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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6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
0.44 l can from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', canned in August 2020. Hazy, pale golden with a large, slightly fluffy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, rather fruity and a little resiny aroma of peach, pineapple and a touch of passion fruit. Slightly sweet, rather dry, quite fruity taste of pineapple, lemon peel and a touch of passion fruit, followed by a short, gently bitter, fairly dry finish. Thin body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Quite tasty, even if already six months old, must be really good when fresh.
Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2021 at 17:32

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clean maroon with a short head. Aroma of salty cherry. Flavour is sour salt, sucks the saliva from the mouth, softer watery cherry base, very long sour salt finish.
Tried on 15 Jan 2021 at 20:48

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On keg at Brewdog, Bristol March 2017. Pours light hazed copper amber with a beige cap. Aroma: caramel, stone fruit, grapefruit, yeast. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, grains, caramel, fruity citrus, spicy rye. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation
Tried on 12 Jan 2021 at 21:21

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Black with a large tan head. Aroma of hazelnut chocolate, not far from Nutella. Flavour is chocolate malt, hazelnut, bitter malt, fruit and nut finish.
Tried on 10 Jan 2021 at 21:42

6/10
Can. A slightly hazy golden beer with a white head. Aroma of grassy and mild citrusy hops, some grainy malt. Taste of grassy hops, grainy pale malt, easy to drink.
Tried from Can on 28 Dec 2020 at 19:17

7/10
Tried on 27 Dec 2020 at 16:42

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can at home. Pours a deep red to maroon with a medium to large pink head. Nose is cherry and vanilla. Flavour is black cherry, vanilla, slight bit of oak. Nice clean finish.
Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2020 at 17:39

7/10
Tried on 11 Dec 2020 at 20:14

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can from Paus Craft Beer Bar, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy light golden straw colour with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, lager yeast, light citrus hops. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a crisp, malty, yeasty, grainy, mineral, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. I thought this seemed ok until it warmed and the flavours really came through. A Pale Ale?
Tried from Can at Paus Craft Beer Bar on 11 Dec 2020 at 13:50

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
440ml can from Paus Craft Beer Bar, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy medium amber colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light tropical citrus hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, somewhat rich, fruity, grainy mineral, floral hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried from Can at Paus Craft Beer Bar on 11 Dec 2020 at 13:23