Newbarns Brewery Reid's Lager

Reid's Lager

 

Newbarns Brewery in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Collab with: Gamma Brewing Company
  Lager - Premium Special
Score
7.28
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 5
We had Pete Reid from Gamma come home to Scotland to brew this beer in celebration of our joint love of classic Scottish lager.

We used a decent amount of raw landrace wheat grown in Fife along with some Herkules hops from a particularly aromatic batch to make this absolute belter.
 

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden with a frothy white head. Aroma of bready, grainy malts, mildly vegetal. Taste of bready malts, grains, mildly grassy/herbal and subtle lemon hop notes, assertive bitter finish. Medium bodied. Great lager.
Tried from Can from Trembling Madness Online Shop on 11 Apr 2026 at 14:29

7/10
Tried on 04 Apr 2026 at 22:20

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours clear golden with a decent white head. Aromas of bread, cooked corn and green beans. Taste adds some lemon and bitter leaves, endive maybe. Light sweet malt. Clean bitter finish.
Tried on 11 Feb 2026 at 20:15

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 8
Can direct from Newbarns wedshoppe. It pours crystal clear pale yellow - gold with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is toasty grains, green, grassy, herbal, green veg, cereal, grain husks, toasty spice, cracker and bread. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, quite crisp, green, grassy, herbal, touch of green veg, toasty grains, cracker and cereal bar with a drying finish. Average body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Quenching and moreish.
Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2026 at 20:12

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - golden and clear with gentle carbonation and a nicely proportioned white head.
Nose - corn, green beans and generally bready.
Taste - more green beans, going into bitter salad and even citrus.
Palate - light bodied, lovely cleansing bitterness.
Overall - lovely lager.
Tried from Can from Appellation Wines (Comely Bank) on 21 Jan 2026 at 16:55