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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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Lata 44 CL en el Scottland yard 16..04.. 2019. (r37 ). Color amarillento a dorado velado con espuma blanca persistente. Sabores maltosos y cereales con lupulados que tiran a maduros acabando con suaves resinoso y terrosos. Cuerpo ligero a medio fácil de beber algo seco y acaba siendo algo áspero. Normal. Refrescante. Se nota el toque irlandés suave y cereal.
Tried from Can on 24 Apr 2019 at 18:02

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One pint can at Beerhouse, Madrid. It pours amber to orange-hued, hazy, with a mostly persistent, off-white head. Aroma is oranges, dandelion, grapefruit, grass and fresh lemons. Mouthfeel is dry but full-bodied, crisp, rather bitter and very long-lasting. Nice.
Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2019 at 09:16

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Can @ Brewdog Lothian Road, Edinburgh. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 170419
Tried from Can on 17 Apr 2019 at 14:37

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Can. Color: Black, long lasting beige head, nice lacing. Aroma: Roasted malt, notes of mocha. Taste: Roasted malt, some mocha and chocolate notes, burned toast. Medium body, below average carbonation. smooth mouthfeel. Don't get much of the coconut. Ok, but a bit disappointing.
Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2019 at 20:21

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Can at home, pre match LCFC vs Newcastle, 12/04/19. Hazed orange amber with a well presented off white head. Nose is orange peel, tangerine, grass, lemon rind, floral notes. Taste comprises pink grapefruit, citric tinged straw, bitter orange, grass, airy malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced juicy hop bitterness. Easy drinking session gear.
Tried from Can on 12 Apr 2019 at 18:59

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440ml can [7.7% abv]. Jet black colour with average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, beige to tan head. Roasty spicy and chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of cocoa and dark chocolate, hints of white coffee, fruity hoppy overtones with a touch of plum butter, bramble, morello. Taste is roasty dark malty and slightly fruity hoppy, notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, hints of white coffee, fruity notes of dark berries, some plum, morello, a touch of red berries, a neglectable metallic touch as well.
Tried from Can on 11 Apr 2019 at 16:32

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Can, 7.7%. Color: Almost black, beige head. Aroma: Roasted malt, coffee. Taste: Smooth mouthfeel. Roasted malt with coffee and mocha notes and lightly cocoa and spicy hints. Moderate bitter and moderate to medium sweet. Medium body, low carbonation. Fruity and slightly acidic coffee hints at finish. Nice one.
Tried from Can on 09 Apr 2019 at 19:49

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Can shared by Caesar. Clear orange golden color, medium sized white to off-white head. Smell and taste malts, hops, floral hoppy, decently bitter. Alright. 7-3-7-3-14.
Tried from Can on 08 Apr 2019 at 20:08

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can. Color: Hazy golden, white head. Aroma: Citrus hop. Taste: Very refreshing. Over medium grassy and slightly resinous hopbitterness, combined with with a lot of fruity bitter notes of grapefruit, citrus and some tropical fruit. Moderate sweet. Another nice one from Kinnegar.
Tried from Can on 07 Apr 2019 at 15:13

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18 March 2019. At BrewDog Cowgate, Edinburgh. Shared with the lovely Anke! Pours hazy black with a lasting, foamy, unstable, tan head. Aroma of toast, coffee roast, roasted peanut, caramel, raisin, blackcurrant, fondant, some rubber. Taste is light malty sweet, nutty & bready with dried & dark fruity accents (fig, blackcurrant); light to medium roasted bitter then, roasted nuts, coffee, toast & faint fondant, bit fruity sourish & plastic-like too, coconut remains very restrained if not unnoticeable. Dryish, toasty, tad peppery hoppy finish, more fondant & 'bland' coffee roast. Light to medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Underwhelming to say the least, but it's drinkable.
Tried on 04 Apr 2019 at 13:57