Kinnegar Brewing

Microbrewery in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland 🇮🇪
Associated Venue: Kinnegar Brewing

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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6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Can. Grapefruit colour with a minimal head. Aroma of apricot and salt. Flavour is tart fruit, apricot and grape, salty sour finish.
Tried from Can on 22 Aug 2020 at 20:28

7/10
Tried from Draft on 22 Aug 2020 at 20:22

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
1 July 2020. At Dok Brewing Company. Cheers to the Teamleader colleagues! Pours hazy dark brown-black with a stable, small, frothy, tan head. Aroma of pink grapefruit, red apple, walnut, caramel, pine, biscuit, candied orange, brown bread. Taste has sweet orange peel, nuts & caramel, bitter herbs & toast with an edge of coffee. Piney hoppy finish, herbal, a bit spicy & rye-like, touch of warming vodka. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. BIPA with a twist, nice.
Tried from Can on 22 Aug 2020 at 11:27

7/10
Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2020 at 19:18

7/10
Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2020 at 03:28

7/10
Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2020 at 22:30

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