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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5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
keg at the hanging bat.. Light hazy amber.. Small white head.. Soft funk.. big lactic floral fruit nose.. Tart zezty fruits.. Too much of that lactic finish
Tried on 21 Mar 2018 at 15:48

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Keg at BrewDog Leicester. Mid-gold, clear with a tiny bit of head. Aroma is a bit of plastic, bit of lemon, bit of piss... odd and far from pleasant. Sweet and malty with a bittersweet edge. Lots of malty, plastic flavours. Leaves a slightly acrid, saccharin, artificial note in the aftertaste. No, no, no.
Tried on 19 Mar 2018 at 22:13

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at brewdog Lothian road. Pours hazy golden yellow, nose is funk, grapefruit, melon, taste is juicy fruit, funk, tart, zesty.
Tried on 17 Mar 2018 at 23:42

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Keg at brewdog Lothian road. Pours hazy yellow, nose is funk, citrus, yoghurt, green apple, taste is juicy citrus, caramel, piney.
Tried on 17 Mar 2018 at 23:41

6/10
Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2018 at 15:18

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2018 at 19:02

9/10
Really enjoyed this one. To-style.
Tried on 26 Feb 2018 at 23:12

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from McHughs. Dark amber with a large head. Aroma is sugar fruit. Flavour is bitter fruit, spice grapefruit hop, dark bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2018 at 23:00

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle from Martin’s. Light black with a tan head. Aroma of coconut and coffee. Flavour is milky coffee, nut infused chocolate. Very dry malt base, lingering bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2018 at 16:55

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottle from McHughs. Deep gold with a thin head. Aroma of bread malts. Flavour is butter malt, biscuit, a little pepper, metallic finish. Decent Helles.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2018 at 16:54