Newbarns Brewery

Microbrewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated Venue: Newbarns Brewery and Taproom
Associated Webshop: Newbarns Brewery

Established in 2020

Contact
13 Jane Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5HE, Scotland
Description
Initially launched in early 2020 as a gypsy brewery, they opened their own brewery in Autumn 2020.

Newbarns is a brand-new brewery, but the team behind it certainly know what they’re doing. McKenzie, his partner Emma McIntosh, Jonny Hamilton and Fred Bjerkseth have an impressive array of experience between them from the likes of The Kernel, Siren and Beavertown breweries

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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
440ml can. Clear pale gold with a white head. Aroma of light grains and just a tad vegetal. Taste is the same, light grainy malts, slightly bready, a bit grassy and slightly vegetal, mild bitterness. Light bodied.
Light in every aspect, which was the intention so can't knock it for that.
Tried from Can from Newbarns Brewery on 14 Aug 2026 at 16:47

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Clear brown with a big beige head. Aroma of caramel, chocolate, bready malts. Taste is slightly sweet, chocolate, caramel, bready, toasty grains, slightly nutty. Medium bodied.
Enjoyed this. Didn't get any smoked malt sadly, that would elevate this beer a lot.
Tried from Can from Newbarns Brewery on 01 Aug 2026 at 01:56

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can shared at Free Beer. Almost clear very very pale straw. Sweet malts, floral hops, light lime leaves, doughy. Solid sweet, light bitter. Just medium bodied.
Tried from Can from Free Beer Co. Duinoord on 30 Jul 2026 at 16:01

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of orange and grapefruit, white wine, gooseberry, light herbal/dank. Taste of citrus fruits, orange, grapefruit, vinous, white wine, gooseberry, grape, topical fruit hints, resinous bitterness. Medium bodied. Solid westie DIPA, would prefer a bit more bitterness though.
Tried from Can from Newbarns Brewery on 25 Jul 2026 at 22:09

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is quite vinous, grapes, white wine. Taste is similar, grape, white wine, mild gooseberry, mild tropical fruits, light-moderate bitterness. Medium bodied, relatively low carbonation. A tad restrained perhaps but a very nice IPA, easy going.
Tried from Can from Newbarns Brewery on 25 Jul 2026 at 20:16

8.4/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Tried on 25 Jul 2026 at 20:09

8.4/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Tap @ Hanging Bat, Edinburgh. Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate and whisky. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily and soft. 250726
Tried from Draft at Hanging Bat Beer Cafe on 25 Jul 2026 at 20:06

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tried on 25 Jul 2026 at 19:30

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tried on 25 Jul 2026 at 19:29

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tap @ Hanging Bat, Edinburgh. Almost black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and dark chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 250726
Tried from Draft at Hanging Bat Beer Cafe on 25 Jul 2026 at 19:19