Sullivan's Brewing Company

Client Brewer in Kilkenny, County 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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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
0.44l can. Aroma of caramel, dark fruit and flowers. Pours clear dark brown color with thin creamy light brown head and soft visible carbonation. Taste starts medium sweet caramelly and toasted, following is nutty, dark fruity and grassy, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is mild bitter. Medium body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Nice, nutty and nutritious…
Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2025 at 18:36

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7
0,44 l can. Pours almost pitch black with a couple of fingers of creamy, tan, long lasting nitrous head. Aroma of toasted malt, some chocolate an licorice notes. Taste is low sweet and medium bitter. Body is on the light side, carbonation subdued. Finish is quite long, dry with lasting pleasant bitterness. Very nice.
Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2025 at 18:43

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can 44 cl. Pours an opaque black with a creamy, beige, lacing nitro head. Dry roast aroma, dusty, lightly smoky. Thin-bodied, roast, coffee and chocolate with a roasted finishing bitterness. 220425
Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2025 at 14:29

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled 500ml. -from Goblet Zagreb. Darker golden coloured, medium sized white to off-white head, light yeasty and floral nose. Quite herbal, floral, touch of caramel and light biscuity with moderate bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle from Goblet Beer Store ZG (Stupnička) on 20 Apr 2025 at 21:09

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled 500ml. - at Goblet Zagreb, shared with Marko. Brownish coloured, medium sized off-white head, light caramel in the nose. Caramel, nutty, light herbal and discreet biscuity touch with dry bitterish finish.
Tried from Bottle from Goblet Beer Store ZG (Stupnička) on 20 Apr 2025 at 20:31

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle with Ogi and Brada at Goblet. Dark red, lightly brownish body, off-white creamy head. Creamy, bit caramelly and floral aroma. Lean, dry, bit yeasty, low caramelly, bit tea, some autolysis, ends lightly herbal, hoppy. Okay!
Tried from Bottle from Goblet Beer Store ZG (Stupnička) on 19 Apr 2025 at 15:30

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Bottle at Goblet ZG. Blackish body, tan head. Nutty, roasty, sweetish malty aroma. Lean, dry, roasty, bit oily taste, light bitterness. Oookay but quite forgettable.
Tried from Bottle from Goblet Beer Store ZG (Stupnička) on 18 Apr 2025 at 18:44

6.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at Goblet ZG, thanks Hoptimist! Hazy deep golden body, off-white head. Honeyish malty aroma, bit yeasty, light floral hoppy touches, somewhat stale. Dry taste, flat, herbal, lightly floral, yeasty, somewhat astringent, ending herbal and with low bitterness. The hoppy aspects are fine, the rest - less so.
Tried from Bottle from Goblet Beer Store ZG (Stupnička) on 18 Apr 2025 at 18:00

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Opak kolsvart vätska med en rejäl nitropumpad beige skumpuck. Krämig men lätt kropp, lättdrucken men ganska anonym smak av läder, textilplåster, svarta vingummin, cola, de sista två utan sötman. Väldigt lätt för en dryg stout. Ok
Tried from Can on 07 Apr 2025 at 18:23

7/10
Tried on 06 Apr 2025 at 17:32