About
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.
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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark hazy gold with a three-finger head. Aroma is roasted grains. Taste is also roasted grains.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Nitro verson.Dark brown almost black with a wonderful nitro foam. Aroma was burnt toast, dark roasted grains with a hint of coffee. Taste is dark roasted grains with a slight smokey finish.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers! Aroma is earthy, malty, straw, slightly vegy and a bit stale. Taste is a bit of wet straw, and grain with hints of fruit. Not really for me.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a dark red getting towards brown with small beige head. Light roast, toffee, berries in aroma. Taste of sweet light roasted malt, biscuit, light berries, pine, bitter dry finish. Soft medium body. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a deep black with small tanned head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, molasses. Taste of roasted malts, coffee, light toffee and fruit, herbal bitterness. Light to medium bodied, drying, fine carbonation. Good stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Lukt: Kaffe, røsta malt, lakris. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum, ekstremt mye karbonering. Smak: Kaffe, røsta malt, lakris, sjokolade, tørr avslutning. Medium: Rating:3.2-646412, Boks@440ml, ABV@5.1%, Når@30.12.2024. Hvor: VP Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme. Sullivan's Black Marble Stout - Dry / Irish
Tried
on 30 Dec 2024
at 12:18
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
0,44 l can. Pours hazy amber with small, quickly dissipating off white head. Some floating yeast that takes eternity to settle. Aroma is sweet, malt, caramel, little grassy hop notes. Taste is heavy sweet and medium bitter. Body is full, thick and carbonation subtle. Finish is bittersweet. Not my thing. Home brew vibe.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2024
at 13:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
12-26-24 H St Liquors
Tried
from
H St Liquors
on 27 Dec 2024
at 01:40
7/10
From backlog. Can, shared at a Christmas party! Black with big head. Roasted malts, coffee, some dry bitterness. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 22:14
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 19:04