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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7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Hazy pale golden color with medium white head. Aroma: citrus, mango, grassy notes, All of them bit faded. Taste: pale malty, candy-ish, citrus hops. Medium body, moderate carbonation, moderate bitterness. Not the hoppy monster, not very juicy, beer is drinkable, good but not great.
Tried from Can on 20 Jan 2022 at 19:34

7/10
Tried on 20 Jan 2022 at 13:53

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
44cl Blik van De Laat. Amber kleur, witte kraag. Hoppig, hars, wat steenvruchten, toffee, rogge, medium zoet, bittere finish, iets bloemig. Lichte tot medium body. Lekker.
Tried on 08 Jan 2022 at 20:36

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
44cl Blik van De Laat. Helder amber kleur, witte kraag. Hars, caramel, hop, citrus, licht bloemig, mooie oldskool DIPA, iets aan de dunne kant. Hint van rogge. Smakelijk bier.
Tried on 07 Jan 2022 at 22:28

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hazy russet-amber coloured beer under a small off-white head. Rosewater, asafoetida, seemingly tired hops, oxydized, yoghurt or milk shifting. In the taste, the rye takes over - thankfully. Again yoghurt, but clean, rosewater. Faint banana. Light body, but very oily - hopslick. Medium to good carbonation. OK, but nothing special.
Tried from Can from Kijk op Drank on 05 Dec 2021 at 08:44

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Clean gold with a full head. Aroma of bread malt. Flavour is honey malt, peppery grain, soft fruity base.
Tried on 13 Nov 2021 at 21:28

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
440ml can at home. Pours a deep mahogany almost pure brown with a medium tan head. Whiff of pine and chocolate on the nose. Easy drinking flavour of brown malt, bread, milk chocolate and pine hops. Soft carbonation
Tried from Can on 26 Oct 2021 at 19:12

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
44cl Blik, dank Harmen! Iets mistig kopergouden kleur, witte kraag. Fris, citrus, grapefruit, hint van toffee, goed bitter, fijne doordrinker. Lichte body. Goed.
Tried on 24 Oct 2021 at 08:13

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Reddish brown with a large head. Aroma of brown malts. Flavour is caramel, nut malt, red lemonade background, dry malty finish.
Tried on 15 Oct 2021 at 21:22

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 9
44cl can. A hazy bright golden beer with a white head. Aroma of intense juicy hops, stone fruits, apricot. Taste of damn juicy hops, stone fruits, peach, apricot, melon, moderate bitterness. Quite nice!
Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2021 at 19:28