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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aswespeak (5830) ticked
Bambrick's Brown Ale from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
7/10
Tried from Can on 29 Jan 2022 at 20:51
Fmungenast (3177) ticked
Blackwell Irish Stout from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
7/10
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2021 at 00:27
Fmungenast (3177) ticked
Bambrick's Brown Ale from Ballykilcavan
4 years ago
7/10
Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2021 at 22:38
Idiosynkrasie (18451) reviewed
Secret Passion from Ballykilcavan
5 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
440ml can. Hazy, orangey, dark golden to amber colour with average to huge, firm, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, (tropical) fruity aroma, notes of peach, hints of passion fruit, minimally piney and grassy, hoppy interludes. Taste is sweet-ish, fruity and slightly dry, piney hoppy, notes of pine, hints of peach, a touch of passion fruit, caramel malty undertones; lingering, dry, piney hoppy finish. Slightly creamy texture, smooth, soft, simultaneously dry palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Not completely harmonious and homogeneous, partially too piney and thereby displacing the fruitiness - nevertheless quite nice overall.
Tried from Can on 24 Sep 2021 at 16:42
Idiosynkrasie (18451) reviewed
Line Blocker from Ballykilcavan
5 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Murky, grey-ish, orangey golden colour with huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Piney and slightly citrusy as well as tropical fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of pineapple, hints of yellow stone fruit, some guava, lemon, a touch of resin, pine needles. Taste is sweet-ish, pale, wheaty and minimally oaty malty, tropical fruity and slightly citrusy as well as piney hoppy, minimally diluted notes of yellow stone fruit, some pineapple, lemon, a touch of pine needles, mineral overtones. Watery, minimally creamy texture, dry palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Juicy, piney, relatively bitter - nice East Coast / West Coast hybrid.
Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2021 at 21:03
Culchiem (6749) reviewed
Clancy's Cans #5 - Hibiscus and Grapefruit Farmhouse Ale from Ballykilcavan
5 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Can from Beercloud. Raspberry colour with a minimal head. Aroma of sour fruits. Flavour is dry tart fruit, light bitter ale, soft finish.
Tried from Can on 21 Sep 2021 at 21:37
Idiosynkrasie (18451) reviewed
Long Meadow IPA from Ballykilcavan
5 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can. Slightly cloudy, orangey, dark golden colour with average to huge, frothy, moderateky lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Fruity, slightly citrusy, hoppy and caramel malty aroma, notes of orange and mandarine, melon, some lychee, minimally piney, cheesy and dusty overtones. Taste is sweet-ish, caramel malty, fruity and slightly citrusy, minimally zesty hoppy, notes of peach, melon, hints of mandarine and orange, some lychee, a touch of lemon peel; lingering, minimally chalky, bitter finish. Slightly creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, soft, mildly prickly carbonation. Light, refreshing, nice fruitiness which hardly survives the finish - decent.
Tried from Can on 20 Sep 2021 at 18:17
Culchiem (6749) reviewed
Clancy's Cans #4 - Walnut Whip Stout from Ballykilcavan
5 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Chocolate brown with a tan head. Aroma of powder chocolate and nut. Flavour is dry milk chocolate, dark fruits, nutty finish. Can from Beercloud.
Tried from Can on 22 Dec 2020 at 21:50
Beerfest5 (1980) reviewed
Clancy's Cans #3 - Tiramisu Dessert Stout from Ballykilcavan
5 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can at home. Pours an oily black with a thin tan head. Aroma is burnt sugar, molasses, vanilla, some roasty notes. Flavour is bitter coffee, vanilla, some burnt sugar.
Tried from Can on 18 Dec 2020 at 20:32
fuzzoholic (1386) ticked
Clancy's Cans #4 - Walnut Whip Stout from Ballykilcavan
5 years ago
7/10
Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2020 at 17:40