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Exclusively (I'm told) at Black Sheep, all 3 labels.

Anybody tried it yet?

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I've had all 3 of their offerings now (from McHugh's in Kilbarrack) - the Pale Ale (yellow cap), the Blonde (blue cap) and the Red (red cap, duh.)

I first tried the Pale (coz that's what I generally like) and it was bloody marvellous. The aroma was really powerful (due to the Simcoe, apparently) and it tasted great - nice and fresh and bitter.
I then had the Blonde and was distinctly underwhelmed, to be honest. Maybe in isolation it would have been better but it just couldn't match the yellow. (As an aside I then had a Pale from a well-known Ulster craft brewery which I had enjoyed previously and was equally underwhelmed)
The following night I had the Red (always drink in moderation, kids) and it too was exceptional. Fantastic, complex flavours, and gave the impression that it would only improve with time. One of those beers that people suggest should be paired with cheese and a roaring fire, but which was bloody good on it's own thanks very much.

As you can tell I was really impressed, and my only fear is that Kinnegar are packing so much flavour in that it will prove unsustainable - they'll have to let standards slip in order to make the numbers stack up.

Until then though - get stuck in, you'll be glad you did.

They are looking to expand the brewery so should be more widely available come the new year.

Yea, they are expanding to 10HL in the next few months. It will be great to have more availability as they have two really good beers!

I'm up home this weekend and got to try my first Kinnegar Brewing beer. I'm only about 20mins from Rathmullan, was down at the Ferry Gate for dinner, they had the red and blue cap bottles in stock.

Got a red one, Devil's Backbone - Northern Amber Ale
It was excellent, very impressed. Spotted a few others ordering it too, good sign and it wasn't even on the menu. (Just food + wine list)

Really want to try the Pale Ale, anyone see the bottles in an off-liceces in Donegal? Website only has a couple of off licences listed, all in Dublin.

&amp;quot;joe_h&amp;quot;:1fs8d96t wrote: I'm up home this weekend and got to try my first Kinnegar Brewing beer. I'm only about 20mins from Rathmullan, was down at the Ferry Gate for dinner, they had the red and blue cap bottles in stock.

Got a red one, Devil's Backbone - Northern Amber Ale
It was excellent, very impressed. Spotted a few others ordering it too, good sign and it wasn't even on the menu. (Just food + wine list)

Really want to try the Pale Ale, anyone see the bottles in an off-liceces in Donegal? Website only has a couple of off licences listed, all in Dublin.[/quote:1fs8d96t]

There's 1 in Letterkenny, a fancy food and wine shop as far as I know. Don't know the name sorry.

Since you're so close I'd assume you can buy direct if you call to the brewery address.