Kinnegar Brewing

Microbrewery in Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland 🇮🇪

Established in 2011

Contact
K2, Ballyraine Industrial Estate, Aughavannon, Rathmullan, Letterkenny, Ireland
Description
At Kinnegar we pair brewing tradition with a contemporary sense of adventure to produce clean, crisp, full-flavoured farmhouse beers. The brewery is named after the nearby Kinnegar Beach 
just north of Rathmullan in County Donegal.

Our roots are deeply embedded in the hilly fields and farms of northeast Donegal. This is the perfect environment for the way we make beer. We don’t filter or pasteurise, and we let our industrious little friends, the yeast, carbonate the beer naturally during fermentation.

With the opening of K2, our new state-of-the-art facility in nearby Letterkenny in March 2017, the clinking of bottles coming off our line no longer mingles with the bleating of sheep from the surrounding fields. The farmhouse ethos at the core of what we do however remains the same.

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8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

A perfect and roasty porter/stout, for me it sounds more a stout, generous roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, fruity, subtle hop, 25.03.20, at Epalinges

Tried from Can from Bootlegger on 14 Mar 2026 at 13:08

gave a cheers!

7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Ripe fruit, orange, some marmalade, malt, pine. Medium bitter and light sweet. Ripe, piney, rye malt. Medium body. Always in the mood for a good Rye IPA.

Tried from Can from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl on 12 Mar 2026 at 00:21


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Mid-dark copper with a finger of off-white head. Nice citrus, spicy pine, sweet pale malts, a bit of honey. Medium bodied. A bit of harsh bitterness to take us to the finish. Great stuff.

Tried from Can on 11 Mar 2026 at 16:16


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Ruby with a large yellow head. Aroma of plum wine. Flavour is rich fruits, sharp malts, boozy with wood at the base. Sharp fruity finish.

Tried from Can on 24 Feb 2026 at 00:00


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tried on 23 Feb 2026 at 23:03


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pleasant easy drinakble neipa
Fruity, pale malt and citric
[Can at The Bierhaus in Cork, Ireland]

Tried from Can at The Bierhaus (Cork) on 24 Jan 2026 at 11:28


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pleasant and fine beer. Better than normal for this style
Refreshing
Malty and herbal
[Can from Fine Wines in Galway, Ireland]

Brewery #3178

Tried from Can from Fine Wines Galway on 21 Jan 2026 at 19:36

gave a cheers!

7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Brownish black with a short tan head. Aroma is vanilla and nut. Flavour is burnt hazelnut malt, bitter back. Hints of licorice on a dry roast finish.

Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2026 at 17:57


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Panda from Colin. Cheers ears. Hazy-opaque dark marmalade orange. Thin bubbly translucent white head. Aroma has a resinous streak with spicy edge over sweet fruit. Medium bitter. Balances bitter citrus with resin over sweet juice. Melon and stone fruit. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy lazy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Good stuff.

Tried on 13 Jan 2026 at 19:05


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Black with a firm and creamy beige head. Roasty, dry bittersweet cocoa, earthy, a touch of burnt, light sweetness. Medium bodied. Finish is semi-dry. Very well done. Has a touch of sweetness to keep it easy going but is dry and flavorful with roasted notes. More.

Tried from Draft at El Boliche on 10 Jan 2026 at 19:00