Sullivan's Brewing Company
Client Brewer
in
Kilkenny,
County Kilkenny,
Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated Venue: Sullivan's Taproom
Established in 2016
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.
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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Dark copper colour with small head.Aroma is roasted and toasted with flavor of Chestnut and brown sugar and caramel light bready and mild finish.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2026
at 10:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
More or less black colour with a mediumsized creamy/fine foamy head. Aroma is toasted, some mild nutty, a bit roasted and chocolaty tones. Flavour is quite similar to that. Lovely smooth.
Tried
from Can
from Systembolaget Beställningssortiment
on 26 Mar 2026
at 20:54
7.1/10
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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
5/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
7/10
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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
7/10
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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
6.5/10
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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
7.4/10
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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.
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
6.6/10
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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