aroma is decent rustic grains, melon, lemongrass, herbal, straw, earthy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, melon, white grape, straw, grassy hop. good. Palate is grainy, little thin, moderate carbonation.
Tried on 15 Feb 2022 at 22:21

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Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 03/02/22 ... last NI county! Light golden pour with a big old lasting white crown. Nose is grassy, lemon tinged straw, herbal notes, toasted grains. Taste comprises tangerine, melon, soft malts, grass, toasted grains, light breads. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with gentle hop bitterness. Easy sipper if a touch pedestrian.
Tried on 03 Feb 2022 at 16:53

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Bottle: Poured murky yellow orange with a creamy off white jello head. Aroma is nice hoppy bouquet, citrus, astringent acidic fruit. Taste is hops bitter, citrus, pineapple, malty balanced backbone.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2022 at 18:49

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500ml bottle bought from KWM Wines and drunk at home. Golden blonde and slightly hazy with a small ring of white head. Yeasty aroma with notes of grass and boiled sweet. Tastes sweet but a bit messy with a bitter/sour and almost matillic finish and aftertaste. An odd beer but drinkable enough.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2022 at 22:51

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500ml bottle delivered from KWM, Kilkeel and drunk at home. Pours dark gold, a little bit hazy with a good bit of visible yeast and a massive off-white head. Smells of butterscotch, toasty malt, light grassy hop. Sweet taste with some gritty bitter/sour citrus peel notes toward the finish. Medium carbonation. It's okay for a fairly malt-led blond.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2021 at 23:47

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500ml bottle as part of a delivery from KWM, Kilkeel and drunk at home. Light to mid-gold and clear with a bit of white of and some lacing. Nice aroma, some pine, orchard fruit, apple butter, glue resin. Balanced taste with sweet notes tempered by a touch of almost sulphurous bitterness. Some decent citrus peel hop notes in the finish. Medium to heavy carbonation lifts thr light oily body. Fairly simple stuff done quite well
Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2021 at 19:04

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500ml bottle as part of a delivery from KWM, Kilkeel, and drunk at home. It's really golden rather than red but I suppose there is a light reddish hue. Mostly clear with a small film of white head. Tangerine, kumquat, sour powdered candy, lime zest in the aroma. Bittersweet taste with an odd medicinal and artificial sournesss to it. Still, it's certainly drinkable, even enjoyable. Grew on me although Nagham liked it a lot more than I did.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2021 at 23:25