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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7/10
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2019 at 18:19

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Nice hazy yellow/golden, smells lije citrus, peaches, grass, hay, taste is grassy, very smooth, oily, lots of fruits, hoppy, aberage bitterness, lovely easy coast ipa.
Tried on 15 Mar 2019 at 09:19

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
9/3/2019. Can from Hopsters, Ipswich. Pours hazy yellow gold with a white head. Aroma of hops, citrus, orange, melon, grass and light pine. Moderate sweetness, towards medium bitterness. Moderate body, slight creamy texture, average carbonation. Increase in bitterness to finish.
Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2019 at 23:25

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - dark brown to black with some orange chinks around the edges. Lacy fawn head. Nose - burnt bread, raisins and treacle. Taste - treacle, raisins. Maybe dates. Palate - close to full bodied and rich in texture. Long linger. But fresh enough to allow you to return. Overall - great stuff.
Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2019 at 20:35

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - deep amber, toffee colour. Nice billowing suds. Nose - toffee, biscuits, honeycomb. Taste - ginger biscuits, ginger cake almost. Sweet with biscuity bitterness. Palate - medium bodied and crunchy and sweet through the middle. The finish is crunchy and dry. Overall - to me this falls into Bitter style, and as that, it's a great example.
Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2019 at 18:45

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden amber with a nicely proportioned head. Nose - light sweat and orange. Touching on dishcloth, but not offensive. Taste - bitter orange going into apricot. Palate - close to medium bodied, tangy through the middle. Dry, tangy finish. Overall - good.
Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2019 at 21:49

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Can under the name Kumpelnest, a Pilsner. Pale gold with a medium head. Aroma of gainy malt. Flavour is hops and malt, light bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2019 at 20:14

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Hazy deep amber colour, tall frothy lasting beige head, heavy lacing. Aroma toasted malt, grain, dark fruits, light liquorice. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, grainy, toffee, herbal notes. Malty sweetbitter aftertaste, dusty and earthy notes, medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation, nice sturdy amber ale.
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2019 at 14:40

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Orange peel and grapefruit. Lighter roast. Black pour with decent head and great lacing. Bitter end with a touch of caramel. Tap at Brew Dock.
Tried from Draft on 01 Mar 2019 at 19:48

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Citrus and some hay. Some malt. A little pepper. Golden pour. Some green onion. Light tangy end. Can.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2019 at 00:54