Sullivan's Brewing Company

Client Brewer in Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated Venue: Sullivan's Taproom

Established in 2016

Contact
15 John Street Lower, Collegepark, Kilkenny, R95 H2CE, Ireland
Description
Sullivan’s Brewing Company opened for business over three hundred years ago in The Maltings on James’s Street, smack bang in the middle of Kilkenny City. After Sullivan’s Brewery closed for the final time in the early 1900s the tales of the good deeds of this Sullivan Family began to fade into memory.

The Smithwick Family in partnership with direct descendants of the Sullivan Family had a vision to re-open the once-great brewery in the city where it all began. They enlisted the help of Ian Hamilton, one of Ireland’s most eminent contemporary master-brewers. Together they are bringing artisan brewing back to Kilkenny. If people thought that brewing in Kilkenny was dead and buried, they are in for a rude awakening…

Brewed at Dundalk Bay. Some small batch beers brewed in the taproom.

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7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Opaque deep brown to black with a nice nitro head. Roasted malt / barley, coffe & chocolate, floral hop, distant esters. Pretty dry. Light tomedium hop bitterness. Light to medium body. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2026 at 10:52


5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 3.5

Slightly misted pale amber with a one finger tall off-white head. Old pale malt, dust, minerals, toast, spicy hop, strange medicine. Medium dry. Light plus bitterness. Slightly off.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2026 at 20:30


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Nitrocreamy white good ,ostly lasting head. Black colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter slightly peeted flavor. Woody notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2026 at 12:08


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate maæty and light hoppy aroma. MOderate bitter nice malty flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2026 at 12:05


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle. Pours a clear red brown with a small, creamy, short lived, beige head that leaves spotty lacing. Sweet aroma of toasted bready malt, toffee, plum and floral hops. Sweet flavour of toasted biscuity malt, caramel, prune, date and spicy hops in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Tasty and enjoyable.

Tried from Can from Andrew Hilton Wine and Spirits on 06 Mar 2026 at 06:28


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled 500ml. -from Goblet Zagreb. Unclear golden coloured, medium sized off-white head, malty and light floral nose. Sweet malty, citrusy, floral, light caramel and some earthy notes in the finish.

Tried from Bottle at Goblet Beer Store - Zagreb on 25 Feb 2026 at 10:15


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at Grafton Street Pub, 2/7/26.
Bit of toast and caramel with some red berry and a touch of char.
Reasonably malty but drying out with toast and grain. Moderately fruity, clean and reasonably satisfying. Not over toasted or thin. I'll take it.

Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2026 at 01:05


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Smell of malt, earth. Deep copper colour, small beige head. Aroma of sweet malt, earth, metal. Medium bitter. Slightly dry palate. Medium carbon.

Tried from Draft at O'Connell's Irish Bar on 06 Feb 2026 at 22:17


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

16 oz nitro draft. Mild coffee, soft roasted malt, yeast. Nice mouth feel from the Nitro and does show a decent amount of body. The typical Guinness clone. Although this may be a hint better than Guinness.

Tried from Draft at The Tip Tap Room on 31 Jan 2026 at 13:28


6

Kilkenny, Ireland! New region!

Ruby ale. Harsh bitterness but smooth malt

Tried from Can on 06 Jan 2026 at 03:30