Blacks Kinsale Brewery & Distillery

Microbrewery in Kinsale, County 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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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
How: Bottle.
Where: SBFW 2018.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Chocolate, some coffee, roasted malt, dried fruit.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Caramel, roasted malt, chocolate, some rum, dried fruit.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2018 at 23:13

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. @ [ (PBF XII Tasting.) by oh6gdx ] - Petalax, Finland. [ As Blacks Black IPA ].Unclear medium to dark red brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, sweet malt, toasted - roasted, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, light wood. Initial flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, dark malt, sweet malt, hop bitter finish, light woody. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180707] 6-3-7-3-14
Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2018 at 19:21

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Keg at Stockholm Beer Festival. Hazy golden, mid sized head. Generous aroma of papaya and mango. Dry with medium body and crisp mouthfeel. Lots of papaya and pears. Mid bitter finish.
Tried on 29 Sep 2018 at 12:27

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Keg @ sbwf 2018. Poured golden color, thick white head. Juicy, peachy, floury and quite hoppy. Borderline sweetness with juicy hops. Refreshing. Light to medium bodied.
Tried on 29 Sep 2018 at 12:26

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Sbwf 2018. Poured near black with a thin brown. Roasty, minerally, earthy aroma. Some tobacco. Something interesting though. Chalky, minerally and roasty. Dry finish.
Tried on 27 Sep 2018 at 14:40

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Keg at Stockholm Beer Festival. Dark brown, beige head. Huge raisiny rum aroma. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Coconut, caramel and rum. Low bitterness.
Tried on 27 Sep 2018 at 14:38

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle at home. Pours slightly hazy yellow gold with a medium white head. Nice and aromatic, mouth watering aroma of tropical fruit, mango and apricot. Flavour isn’t lost too which is nice. Would like to see this one more in the 6.5%abv range rather than sticking to the safe 5.5%. Lovely though.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2018 at 17:30

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Draught in Brewdock. Light gold with a thin head. Aroma of pineapple and hop. Flavour is fruity light hop, light bitter citrus base, tropical fruit finish.
Tried on 07 Aug 2018 at 14:14

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29th July 2018
Hazy gold - orange beer, decent pale cream colour head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light malts. A light sweetness but quite thin. Hops bring a tangy bitterness. Little pine. Bitterish thin citric peel. Trace of thin mango. Light and semi dry finish. Hmmm, not at all convinced by this lupulin powder, noticed a few IPAs with this thin tangy bitternes.
Tried on 29 Jul 2018 at 18:19

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From the bottle. Dark brown with a creamy, tan head. Aroma is vanilla, chocolate. Taste is sweet to bittersweet. Body is medium to heavy, a bit sticky, dry and boozy at the end. A good one
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2018 at 17:54