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.
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Falken Getränkemarkt, Schaffhausen. Hazy dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and dark fruit. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. 140725
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2025
at 21:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Red black with a very dense 2cm beige head. Lightly roasted coffee aroma with grass and hints of citrus. Vague nitro mouthfeel. Dry with coffee, some citrus, before a fairly hoppy finish. OK if simple.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2025
at 12:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Pours clear deep gold with a white head. The malty aroma has some caramel and fruity character. It’s a malty brew with bread and caramel notes. There’s mild, slightly herbal hops bitterness.
Tried
from Can
from
Belmont Beverage - West State
on 08 Jul 2025
at 03:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Dark red brown with a cm of pale beige head that lasts very well. Aroma of stewed fruit, dark sugars, bread. Malty and sweet but stays defined even before light spiced bitterness. Not really my thing but very well done.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2025
at 14:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from the Packie enjoyed at home.
Pours a dark brown with faint garnet at the edges and a huge frothy pillowy off white head that persists. Earthy roast and hints of chocolate. Pretty nice dry stout.
Pours a dark brown with faint garnet at the edges and a huge frothy pillowy off white head that persists. Earthy roast and hints of chocolate. Pretty nice dry stout.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jul 2025
at 19:57
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Clear reddy brown with a big beige head. Aroma of caramel, dark fruits, bready malts. Taste is sweet and malty, caramel, toffee, dark/berry fruits, bready, light herbal hops and a bitter finish. Medium bodied. Nice Irish Red.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 02 Jul 2025
at 19:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml can. Clear golden, big white head. Aroma of sweet bready and biscuity malts, caramel, a little marmalade. Taste has a bit more hoppiness to it than the aroma suggests, citrusy, herbal, caramel, biscuity malts, bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 02 Jul 2025
at 16:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2025
at 21:19
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very simple, soft roast, dry earth, a little milk chocolate. Drinks fine but it’s quite basic.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2025
at 20:39
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
25th June 2025
Can at CBJ, thanks to Cloin. Near clear brown beer, small tan head. Airy, semi dry finish, modest fine carbonation. Thin papery dark malts, a mild bitterness, thin dry finish. Nothing here that ticks any boxes.
Can at CBJ, thanks to Cloin. Near clear brown beer, small tan head. Airy, semi dry finish, modest fine carbonation. Thin papery dark malts, a mild bitterness, thin dry finish. Nothing here that ticks any boxes.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2025
at 20:30