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.

     Show


7/10
Tried from Draft at Taplokaal Gist on 16 Aug 2019 at 21:21

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Can in the garden, 3rd August 19. Pours golden and slightly hazy. Aroma is citrus, pine. Taste is bitter, citrus, pine, peach, slight tropical fruit. Very good bitter IIPA, more classical IPA: lovely
Tried from Can on 03 Aug 2019 at 19:58

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pint at Guildhall Taphouse in Derry. Electric gold in color with a bit of bubbly white on top. Light bready crackery maltiness with lots of citrus tropical fruits pine a resin to counter. I rather enjoyed this one.
Tried from Draft on 27 Jul 2019 at 00:58

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at Mother Mac's Public House. Mostly clear deep gold in color with a bubbly white head that persists. Bready crackery malt with plenty of diacetyl. Light earthy floral hops.
Tried from Draft on 26 Jul 2019 at 22:17

7.5/10
Sharp ginger and very tart refreshing rhubarb. Good for a coach beer
Tried from Can on 21 Jul 2019 at 16:48

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2019 at 14:58

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Hazy yellow. Minerals, citric hops, vegetal notes, yeast, quite dry, moderately bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 11 Jul 2019 at 19:28

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught @ Mother Kellys, 251 Paradise Row, Bethnal Green, Greater London, England E2 9LE.[ As Kinnegar Yannaroddy Porter ].Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coconut, sour fruit notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, coconut, dark malt, roasted, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170811] 7-4-7-3-14
Tried on 11 Jul 2019 at 14:37

6/10
Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2019 at 17:19

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at The Winding Stair in Dublin, Ireland. The pour is black brown with a well formed 2 inch dark khaki head. The aroma is strong roast, along with dark chocolate and a bit of pine in the malt. The taste is clean dark chocolate malt, the roast and finishing dry with pine. The palate is medium bodied, active carbonation and the clean roast finish. Tasty Porter, went great with the lovely food at The Winding Stair.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2019 at 14:53