Ballykilcavan

Microbrewery in Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland 🇮🇪

Established in 2016

Contact
Ballykilcavan, Stradbally, R32 Y0PK, Ireland
Description
David and Lisa Walsh-Kemmis set up Ballykilcavan Brewing Company on their tillage farm at Ballykilcavan, Stradbally, Co. Laois in 2016.

Ballykilcavan Farm has been the home of our family for 13 generations. We have lived and worked here since 1639, and diversification has always been important to keep our farm viable for future generations. When I took over Ballykilcavan from my father in 2004, my motivation was to try to sustain it so that someone else would be able to take it over from me.

Our brewery is installed in the original stone grainstore for the farm, which was built in around 1780. In previous centuries, the building was used to store barley and oats after harvest, and then to mill them for bread making, feeding animals and maybe even making beer. Like most of the buildings in the 240-year-old farmyard, it is too small for modern farm equipment, but it is the perfect size to fit a small craft brewery.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can sourced from Craft Beers Delivered.Com and shared at home with Colin (18/11/2022) - New Irish 🇮🇪 brewery and region (County Laois) ✅ pours brown with a off white head. Roasted and toasted malty with notes of brown bread, cocoa, brown sugar, roasted malty finish.
Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2022 at 14:54

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can split at and thanks to Reubs, 19/11/22. Deep chestnut brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is nutty, stewed fruits, grains, biscuit, dark malts. Taste comprises brown bread, dried fruits, biscuit, nutty, grains, dark malts, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Fine for the style.
Tried from Can on 19 Nov 2022 at 10:00

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
--Keg at J.W. Sweetman, Dublin -- Cloudy orange colour, small head. Distinct tangerine aroma. Mid sweet with light to medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Tangerine on fruity bread. Low bitterness.
Tried on 19 Oct 2022 at 20:33

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from Craftbeersdelivered.com. Hazy dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit and light nutty. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 061022
Tried from Can on 06 Oct 2022 at 16:22

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can from Craftbeersdelivered.com. Clear dark golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 051022
Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2022 at 16:40

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can from Craftbeersdelivered.com. Hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is sweet, wheaty and raspberry. Flavor is medium sweet. Light dry finish. 280922
Tried from Can on 28 Sep 2022 at 15:43

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Can from Craftbeersdelivered.com. Clear dark golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy - flowers and citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 250922
Tried from Can on 25 Sep 2022 at 14:17

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Dose 0,44l: Schwarz, kräftige Trübung, sehr kräftiger + sehr stabiler beiger mittelporiger Schaum; würzige Nase, malzige Süße, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, getrocknete Früchte, leichte fruchtige Hopfennoten, kräftig Malz, Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, Röstaromen, nussig, etwas Kaffee, malzig-fruchtige Bitterkeit; sehr würziger + eher trockener Körper, trockene/grasige Hopfennoten, kräftige Röstaromen, Röstmalz, Getreide, dunkles Karamell, cremig, kräftig Kohlensäure, Haselnussschalen, Kaffee, dunkle Schokolade; trocken-würziger Nachgang
Tried on 08 Aug 2022 at 07:25

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
0,2l from tap at J. W. Sweet man's. Amber very hazy color, small white head. Smells mango, pineapple, piney, spices. very nice smell. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes pines, mango, pineapple, melon. Finishes light to medium bitter with notes Mango, pineapple and peppery notes. Very nice one

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Tried from Draft at J.R. Mahon's on 05 Aug 2022 at 19:13

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Amber with a frothy, white head. Tropical aroma. Passion fruit. Dankness. Taste is bitter. Not picking up the lactose, it’s more of a almost yeasty richness. Bitter finish with a citric twist. Medium-bodied. Balanced carbonation. Pleasant can shared with Hannes prior to Eberhards Beerdigung.
Tried from Can on 17 Jun 2022 at 17:11