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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pre-gbbf-shinding. Trübes hell goldgelbes Bier mit geringen weißen schaumkrone. Geruch nach Gewürzen, grüner Tee. Geschmack mild säuerlich fruchtig, Kräuter, grüner Tee.
Tried on 07 Aug 2016 at 14:34

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Tom L’s place. Thanks Tom L. Yellow. Nice sour citric zesty aroma. Tart flavor, citric, zesty, with some grapefruit bitterness. Medium-bodied. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2016 at 12:43

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
botte from European Local Swap 2/2016, thanks Beersiveknown, 500ml pours brown with a full fine light brown head. Aroma of malts, roasted and burnt, laurel, pine. Taste or roasted malts, average bitter, laurel, light sugary syrup, medium sweetness, soft, light chocolate, low on the hops, average body, soft co2, aftertaste has some long bitterness and light spicy.
Tried on 26 Jun 2016 at 13:40

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottle from McHughs. Clear gold with a medium head. Flavour is fruity hop. Flavour is tart bitter grapefruit, rye, dry bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2016 at 16:39

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Cotteridge, Birmingham, consumed at home sat down the garden cooking a Cod and Chorizo Risotto, Sunday 12th June 2016 Pours black in colour with a good looking light beige head atop. Really hoppy, fresh green zappy hops, a late chocolate (cocoa powder) sprinkling, lingering bitterness. Nice roasty flavour throughout, lovely beer. A7 A5 T7 P4 Ov14 3.7
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2016 at 11:48

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Good stable cream-coloured head over black beer. Sweetish/roasted nose. Some wood. Sweetish, bit of molasses - with backing from roasted malts and dark bread. Finish has a tad harsh tannines. Medium bodied at least; medium carbonation. Quite decent stout - better than the classic Irish stouts.
Tried on 31 May 2016 at 13:24

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; murky burnished amber pour with a thin white head, aroma has a hint of lime and mango, taste has lemon, some floral action, crisp malts, bitter finish, nice.
Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2016 at 09:22

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from Hopology, Nottingham. Deep golden colour with a thick foamy white head. Aroma citrus, pine. Taste light sweet to mid bitter. Oily pine body.
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2016 at 12:51

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle 500ml. [ As Kinnegar Long Tongue Pumpkin Ginger Rye ].[ Courtesy of my Local Swap 2016-1 - Beersiveknown ]. Clear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, rye, spicy, pumpkin - pumpkin spices, ginger. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long to average duration, spicy, caramel, ginger, pumpkin, rye, pumpkin spices. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160422]
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2016 at 14:36

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are pumpkin, malt, caramel, fruits and hops. Not good.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2016 at 13:12