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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep orange amber, nose is ginger, lemon, bready, taste is dry, toffee, sweet, spiced.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2016 at 03:01

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Bottle at home... Copper.. Thick tan head... Soft sweet fruits.. Spicy ginger fruits nose... Soft sweet toffee fruit... Soft sweet toffee malts... Soft toffee fruit.. Soft sweet. Malts
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2016 at 14:51

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Bottle at home thanks to Mum and Dad. Hazed orange / amber coloured pour with a small off white head. Aroma is orange marmalade, jammy fruits, hoppy, rye grains, light resin. Flavour is composed of toasted grains, some rye, rusty penny, orange jam, mineral. Assertive slightly rough hop bitterness. Palate is spritzy, chalky, high carbonation . decent hoppy red ale.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2015 at 15:02

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at the Pozarevac tasting in Serbia 10242015. Purchased at Johnny Off L. in Rome-Italy. Pours pale yellow hazy color, little white gassy foam. Nose: yeast, tart lemon, zest. Mouth: far too carbonated, yeast accent, medium frizzy finish. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2015 at 01:40

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Pozarevac tasting in Serbia 10242015. Purchased at Johnny Off L. in Rome-Italy. Pours black, huge beige cap. Nose: mocha, a bit cappuccino-like, loads of dark chocolate. Mouth: watery, filtered coffee, slightly bitter. Clean and silky. It’s a peculiar and tasty porter.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2015 at 01:34

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Bottle shared @So Good (Rome). Pours deep brown/black with a medium creamy off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, coconut, mocha, a minimal metallic note that rapidly disappears. Flavour is medium sweet with a delicate bitter end. Medium to light body, medium to light carbonation. Elegant, refined.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2015 at 08:52

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Bottle. Pours a dark brown black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty caramel and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2015 at 04:43

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy weak yeasty hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy hoppy citrus finish.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2015 at 06:06

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Bottle shared by John Nolan @Johnny’s Off License (thank you Johnny!). Pours amber with a decent off-white head. Aroma is delicate malty, cereals, light caramel, citrus, resin. Flavour is perfectly balanced, medium malty and sweet with a nice bitter end. Medium body, medium to light carbonation. So balanced, with a classic anglosaxon touch.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2015 at 12:10

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of John at Johnny Off L. store in Rome-Italy. Thank you sir. Pours black coffee color, huge brownish foamy head. Nose: a blast of Fresh American resin hops, some roasted malts, citrus. Mouth: roasted malts, rye, soft carbonation, orange finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2015 at 06:06