News & Events
Updated 1/6/23
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ON SITE BEERS
Every week:
Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1–7pm
OFF SALES
Every week:
Monday to Wednesday
10.30am – 5pm
Thursday & Friday
10.30am–7pm
Saturday
1–7pm
Thursday 1 – Monday 5 June
Visit the Kinnegar bar for a break during your visit to Ireland's biggest festival of garden design, plants and produce. You'll find us in the Bloom Inn alongside other Origin Green certified Irish drinks producers. Bloom Inn is right beside the impressive Food Village which features a vast array of indigenous Irish producers.
SEPTEMBER 2022
According to the Association of Private Breweries who run the awards “The European Beer Star honours beers that are genuine, full of character and of high quality.” That pretty much sums up Scraggy.
Widely available, enduringly popular. The dogs in the street identified Scraggy as a winner right from the time we started making it, in dinky little 50 litre batches, back in 2012. Rick’s relentless pursuit of perfection, together with steady improvements in both our brewing skill and brewing kit, have resulted in an incrementally better product with every batch brewed.
On 14 September past, Scraggy garnered critical acclaim worthy of its popularity, winning Ireland’s very first ever medal at the European Beer Star awards in Munich. And a gold one, at that, taking top spot in the “New Style IPA” category.
We are very, very proud. Thank you to every last person who has enjoyed and championed Kinnegar’s flagship beer with us over the years. Sail on, the good ship Scraggy Bay!
Our Taproom licence permits us to serve you beer after the completion of a guided tour. We offer three types of tour.
Each tour offers an overview of the brewing process. We begin in the malt loft and continue through the brew house, fermentation, the conditioning cellar, and finally to packaging. By the end of the journey you will understand what gives your favourite Kinnegar beer style its particular colour, flavour and aroma.
From adults to children, and beer enthusiasts to their reluctant partners, we guarantee you will find this a memorable and highly enjoyable experience!
NB : We close for the second week of September every year as we all enjoy a break after a busy summer.
Duration 5 minutes
Cost €1, included in your first pint
Book No booking necessary
Schedule Wed–Sat, 1–7pm
Our Introductory Tour offers a concise on-screen overview of the history of the brewery and how we make our beer, presented by key team members from the areas of grain handling, wort production, fermentation and packaging. Our Taproom bartender is on hand to answer questions after you have taken the tour.
The Introductory Tour is available throughout our opening hours and costs €1.00. This is included in the price of your first pint or glass of beer.
We donate the proceeds of our Introductory Tour to a local charity, chosen by a different member of staff each month.
2. ADVANCED TOUR
Duration 45 minutes
Cost €10
Book Through our webshop or in person at the Taproom, subject to availability.
Schedule Thursday evenings at 5pm, Friday afternoons at 4pm, and on some Saturdays at 12 noon. Other times for groups may be available by prior arrangement.
Our Advanced Tour takes you through the production area where your guide will explain the principles of making beer in some detail. You'll have a hands on experience of raw ingredients and will hear and smell the unmistakeable activities of the brewing process. Afterwards you will enjoy a glass of your draught beer of choice in the Taproom.
Duration 90 minutes
Cost €20
Book Through our webshop or in person at the Taproom, subject to availability.
Schedule Approx once a month.
Our Deep Dive Tour takes you into the nooks and crannies of the brewery where you will learn in depth about how we make our beer. Enjoying some samples along the way, you'll have a chance to meet and talk to some of the production team and you'll be enthralled by the fascinating cocktail of science, engineering and cooking that makes a brewery tick. You'll emerge with a true understanding of just how much effort and passion goes into making a Kinnegar beer!
Upcoming Deep Dive Tours
Check back later please!
AFTER YOUR TOUR
Enjoy a few pints in the Taproom and watch the comings and goings of our small but busy brewery.
Browse the webshop while you relax and treat yourself to some merch as a memento of your visit. Kinnegar’s signs, posters, glassware, T-shirts, hoodies, lamps, tea towels, soap and more may be purchased on site .
Vouchers for brewery visits are available, if you feel like giving your favourite Kinnegar fan a nice surprise.
BEER BITES
On Thursdays, Fridays and many Saturdays you'll find our friends The Dirty Souls cooking up their finest traditional American smokehouse BBQ in their trailer outside the K2 Taproom, 4–8pm.
Our Kinnegar Brewing Academy offers beer and brewing enthusiasts a 2-day theory-and-practice blitz. The course guarantees a unique social and educational experience.
Participants come from every walk of life and the common language is laughter and smiles. Previous Academies have produced gold medal winning beers. The bar is set high!
Spring Academy
Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 March 2023
Day 1 covers the theory of brewing. You’ll learn all about the basics of raw ingredients, recipe design, etc, as well as educating your palate with a comprehensive tasting of world beer styles.
Day 2 is a hands on practical day in the brewery helping to brew the next in our Brewers at Play series of beers.
The course costs €175 and includes a simple lunch on both days. Bookings can be made through our webshop.
There is plentiful accommodation available close to hand in Letterkenny. Remember too that Rathmullan House, in Kinnegar’s birthplace, is a wonderful place to stay if you feel like treating yourself.
Please note the course is intended for beer and brewing enthusiasts. It is not designed for brewing professionals or those planning a brewery.
