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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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried on 02 Apr 2024 at 09:10

7.2/10
Pretty solid beer. Very good for Europe in style, but avg for usa’s lineup. Mikkeller ams. Tried again. I like it more. More crisp and dry
Tried on 10 Mar 2024 at 18:29

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Het Lagerhuys, pours black with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out medium roasted malt, earthy hops, and a little pine. Flavour is balanced, with lots of medium roast, earthy hops, and a little pine. Pretty soft for a black IPA, but has enough roast and hops to be pleasing. Very good.
Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2024 at 22:15

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Black with a tan head. Aroma of sweet cream coffee. Flavour is coconut not, malty coffee, a touch of licorice, dry roast base.
Tried on 28 Feb 2024 at 23:15

7/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from The Beerhive. Hazy amber body with an off-white head. Faint lacing. Aroma of toffee and earth. Flavour of stewed tea, berries and caramel. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A nice bittersweet texture.
Tried from Can on 04 Feb 2024 at 23:35

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Good, lightly brownish cream head, stable, over russet-brown highlighted black beer. Coffee, ground coffeebeans, roast, lactose, dark green leaves. Again cold coffee, very much in front; cardboard. Bit rusty flavour, iron. Very mild roast and a faint sweetness - again obviously lactose. Mellow MF, lactose + oats working; mild carbonation if feeling better carbonated than it looks. I suspect you used some Fanad bogrivulet for liquor. Txs to Stef!
Tried from Can on 04 Feb 2024 at 10:52

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
440ml can: BB 18th March 2024. Brought by Andy to a family tasting at my house on 26th January 2024. This is the little brother of Rustbucket, Kinnegar's regular Rye IPA, so as you'd expect this tastes like a watered down version!
Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2024 at 23:55

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can: BB 8th May 2024. Shared with Andy (who brought it back from Ireland) at a family tasting at my place on 26th January 2024. Hazy golden yellow, white affair on top. Mixed bag of citrus aromas and tastes, typical NEIPA I suppose.
Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2024 at 23:55

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can, one day over it's BBD when drank on 26th January 2024, shared with Andy at a family tasting, cheers Andy for bringing this over from Ireland. Amber with a red hue from the Rye, white crust. Spicy Rye front, middle and rear, it's dominated by the Rye!
Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2024 at 23:54

7.5/10
Tried on 17 Jan 2024 at 18:57