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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6.1/10 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 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


6.6/10 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 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 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 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 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 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 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