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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7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
20th January 2018
Clear gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Airy palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin malts, mildly sweet. Unexpected savoury brett. Little pine. Minerally citric peel. Trace of lemon balm. Light savoury finish, mildly bitter. Really not what I was expecting from a white IPA, but it works quite well.
Tried on 20 Jan 2018 at 12:32

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2018 at 18:43

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
2nd January 2018
Can. Hazy gold beer, small cream colour head. Light palate, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light malts, a modest sweetness. Reasonable orangery hops, trace of fresh orange and orange peel. Light pine and a mildly bitter finish. Pretty standard stuff but perfectly drinkable.
Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2018 at 09:36

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from flavourly.com. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma has malty caramel and citrus fruit. Taste light sweet to bitter sweet. Medium Body.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2018 at 02:09

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at home, from Malahide, 8th December 17. Pours a straw colour colour, a rim of head. Taste is smooth, pine, sweet floral, nice malt balance, slight bitter, overall not a bad IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2017 at 11:47

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 9
Bottle at Malahide Grand, 10th November 17. Pours transparent black, aroma is cocoa, some citrus, roasted malts. Taste is dark chocolate, bitter citrus, cocoa, a little watery, but not a bad BIPA.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2017 at 03:23

6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 3
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2017 at 08:12

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Draught at Brewdock. Cloudy gold with a medium head. Aroma of citrushop. Flavour is oily pine, lemon bread, dusty dry bitter base. Lingering palate.
Tried on 17 Aug 2017 at 12:11

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of spices, fruits, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, spices, fruits, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2017 at 14:04

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear golden colour with a thin white head. Fruity aroma with citrus fruits, grasses, earthy notes and pale malts. Taste is bitter. Medium body with a creamy texture and an average carbonation. Finishes dry and bitter with grasses, citrus and bread. Meh.
Tried on 08 Aug 2017 at 10:20