Hilden Brewing Co. Barney's Brew

Barney's Brew

 

Hilden Brewing Co. in Lisburn, Antrim, Northern Ireland

  Wheat Ale Regular
Score
5.88
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 37
This straw coloured wheat beer is produced with malted barley and a predominately wheat grist, then spiced with cardamom, coriander and black pepper. This beer was initially produced to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Barney Hughes, Barney was a 19th century philanthropist and creator of the "Belfast Bap".
 

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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Huge thanks to kevnic2008 for that bottle. Looks simple but really good. Beer in the glass very zippy, huge head. Starts fine malty, spicy, nice notes of herbs. Background modest sourish. Finish well balanced. A nice one!

Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2014 at 05:46


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Many thanks for this bottle to Beersiveknown. Pours a clear gold with a small white head. Aroma of fruit, malt, butter, bread and a little citrus. Similar notes in the taste.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2014 at 10:25


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

NWAF 25 Jan 13.6 3 5 3 8. Lys gylden. Filmskum. Sterk ingefæraroma. Smaken er søt ingefær og litt kanel. Avslutter litt tørt.

Tried on 16 Feb 2014 at 01:02


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 500ml. @ [ (chriso Pre-GBBF Shindig) by chriso - London ].Clear light medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, rosemary - ginger - coriander - pepper. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, dusty, sweet malt, spicy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20130810] 5-3-5-3-9 Cask (handpump) @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, sweet fruity, biscut, spicy - coriander - ginger. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, sugary fruit sweet, spicy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130123] 5-3-5-3-11

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2014 at 09:17


3.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle from Sainsburys in Watford. Poured a very pale golden colour with a white head which dissipated very rapidly. Fairly un-beer like aroma of caramelised ginger, boiled sweets and coriander. Lemongrass flavours with tropical fruit-juice (5 Alive type affair) and ginger wine. Finishes with pepper, some wheat and mild floral hops... Didn’t taste much like beer, more like a diluted alcoholic ginger beer.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2013 at 12:01


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

[10/19/13] Bottle shared at Eurhop Beer Festival 2013 in Rome. Clear golden. Spicy aroma with some ginger, a bit wheaty. Sweetish flavor, wheaty, spicy, with ginger, some citrus peels and a slightly drier finish. Medium-bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2013 at 00:58


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml brown bottle: BBD end of Aug 14, poured into a UK pint sleeve at home on 22 Oct 13. Clear golden colour with a head that soon left the scene. Grain and spicy nose, wheat mostly, with traces of coriander leading the spice trail. The taste was an interesting blend of flavours: biscuity malts, spiced hops and summer fruits. Refreshing in the mouth with a dry finish, medium bodied and different to the ’run of the Mill’ brews that were also in the Sainsbury Beer Challenge this year.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2013 at 05:13


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from Sainsburys. Gold pour with a white head. Lots of fruit and heavy spice in the aroma. Spice ridden flavour with a dash of lemon in there. Not for me.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2013 at 14:18


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Kräuterartiger Antrunk, der im ersten Moment eher an Fassbrause erinnert. Wenig herb, etwas hefig, unscheinbar. 9/8/10/7//8

Tried on 20 Oct 2013 at 02:50


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Sainsburys. Deep gold with a slight white head. Spicy notes of coriander, clove and ginger, some fruitiness and a gentle finish. So so.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2013 at 03:24