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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
From the bottle. Yellowish with a frothy, white head. Aroma is mango and peach. Taste is mildly bitter from beginning to end. Body is medium, texture is watery. A decent low ABV IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2018 at 17:00

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Baggot Street Wines. Bright golden colour, white foamy head leaving lacing and grain, caramel in the aroma. Taste is sweet grassy, malt, caramel and grainy, with a berry hop note and some metallic bitterness. Light bodied, medium carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2018 at 20:54

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours light orange from the bottle. A thin, white, frothy head lingers. Aroma is pineapple, herbal, bready. Taste is mildly sweet, full of white bread and pineapple with mild caramel notes. Body is medium, lightly oily with watery notes, carbonation is soft. Refreshing on a warm, summer day in Ireland but fairly simple.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2018 at 17:44

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel chocolate aroma. Roasted malty caramel chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2018 at 12:21

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at the brewery. Virtually black with a creamy, tan head. Chocolate, vanilla, and rum in the aroma. Taste is sweet to bittersweet. A dollop of rum, a hint of cherry syrup, and lingering smoke round out the finish. Overall: thick, boozy and interesting. Haven’t had much luck with rum aged brews till now but this one was good.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2018 at 09:34

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Draft at the brewery. According to the brewer, an IPA-like beer with pineapple weed added to the mash. Yellowish with a thin, white head. Aroma is floral, pineapple. Taste is mildly bitter, the bitterness strengthens at the finish. A touch of spice. Medium bodied, a touch watery. Not bad.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2018 at 09:26

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draft at the source. Yellowish with a fizzy, foamy white head. Mildly fruity aroma: pineapple, a touch of apple vinegar. Taste is predictably sour. Not a lot of nuance. Medium bodied. Okayish.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2018 at 09:17

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft at the source. Yellow, hazy, with a foamy white head. Fruity aroma full of pineapple. A bit of caramel. Taste is mildly bitter, dry at the finish. Medium bodied. Not bad.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2018 at 09:10

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
From the bottle. Dark brown with a thin, off white head. Aroma is licorice, floral, skunk. Taste is lightly bitter with mild, fruity undertones. Body is medium to light. Smooth. Mild carbonation. Overall, apart from some unpleasant tones in the aroma, not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jul 2018 at 18:10

5/10
Tap. egetables and some light citric notes. small hard carbonation. Slick. Boring. Buttery.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2018 at 00:41