Kinnegar Brewing

Microbrewery in Letterkenny, County 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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can at home. Pours hazy orange, nose is apricot, grapefruit, taste is bitter citrus, orange peel, sweet.
Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2023 at 21:17

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
44cl Blik, dank Harmen! Zwarte kleur, beige kraag. Flink gebrande aroma's en smaken, gebrande mout, toast, gebrande noten, licht kruidig, kokos is ver te zoeken, chocolade, wat koffie, caramel, bitterzoet. Medium tot volle body. Lekker.
Tried on 21 Jan 2023 at 15:51

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
(Draught at In De Wildeman, Amsterdam, 27 Aug 2022) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasty nose with notes of coffee, dark chocolate and black bread. Malty, roasted taste with coffee, dark chocolate, black bread, liquorice, a touch of toasted coconut and a balanced roasty bitterness. Medium body, with a slight sweetness. Smooth, tasty and well made porter. Very nice.
Tried on 12 Jan 2023 at 21:44

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7

Can 440ml. @ [ Trinntorp 🇸🇪 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡 💻👀

[ As Kinnegar Bucket & Spade ].
ABV: 4.2%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, pale malt, wheat, moderate to light heavy hoppy, pine, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, citrus, pine, fruity hops, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20230105]
7-3-7-3-14
Tried from Can on 05 Jan 2023 at 19:41

6/10
Tried on 05 Jan 2023 at 17:43

7.5/10
Interesting. Strange that it may be. But it reminds me of the toasted barley notes of a Korean green tea …
Tried from Can on 03 Jan 2023 at 21:49

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. Black colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some chocolate and mild toasted notes. Flavour is quite similar in a smooth way. Nice Black IPA, without the ashes and super roasted notes. Refreshing and good sipper.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2022 at 21:11

7/10
Tried from Draft at Taplokaal Gist on 24 Dec 2022 at 22:20

6/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Brewers At Play | No.27 Black Lager on 19 Dec 2022 at 13:26 - Score: 5
Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2022 at 12:30

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Jet black with a large cream head. Aroma of toasted dark malts. Smoked malt, burnt wood hop, dry cream, dry smoky burnt finish.
Tried on 14 Dec 2022 at 23:10