Blacks Kinsale Brewery & Distillery
Microbrewery
in
Kinsale,
County Cork,
Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated Venue: Blacks Kinsale Craft Brewery
Established in 2013
Contact
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.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Bread malt, mild caramel malt and light grass hops with hints of pine hops. Quite light, a bit safe, decent balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2016
at 03:02
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate- Boring alas.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 11:40
7/10
Tried
on 12 Jun 2016
at 21:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Beer52. Orangey-gold with a thinning white head. A little too heavy on the prickly fizz. Biscuitty malt, a lot of orange and just a tiny hint of pine at the end. Sweet, little bitterness; not as refreshing as I was looking for but exceptionally easy-to-drink. Pleasant enough beer.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2016
at 15:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl can from Beer52.com. An amber pour with a billowing cream head; orangey citrus aroma; thin in the mouth with an orange juice body; then a rather flabby fruity bitterness to finish. Probably better if chilled to death before opening.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2016
at 11:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aroma: Fruity hops with citrus. Flavour: Pretty fruity bitter hops with citrus and fruity sweetness. A dry bitter finish. Colour: Golden amber with a white head. From: Bottle @ Torben Matthews tasting May 2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2016
at 03:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Ginger with a thin head. Aroma is chalky hop. Flavour is fruity hop, dusty dry fruit bitterness, lingering chalky palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2016
at 14:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from McHughs. Imperial Black IPA. Dark brown with a frothy tan head. Aroma of chalky fruit. Flavour is a big fruit basket, sticky bitterness. Long lingering fruit bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2016
at 16:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from McHughs. Clean deep golden with a medium head. Aroma is butterscotch hop. Flavour is biscuit, light bitter fruit, dry malt base, fruity dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2016
at 15:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at home in London - sourced from Kriso Wines. Pours clear, deep gold with a frothy, white head. Lightly faded hops in the aroma, some rindy orange, tangerine, faint pine needles, pale bread. Medium sweet flavour with a steady, bready pale malt character, augmented with subtly juicy tangerine, melon, mango, and mild piney bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Pretty well balanced on the finish, if restrained, with more citrusy hops, pale bread, touches of grass, a bit more pine. Easy-drinking APA.
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2016
at 18:20