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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Rye, hoppy, bitter, grapefruit skins

Tried from Can on 25 May 2023 at 19:14


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can I bought because I could identify with the name. Pale cloudy yellow, white foam. Crisp clementine and lime nose. Medium light body, pithy dry, citruspeel, wild garlic, mint/herbal and grassy bitter notes.

Tried from Can from Die Bierothek München - Munich Brew Mafia Flagshipstore on 16 May 2023 at 17:07


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

44cl can from Station 1280 in Antwerp F: big, white, good retention. C: shiny pale gold, hazy. A: citrus, grapefruits, floral, mellow fruity. T: medium malty base, orange, grapefruits, mellow tropical fruits, bit lactic, nice balanced bitterness, not bad but I expected more hoppy accent here, enjoyable still.

Tried from Can on 14 May 2023 at 20:48


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

44cl can from Station 1280 in Antwerp F: medium, white, good retention. C: gold, hazy. A: lemon, grapefruits, bit pine, resinous hoppy, tropical fruits. T: medium malty base, grapefruits, pineapple, mango, pine resin, long lasting bitterness, medium carbonation, easy drinkable and good balanced.

Tried from Can on 14 May 2023 at 19:49


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

Brown and clear with a reddish hue and a lasting stable head. Aroma is woody and fruity. Taste of new oak, malt and old, dried fruits. Quite bitter. The sweetness of malt and fruit are a little subdued by the dry, woody notes.

Tried on 23 Apr 2023 at 17:55


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

Can. Clean mahogany with a medium head. Aroma of sweet grape. Flavour is wood and wine, dry alcohol, fruity wine base.

Tried from Can on 12 Apr 2023 at 23:49


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Tried from Draft on 23 Mar 2023 at 20:24


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Brown. Malt, yeast, vegetal, stale nuts, spicy rye, very bitter.

Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2023 at 12:51


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Op tap bij DeRat. Iets mistig goudgele kleur, witte kraag. Wiet, netels, licht harsig, hint van citrus, licht moutig, bitter. Lichte body. Prima APA.

Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2023 at 22:14


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

Glass at Beer Market, Dublin. Hazy murky pinkish beer, small head. Aroma is sourish, raspberry, rhubarb, sweet, fruit. Taste is the same, nice

Tried on 17 Mar 2023 at 14:41