Archive record · Brewery
Kinnegar Brewing
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland
- Founded
- 2013
- Archive ID
- TB-AEQHQB4P
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
From the record
Summary
Ingested from the Ireland compendium (August 2026), Co. Donegal. Address, coordinates and independence as published there; not independently
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Donegal's flagship, and one of the few Irish breweries with genuine cross-border reach into the North. Rustbucket made a rye ale a normal thing to order in Ireland, which took some doing.
The Beer Library
Beers
Limeburner Pale Ale
Year-RoundRustbucket Rye Ale
Year-RoundDevil's Backbone Amber
Year-RoundRustbucket
Year-RoundRye IPA
Official core-range listing. (Year-Round)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Black Rabbit
Year-RoundNitro Stout
Official core-range listing. (Year-Round)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Scraggy Bay
Year-RoundIPA
Official core-range listing. (Year-Round)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Limeburner
Year-RoundKölsch-style Pale Ale
Official core-range listing. (Year-Round)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Devil's Backbone
Year-RoundAmber Ale
One of Kinnegar's first four enduring core beers. (Core)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Crossroads
Year-RoundAmerican IPA
Current core-range lineage. (Core / Current)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Travel Guide
Plan a visit
- Eco-efficient facility
On the record
Awards
- 2022
Gold Medal — New Style IPA
European Beer Star
- 2022
Gold — New Style IPA — Scraggy Bay
European Beer Star
- 2022
New Style IPA — Scraggy Bay
Gold Medal
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
Straight answers
Common questions about Kinnegar Brewing
- Who owns Kinnegar Brewing?
- Kinnegar Brewing is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
- Is Kinnegar Brewing independent?
- Yes. Kinnegar Brewing is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Kinnegar Brewing founded?
- Kinnegar Brewing was founded in 2013 in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
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