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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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at The Porterhouse Temple Bar in Dublin. Amber orange pour. Small beige head. Earthy malt aroma. Flavor is tangy rye malt. Some spicy hops.

Tried from Draft on 04 Aug 2024 at 21:15


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Hazy blond colour with thin head. Has a mixture of citrus and tropical fruit. Quite pithy and bitter. Fresh leafy hops in the afterburp.

Tried on 19 Jul 2024 at 01:05


7.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Red IPA brewed in Ireland, from tap at Bar Beenhouwer, thanks Meeki! Regularly shaped, pale greyish white, membrane-lacing, closed and stable head, misty pure orange-glowing amber colour – at least the looks are correct for what was intended, in any case. Aroma of toasted peanuts, hard caramel, deep-fried parsley, dried apple peel, vague notes of margarine, pine resin, grapefruit zest and tobacco. Rounded, clean onset, very vague persimmon- and apple-ish notes but hardly any esters, prickly carb with smooth, lightly creamy mouthfeel; softly nutty, thinly caramelly, dryish maltiness with a leafy hop bitter note and even brief grapefruity and piney accents, yet remaining fairly mild in finishing bitterness, with this soft (pea)nuttiness from the malts continuing at equal strength. Balanced, technically correct, but quite soft in hoppiness for this oldskool IPA substyle. Could nonetheless drink this all afternoon on a summery day.

Tried on 17 Jul 2024 at 14:59


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Tap, Orange colour, small head. Aroma sweet, ginger, malt. Taste is the same, sweet, ginger, gingerbread, sweet, malt, nice

Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2024 at 07:44


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Nancy's Ballyliffin. As Nancy's own lager. A light hazed yellow straw coloured pour with a decent loose white head. Aroma is earthy straw, rustic grains, lager notes, light tangy green apple, crisp. Palate is light tart, highish prickly carbonation. Flavour is composed of rustic grains, light tang, green apple, straw,. Passable lager.

Tried from Draft on 29 May 2024 at 19:33


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared in Donegal. A mostly clear golden orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is grassy hop, bready grains, opal fruits. Sileage. Flavour is composed grainy sileage, grass hop. Palate is semi sweet, grainy, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2024 at 22:47


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Can in Donegal, thanks to my bro. A thick jet black coloured pour with a fine dark tan head. Opaque. Aroma is earthy roast, charred wood, molasis, dried fruit, dark berries,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, hazelnut, layered robust dark roast, dark cherry, spicy finish. Palate is semi sweet, oily, moderate carbonation. Really nice old school robust impy stout. Mellow barrel character is well integrated.

Tried from Can on 27 May 2024 at 21:28


7.5

Little spicy, best one of this flight

Tried from Draft on 29 Apr 2024 at 21:29


7

Magus, karamell, tsitrus, linnased ja asjad. ok.

Tried on 07 Apr 2024 at 01:47


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tried on 02 Apr 2024 at 09:11

gave a cheers!