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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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle thanks to the Wingman. It pours near black with a thick light tan head. The nose is earthy, piney, varnish, roasted malts, grapefruit, orange sherbet and rocky road. The taste is bitter, earthy roast, chocolate, varnish, burnt pine, ash, dirty, ash and citrus rind with a dry, earthy finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A xolid cda.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2015 at 13:23


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle thanks to the Wingman. It pours darkest brown with a small beige head. The nose is soft, earthy roast, coffee, coffee cake, caramel, dirt and dark fruits. The taste is smooth, quite sweet, earthy roast, caramel, milk chocolate and coffee cake. Tastes a bit like cheap sweet coffee, but not in a completely bad way....

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2015 at 13:19


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle split at CBC Clerko Tasting, thanks to the Wingman, 03/06/15. Light black with a decent khaki covering. Nose is pine, spice, charr, bitter tropicana, liqourice. Taste comprises pine needle, light roast, toffee, grapefruit, spice, earthy hop. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a well balanced bitter streak. Decent CDA.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2015 at 16:24


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

Bottle shared at craft beer co clerko. Mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is kamp coffee, choc, praline, mineral, nutty, butw of farmyard. Flavour is composed of nutty, choc earthy roast, coffee bean. Little milky. Palate mineral is , light tang. Moderate carbonation. Lingering earthy musty.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2015 at 15:58


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Tried on 03 Jun 2015 at 13:45


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Dave. Pours clear brown with a creamy tan head. The nose has mellow roast, ash, citrus rind. Medium sweet flavor with some rindy citrus, grapefruit, tangerine, bittersweet cocoa. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Pleasant ash and roast on the finish, slight alcohol boom, cocoa. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2015 at 13:45


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

Bottle shared in London - thanks to Dave. Pours clear town with a creamy tan head. The nose has a bit of burnt leaves, cocoa. Medium sweet flavorbwith rich chocolate, and coffee, earthy hops. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sugary dark malt finish, some cocoa, roast, ash. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2015 at 13:41


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Tried on 03 Jun 2015 at 13:20


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Tried on 25 May 2015 at 09:53


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Tried on 24 May 2015 at 14:45