Like a lot of craft brewers, Sam Black started out with a home brewing kit. Fast forward a few years and he and his wife, Maudeline, traded up and founded the Kinsale Craft Brewery in 2013 in Co. Cork.
The Blacks are unique in that their brewery was crowdfunded with contributions from Ireland (including many Beoir members) as well as the US, the UK and the Netherlands.
The Blacks say that they want to produce beers that have ‘passion and personality’, and so far they are bucking the trend by not following the usual pale ale/red ale/stout offering of most other Irish craft brewers.
They currently make their flagship beer, Kinsale Pale Ale, an American-style pale ale, and Black IPA, a specialty beer that’s like a hoppy porter. Brewery tours available and we look forward to seeing what they’ll do next. Check their website for stockists.
