Blacks Kinsale Brewery & Distillery

Microbrewery in Kinsale, Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated Venue: Blacks Kinsale Craft Brewery

Established in 2013

Contact
Farm Ln, Knocknabohilly, Kinsale, Ireland
Description
Sam and Maudeline Black are a husband and wife team who started their brewing company Blacks Brewery in 2013. This venture/obsession first began many years ago when Maudeline gave Sam a beer making kit for Valentines Day. What started as a hobby quickly developed into an obsession and thus through Sam’s passion and enthusiasm Blacks Brewery became reality. Living the dream since 2013! In 2015 the Distillery was added. We are Ireland's first co-located micro brewery and Distillery.

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6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Slightly cloudy orange with a white head. Citrus, sweet toasted malts, a bit of orange. Medium bodied. Finish has medium bitterness with a fair amount of citrus bite. Solid drinker but nothing special.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2026 at 15:35


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Deep brown but very much brown and not black. Foamy tan head. Deeply toasted malts, bright citrus, light coffee, a bit of flora, nutty. Medium bodied. Finish has citrus and roasted malts. There is a balance between the roasted notes and citrus but this skews very light overall for this style of beer. It’s a nice and easy beer.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2026 at 14:06


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Fair enough ipa
Decent balanced bitterness and sweetness
Grapefruit/citric, tropical and malty
[Bottle at Tigh Neachtain in Galway, Ireland]

Tried from Bottle at Tigh Neachtain on 21 Jan 2026 at 18:29


6.5

Tap at DBF, courtesy of the Blcks crew

Tried from Draft on 13 Sep 2025 at 13:53

gave a cheers!

5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Canned 440ml. -Courtesy of Hrabren, shared with Marko. Yellow coloured, small airy white head, mild grapefruit and light oxidation in the nose. Oxidation, light grapefruit, herbal touch and short dusty dry finish.

Tried from Can on 28 Aug 2025 at 16:41


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Can, thx Hrabren! Shared with Ogi. Hazy yellow-golden body, off-white head. Oxidized aroma, lychee, citrus jelly, herbal touches... not too pleasant. Smooth, light, dry taste, citric, herbal, spicy, I can see this being quite nice when fresh but... it's not.

Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2025 at 17:52


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Clean gold with a full head. Aroma of grainy malt. Flavour is lean on grain, malt grains on a soft hop finish

Tried on 18 Aug 2025 at 17:24


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Unclear brownish amber, small off-white head. Lightly to moderately hoppy, fruity aroma, stone fruit, grapfruit and tropical. Some cardboard. Soft texture, moderate carbonation, medium body, moderately drinkable. Fruity flavour, stone fruit, mango, nice malty backbone, moderate bitterness, good balance.

Tried on 31 Jul 2025 at 20:35


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old notes from Nov 2014 - Bottle brought in Kinsale by my wife. Pours a amber colour with a small head. A citrus aroma and floral hops. Taste of hoppiness which becomes quite dry towards the end. Overall a nice pint, one which I'd have again.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2025 at 13:08


3.1
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 12

Bottiglia. Un arco olfattivo dominato da luppolo e da agrumato. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera elevata e la maniera in cui permane è apprezzabile. Il mantello birroso superiore è destinato a vita breve. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana fine. Il liquido è di consistenza limpida e anche qui la grandezza delle bollicine è fine. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è rotondo. L'amaro è pronunciato. La forza gustativa è elevata e si prolunga in modo sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di pronta beva. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. Sul tetto della bocca arrivano note di miele, frutta secca, luppolo, agrumi, pompelmo e mango.

Tried on 18 Feb 2025 at 11:51