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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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Draught Huge dense, off-white head over hazy yellow beer. Lots of ureum, citrus, lunaria, unripe nectarine. Some malt, but overwhelmed by dry hops, hopoils. Still, an impression of grain dust; green leaves, garden herbs. Quite slick, light to medium bodied, but not lean. Quite OK! Basic but ticking all the necessary boxes.
Tried from Draft at Billie's Bier Kafétaria on 31 Dec 2019 at 11:05

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Can. Pale hazy yellow with a thin head. Aroma of banana and candy. Flavour is banana, fizzy candy, fruity with a bit of wheat bread finish.
Tried from Can on 29 Dec 2019 at 23:45

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can split at L6, thanks to Fergus, 19/12/19. Hazed golden amber with a decent off white head. Nose is sweet malts, citric zest, candied orange peel, fruit loaf. Taste comprises caramel malts, bitter orange , citric tinged straw, light breads, pine needle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced earthy hop bitterness. Solid for the sub genre of IPA.
Tried from Can on 23 Dec 2019 at 10:03

7/10
Tried from Draft at 't Taphuys Utrecht on 22 Dec 2019 at 15:34

7/10
Tried on 19 Dec 2019 at 21:18

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Tried from Can on 18 Dec 2019 at 01:18

7/10
Tried at The Northerner on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48

7/10
Tried from Draft at BEER loves FOOD on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Darker orange, small head, aroma is malt, fruit, citrus, sweet, caramel, taste is the same, sweet, bitter, dry, nice
Tried on 22 Nov 2019 at 16:02

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Golden orange, small head. Aroma is citrus, rye, fruit, hops, tangerine. Taste is the same, bitter dry, nice
Tried on 22 Nov 2019 at 11:25