Newbarns Brewery Lothian Lager

Lothian Lager

 

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

  Lager - Premium Special
Score
7.08
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 10
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.
 

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6.6
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
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

Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2025 at 11:02


7.6
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
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
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.

Tried from Can on 28 May 2025 at 18:16


7.3
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.

Tried on 28 May 2025 at 18:15


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

Can from Appellation Wines. Pours clear pale gold with a decent white head. Aromas of green beans and light spice. Taste is white bread, grass, faintest lemon sweets. God body for the style.

Tried from Can from Appellation Wines (Comely Bank) on 28 Apr 2025 at 15:49


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from their webshoppe. It pours crystal clear pale lemon yellow with a fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, doughy white bread, straw, green, herbal, spring greens, crumbly biscuit, shortbread and a touch of spice. The taste is super crispy, dry, snappy, firm bitterness, spice, green, grassy, herbal, muted lemon - lime, fragrant, floral, daisies biscuity, shortbread, custard creams and cracker with a drying, toasty finish. Average body and fine, prickly carbonation. Interesting depth of flavour. Strikes a nice balance also. Very nice largerbier.

Tried from Can at Newbarns Brewery And Taproom on 30 Mar 2025 at 15:40


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - very pale yellow with a nicely proportioned, fluffy white head.
Nose - green beans and hop spice.
Taste - sweet lemon and lime note up front, then brown bread at the back.
Palate - light bodied, great linger. Some malt and hop bitterness.
Overall - a really interesting and very different lager.

Tried from Can from Appellation Wines (Comely Bank) on 19 Mar 2025 at 16:51