Lothian Lager
Newbarns Brewery in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴
Lager - Premium Special|
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Inspired by our successful heritage barley helles beers, and as a brewery focused on lagers, we wanted to make a beer that was deeply connected to our home. More than just capitalising on a place name, Lothian Lager is brewed using 100% East Lothian grown barley. After a year of testing, we are confident this is some of the best malt we have ever used, and are proud to be the first brewery to get it.
This beer prioritizes malt, resulting in a crisp, vibrant, and grassy profile. The hops are carefully balanced and subtle, allowing the malt's character to shine. Super clean, super refreshing. Our perfect beer garden beer.
This beer prioritizes malt, resulting in a crisp, vibrant, and grassy profile. The hops are carefully balanced and subtle, allowing the malt's character to shine. Super clean, super refreshing. Our perfect beer garden beer.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at the taproom. Pours golden, nose is floral, lemon, grassy, taste is sweet, floral, lemon. 6
Tried
on 01 May 2026
at 07:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of bready malts, grains. Taste of sweet doughy bready malts, cereal grains, grass, faint citrus, gentle bitterness, clean and fairly crisp. Medium bodied, soft.
Very nice lager.
Very nice lager.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 19 Apr 2026
at 18:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Beerdome. Nice and clean Lager with grainy malts and straw, cereal grain, some grassy noble hop. Moderate bitter with a slight sweetness and a medium body.
Tried
from Can
from Beerdome
on 31 Dec 2025
at 13:47
7/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sampled at Billies day 1. Clear yellow golden color, small.whitw head. Aroma and flavor are malts, a bit dusty, dusty hay bitter. Not bad. 9-6,5-6,5-7-7
Tried
on 23 Nov 2025
at 20:48
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Nov 2025
at 11:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
7/XI/25 - on tap @ Billies Craft Beer Festival Day 1 - Session 2 (Antwerp), BB: n/a (2025-1147) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!
Clear gold yellow beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of cow fodder, grains, some cardboard, a bit oxidized. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and malty start, fruity, nice, pears, gentle bitterness, fruity, pleasant. Aftertaste: gentle bitterness, malty touch, fruity, apples and pears, very nice and pleasant lager!
Clear gold yellow beer, small creamy white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of cow fodder, grains, some cardboard, a bit oxidized. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and malty start, fruity, nice, pears, gentle bitterness, fruity, pleasant. Aftertaste: gentle bitterness, malty touch, fruity, apples and pears, very nice and pleasant lager!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2025
at 19:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can shared. Almost clear golden, small white head. Crisp sweet malts, zesty hops, dough, grassy bitger hops, soft floral. Medium swret, less bitter. Crisp solid body. Nice.
Tried
from Can
from
Free Beer Co. Duinoord
on 28 Sep 2025
at 13:37
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can shared at CBJ, cheers to Fergus. Dry and super pale, lean cereal, a hint of lemon peel, husky bitterness, dirty hay. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 28 May 2025
at 18:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
28th May 2025
CBJ bottle share, thanks to Fergus for the can. Clear pale gold beer, small bubbly white head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light soft pale malts, some mild grain, a decent lager tang in the mid. Soft pine, barely there. Modest ripeish citrus. Light and semi dry finish. Lacks a bit of crispness and freshness for a lager but, tasty enough.
CBJ bottle share, thanks to Fergus for the can. Clear pale gold beer, small bubbly white head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light soft pale malts, some mild grain, a decent lager tang in the mid. Soft pine, barely there. Modest ripeish citrus. Light and semi dry finish. Lacks a bit of crispness and freshness for a lager but, tasty enough.
Tried
from Can
on 28 May 2025
at 18:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks. A crystal clear pale yellow straw coloured pour with loose white head. Aroma is crisp earthy cereal, green, grassy hop, wet grass,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, cereal grains, straw, grass, hedgerow light. Green apple, light plastic. Palate is semi crisp, solid
Little thin.
Little thin.
Tried
on 28 May 2025
at 18:15