About
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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hauxe (4862) reviewed
Blackwell Irish Stout from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
5.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Virtually black with an endlessly fluffy beige head. Not picking up the advertised chocolate and coffee, but my cold may be addling the senses. There’s a hint caramel. Taste is roasted bitter the whole way through. No sign either of the advertised spice. Fairly light-bodied, watery texture. Ireland does far better than this.
Tried on 25 May 2022 at 16:39
daniele (14518) reviewed
Blackwell Irish Stout from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
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Tried on 28 Apr 2022 at 13:37
tompaulman (1573) ticked
Clancy's Cans #7 - Haunted Wood Dunkel from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
7/10
Tried from Can on 19 Apr 2022 at 20:48
tompaulman (1573) ticked
Resist from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
8/10
Tried from Can on 08 Apr 2022 at 19:38
Grumbo (25958) reviewed
Millhouse IPA from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
8/3/2022. Can sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Region #380. Irish Region 22/26. Pours clear gold with a small frothy white head. Aroma is hoppy, malty, citrus, grass, touch herbal. Medium sweetnessm light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slightly watery, average carbonation. Increasing bitterness to finish.
Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2022 at 18:58
Thomas_W1 (6127) reviewed
Long Meadow IPA from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dose 0,44l: Bernstein, deutliche Trübung, sehr kräftiger + sehr stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; sehr fruchtige + leicht würzige Nase, leichte Süße, Zitrusnoten, exotische Früchte, Maracuja, Grapefruit, fruchtige Säure, würzige Hopfenaromen, Malz, Getreide, kräftige Hefearomen, würzig-fruchtige Bitterkeit; fruchtiger + recht würziger Körper, trockene Zitrusnoten, leichte Säure, Limetten, Kumquats, Grapefruitzest, kräftige würzige Hopfennoten, kräutrig, etwas Pinie, Malz, Getreide, etwas Karamell, cremig, moderate Kohlensäure, kräftige Hefearomen; fruchtig-würziger Nachgang
Tried on 05 Mar 2022 at 17:49
Fergus (32001) reviewed
Millhouse IPA from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to SHIG. A light hazed gold coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is mixed citrus, orange, apricot, tangerine, biscuity grains. Flavour is composed of thin grains, stale bready, apircot jam, tangerines, grassy citrus, mineral finish. Palate is thin , grainy, highish carbonation. Not bad.
Tried on 15 Feb 2022 at 21:34
Theydon_Bois (48345) reviewed
Millhouse IPA from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 06/02/22. Lightly hazed golden orange with a decent just off white covering. Nose is sweet malts, apricot, tangerine, grass. Taste comprises orange zest, citric tinged straw, toasted malts, melon, light herb. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with light hop bitterness. Passable affair.
Tried on 06 Feb 2022 at 18:19
Thomas_W1 (6127) reviewed
Bambrick's Brown Ale from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Dose 0,44l: Dunkles Mahagoni, schwarz, klar, kräftiger + stabiler mittelporiger beiger Schaum; sehr frische + sehr fruchtige Nase, leichte Süße, dunkle Früchte, kräftige frische Hopfenaromen, Zitrusnoten, leichte fruchtige Säure, Limetten, Zitronen, Malz, Getreide, etwas dunkles Karamell, leichte Röstaromen, getrocknete Beeren, fruchtig-würzige Bitterkeit; fruchtiger + kräftig würziger Körper, dunkle Früchte, kräftige frische Hopfenaromen, fruchtige Säure, Zitrusnoten, Limetten, Zitronen, kräutrige Noten, Röstaromen, Röstmalz, Getreide, dunkles Karamell, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, etwas Kaffee, Muckefuck; würzig-trockener Nachgang
Tried on 31 Jan 2022 at 10:40
SHIG (14422) reviewed
Millhouse IPA from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Can thanks to MrsSHIG: Poured a murky yellow with a white head. Aroma is hops, citrus, fruity, grain. Taste is light hops, citrus, fruity, malty, balanced and light.
Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2022 at 19:37