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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8/10
Tried from Can on 10 Jul 2020 at 20:34

7/10
Tried from Draft at De Kelk on 04 Jul 2020 at 20:02

7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Tout est trop poussé dans ce double bunny : l'houblonnage à cru donnant des arômes herbacés trop marqués, le sucre qui alourdit la bouche et qui ne fonctionne pas avec une amertume poussée. Nous ne sommes réellement pas ici sur de la finesse. En verre nous sommes sur un blond orangé limpide, une fine et forte effervescence et une mousse blanc cassé de 1 cm. Le nez est très marqué sur les herbes avec en retrait, agrumes, ananas et pêche. A la dégustation c'est également les herbes très présentes qui ont l'avantage. Tout est exagéré, douceur, amertume...qui s'allient relativement mal in fine, et ce, dès l'attaque. Des épices viennent s'ajouter aux arômes. Pas de réelle évolution en deuxième bouche. L’arrière-bouche est quant à elle plus particulièrement sur une amertume racée. L'alcool, de son côté, à 7,8% est bien. Le final manque d'élancement, davantage sur la base maltée. Je ne connaissais pas la fable du lapin qui voulait se faire aussi gros que le bœuf !
Tried on 04 Jul 2020 at 17:08

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can. Deep golden color. Ripe citrusfruit in the aroma. Dry, floral flavor with ripe fruit, citrus and pear.
Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2020 at 14:34

6/10
Tried from Can on 25 Jun 2020 at 18:27

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Can. Light gold with a full head. Aroma of dusty rosemary. Flavour is herbal yeast, rosemary, wheat and yeast on a soft herbal finish.
Tried from Can on 23 Jun 2020 at 22:52

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can sourced from Beerdome and shared at home (22/05/2020) - hazed up golden orange with a white head. Fruity with notes of pineapple and grapefruit, lemon, light peachy, citrus peel, sweet malty backing, piney light bitter hoppy finish. Nice.
Tried from Can on 12 Jun 2020 at 11:33

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Can. Pale gold with a medium head. Aroma of grainy malt. Flavour is light grainy lager, malt finish. Simple but refreshing.
Tried from Can on 31 May 2020 at 22:58

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Can. Deep dark brown color. Coffee, milk chocolate and caramel in the aroma. A bit watery, but pleasant flavor with caramel, milk chocolate and raisin. Sweet.
Tried from Can on 30 May 2020 at 17:51

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Cloudy, yellow-ish golden colour with huge, thick, fluffy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Yeasty spicy, minimally funky and grassy, slightly citrusy, hoppy aroma, hints of hay with floral interludes, a touch of white pepper, old lemon peel, brine and mustard seed, even coriander seed. Taste is slightly bready, pale malty, slightly yeasty spicy and grassy, minimally citrusy hoppy, hints of hay, a touch of white and black pepper, coriander seed, lemon balm, mandarine peel. Somehow foamy texture, smooth and super-soft palate, soft carbonation. Mild, a bit cautious if not anaemic - but a very nice composition overall. Highly drinkable and decently refreshing - I like it.
Tried from Can on 27 May 2020 at 20:10