Kinnegar Brewing

Microbrewery in Letterkenny, 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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8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Many thanks to Beersiveknown for this bottle! Nice beige malty-head. The beer starts nice malty-dark. Intense rye earthy, dry with a nice floral hoppy body. Fresh and round, with great earthy body. Malty-dry aftertaste, nice round body, fresh, intense, highly drinkable, roasted, earthy. Fresh. Fantastic!

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2015 at 15:15


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle at my parents house, from Callans Dundalk, 27/06/15. Very ligthly hazed golden with a decent white cap that retains well. Nose is straw, lemon rind, light spice, herbal notes, white pepper, yeast esters, hint of vanilla. Taste comprises light bread, citric peel, straw, spice trace, apple core, yeast esters. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a tarte fruit rinse. Ok saison, a little simple but ticks the boxes.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2015 at 09:53


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared@CBC Clerkenwell, London (03/06/2015) - black pour with tan head. Dark roasted malty aroma and taste with coffee, chocolate, caramel, char and ashy, some sweetness on the palate, then a medium roasted finish.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2015 at 05:25


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared@CBC Clerkenwell, London (03/06/2015) - fuzzy dark brown to black coloured pour with a beige head. Aroma and taste is a mix of roasted malts and tropical fruits, piny hoppy, grapefruit, cocoa, roasted hoppy finish. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2015 at 05:22


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Martins Off Licence, Dublin [170615]
Blonde, hazy, fluffy white head
Aroma - Soft peppery, soft pale fruits, hint of clove, soft spicy, hint of sweet honey
Taste of sweet pale malts, sweet light caramel, soft yeast, soft citrus fruits, light peppery, alcohol well hidden
Palate - Medium carb and body, creamy texture, bit sticky, rather sweet malts with bitter hops underneath. Finish of sweet fruits, soft spicy peppery
Overall - Easy drinking, creamy texture, rather sweet but hides abv well. Quite decent.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2015 at 18:50


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Hazy orange with a solid head. Aroma is a bowl of fruit. Flavor is fruity bitter hop, chalky, grapefruit bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jun 2015 at 14:52


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle split at the 9.49 CBC boost tasting, Clerko, 03/06/15 thanks to The Wingman. Mahogany brown with a decent tan covering. Nose is light coffee, spice, charr, toffee, touch of roasting and light scorch. Taste comprises coffee, salted caramel, chocolate, pinch of spice, charr. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok stout.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2015 at 02:20


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle, 500 ml, courtesy of Miro, shared with him and Kova. Pours dark orange to brown. Caramel malty, toffee, light hoppy, quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2015 at 15:50


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at craft beer co clerko. Big thanks to the Wingman. Mahogany brown black coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is composed of nutty choc, piney hop, some earthy funk. Plastic. Flavour is composed of nutty, brown malts, pine. Sticky pine needle. Little plastic. Palate is full and sticky. Moderate carbonation. Bit rough and earthy.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2015 at 17:22


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from McHughs. Reddish brown with a thin bubbly head. Aroma is sweet spicy malt. Flavour is fruit, plum, dry hop, quite intense caramel hop kick at the back. Long bitter palate.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2015 at 15:58