Heaney Farmhouse Brewing
Microbrewery in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Established in 2016
Contact
The Wood, Bellaghy, Northern Ireland
Description
The family farm in Bellaghy, County Derry, that was previously home to the late poet Seamus Heaney and inspired him endlessly, is now also home to an on-site microbrewery. Heaney Brewery was set up by Malcolm McCay and his wife Suzanne, who is a niece of Seamus, in early 2019.
Heaney initially launched four beers on the market in 2016 using facilities at Boundary Brewing.
Heaney initially launched four beers on the market in 2016 using facilities at Boundary Brewing.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can at home. Darker pour than most NEIPAs, deep amber almost light brown, with a medium off white head. Nose is pineapple, mango, tropical fruit, slight bit of green onion. Flavour is bitter ripe tropical fruit, malt backbone. Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2021
at 16:28
6/10
Tried
on 05 Mar 2021
at 20:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Average heavy bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2021
at 21:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home, from an online peddler - watching the final cinders burn away of Englands disastrous 3rd test in India - although India's pitch preparation has to be called into question ... just to get a win by lottery FFS ... lets make a 5 day event into a not even 2 day shit shoot - clowns! 25/02/21. Deep mahogany brown with a decent beige cap that dissipates edgeward. Nose is dark malts, light coffee bean, roasted tones, dried fruits, toffee crisp. Taste comprises dried fruits, roast malts, brown sugar sprinkle, raisins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light dryness in the close. Decent stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2021
at 14:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can from beerclub. Cloudy gold with a medium head. Aroma of citrus hop. Flavour is fruit syrup, sharp bitter hop, chewy oat base on a long bitter fruit finish.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Feb 2021
at 23:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Beer52 medium off white head. Very hazy light amber pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2021
at 20:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from Honest Brew. My first dark saison. Look - dark ruby red, small beige head, some retention. Nose - liquorice, treacle, tart; interesting. Taste - sharp citrus, zest, treacle, spice. Its odd but strangely warming going down which might be the ginger. Palate - moderate body, high carbonation. There isn't anything that holds all the flavour elements together. However there is certainly a complexity here which stops it getting boring. Its one of those that grows on you the more you drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2021
at 02:21
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Nose is tar, treacle, wheat, hobby of soft licorice. Taste is lemon spice pepper leading to dark malt, light treacle, yeast. It's a mess of flavours that is being sold on a novelty style. It should have remained a failed homebrew
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2021
at 21:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter roasted flavor. Some coffee notes. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2021
at 15:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can at home. Pours an effervescent slightly hazy pale yellow with a medium white head. Nose is tropical fruit, tangerine, pineapple, some hay and biscuit. Flavour is citrus, pineapple, slight red berry, biscuit malt. Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2021
at 12:53