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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6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Clear gold with a frothy, white head. Mango aroma with sweaty T-Shirt underneath. Mildly bitter. Finishes the same, with a hint of rye. Light to medium-bodied. Ok.
Tried on 30 Oct 2022 at 15:43

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Shortlived off-white head over hazy, orangey-ochre beer. Overwhelming C-hops, orangepeel, exotic fruit as passion fruit, but also pine resin, slight caramel. Resiny, hopoils galore. Again sweetish orangepeel, caramel, exotic fruit. Quite sticky, almost viscous; good carbonation. Sweet, but quite convincing DIPA.
Tried from Can from Kijk op Drank on 30 Oct 2022 at 09:26

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
--Canned, from Craft Central, Dublin. -- Hazy golden, mid sized head. Generous aroma of apricot and lychee. Dry with light body and crisp, rounded mouthfeel. White bread, apricoti marmelade and citrus. Mid bitter finish. Relaxed, drinkable and pleasant - like I've come to expect from Kinnegar.
Tried from Can on 28 Oct 2022 at 20:25

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Draught in Brickyard. Amber yellow with a medium head. Aroma of malt grain. Flavour is grainy malt, caramel, dry marzen finish.
Tried on 25 Oct 2022 at 12:32

8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
--Keg at Bar Rua, Dublin. -- Black, creamy mid sized head. Generous aroma of licorice, Black currant and chocolate. Mid sweet with medium to full body and well rounded mouthfeel. Licorice, salmiak and grapefruit on dark bread. Mid bitter finish. Thoroughly solid.
Tried on 19 Oct 2022 at 18:11

7.5/10
Tried from Draft on 09 Oct 2022 at 17:47

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Aroma: Dusty fruity hops with rye. Flavour: Fruity sweet with malt and rye. Aftertaste is fruity sweet and lightly bitter. Colour: Brown amber with an offwhite head. From: Can
Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2022 at 14:01

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from Craftbeersdelivered.com. Hazy a,ber with an off-whiste head. Aroma is sweet, malty, rye and moderate hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 081022
Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2022 at 13:51

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
440ml can at home. Pours a clear amber with a medium white head. Nose is caramel and biscuit malt sweetness with some hay and floral hops. Flavour is more caramel malt, floral hops, biscuit and bready notes.
Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2022 at 23:19

6.5/10
Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2022 at 16:23