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.
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.
9/10
Tried
from Can
on 02 Feb 2019
at 21:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Beer Loves Food, Amsterdam. Black with a tan head. Aroma of roast, licorice, dark chocolate and cocoa. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Feb 2019
at 15:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
440 ml. can. Canned on 18/9/2018. Nuts expected this one to be fresher given that I got it quite recently. Still BBF 05/2019. Canned Red Rye IPA from a self-appointed farmhouse brewery from Ireland that I have heard of before. Pours amber orange with uneven low tanned head. Nose is chewy caramel malt, sweeter, rye, low pine resin hop oil, age probably needs to be taken into account. Lively dry bit rustic indeed bitter harsh dark leaf tea oil with pine resin, caramel, some rustic bitter esoteric oil hop profile, interesting hop profile, unusual rustic malt, could use a bit more body, lingering etheric hop oil and almost faint pennies finish. Bit quirky and nice decent overall.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2019
at 21:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival, 2019. Dark gold pour with a white head. Nose of pear drops, peach, sweet malt. Flavours of dessert pear, yellow melon. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2019
at 21:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival, 2019. Gold pour with a white head. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine. Flavours of grapefruit, bitter lemon.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2019
at 21:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can at Victoria, Den Haag. Black with a big tan head. Aroma of rye, licorice, burnt notes, grass and roast. Flavour is moderate sweet and above moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2019
at 17:28
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask (handpump) @ #MBCF19 - Day 2 🧙🍻🇬🇧, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2019 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England.
[ As Kinnegar Limeburner ].
ABV: 4.7%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, lime - citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, cookie. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190124]
6-3-6-3-11
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2019
at 09:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy blond with lasting head. Aroma and flavour have a lot of spicy yeast. Many similarities with Saison Dupont. Smooth texture.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2019
at 19:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some candy sweetness. Sweet malts in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2019
at 19:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can 440ml (Beerdome)
Opaque colour, medium-sized beige head and lace. Toasted, a bit nutty and milky aroma. Medium to full-bodied. Soft, smooth palate. Roasted, milky, coffeish flavour. Some caramel in the finish. Quite good.
Opaque colour, medium-sized beige head and lace. Toasted, a bit nutty and milky aroma. Medium to full-bodied. Soft, smooth palate. Roasted, milky, coffeish flavour. Some caramel in the finish. Quite good.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jan 2019
at 20:39