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.
5.4/10
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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
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can split at the CBJ tasting, picked up from an online peddler whom I can't recall, 25/06/2025.
Light black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, charr, roast malts.
Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, brown bread, dark malts, roasted bite.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Decent enough straight up stout.
Light black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, charr, roast malts.
Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, brown bread, dark malts, roasted bite.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Decent enough straight up stout.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2025
at 23:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml nitro can. Black pour with a dense smooth beige head. Aroma of roast malts, coffee, dark chocolate. Taste is the same, predominantly roast malt and coffee notes, dark chocolate, fruity hints, caramel, moderate bitterness. A light but very smooth body. On par with the stout you're thinking of, I'd say.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 14 Jun 2025
at 21:37
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2025
at 21:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On a nitro tap, Goblet Beer Store, Zagreb. Black to jet black, lasting beige head. Aroma is roasty, nutty, burnt. Hints of dark fruit and licorice. Light body, soft texture, roasty, burnt, charred wood and cardboard flavour. Smooth. Minimal bitterness, light finish.
Tried
from Draft
from
Goblet Beer Store ZG (Stupnička)
on 22 May 2025
at 19:11
7/10
Canned from whole foods. Dark pour -malty as heck, caramel coffee - pretty well done
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can, 0.44l. Aroma is caramelly, floral and dried fruity. Pours clear dark golden color with thin creamy off-white head, nice lacing and soft visible carbonation. Taste starts medium sweet and rich toasted malty, following is dried fruity and herbal, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is heavy bitter. Full body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Golden quality…
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2025
at 19:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.44l can. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and nuts. Pours pitch black color with thin creamy light brown head and fair lacing. Taste starts with rich roasted malt and mild sweet chocolate, following is ashy and nutty, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is pretty bitter. Medium body, creamy texture and soft carbonation in palate. Roasted marble…
Tried
from Can
on 04 May 2025
at 11:41
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
0,44 l can. Pours brown with small, quickly dissipating light tan head. Somewhat reddish if you look at it towards bright light. Aroma of caramel, some dried fruit, toffee and some floral notes. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light and drinkable. Finish is medium long and slightly sour.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2025
at 13:25
7/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Maltings Irish Ale (2024) on 16 Aug 2024 at 19:30 - Score: 6
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2025
at 16:44