Newbarns Brewery

Microbrewery in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2020

Contact
13 Jane Street, Leith, 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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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Good pils. Nice husky grains, crackery pale malts, grassy bitterness. A little yeast poking through. Pleasantly dry. Sound.
Tried from Can from Clapton Craft on 29 May 2026 at 14:11

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
23/5/2025. Can bought at Bacchanalia - Mill Road
Store in Cambridge. Train beer home take 2. And one I enjoyed much more. Good pour. Sweet, malty, toffee, bready, whisky cake, fruit cake, dried fruits. Quite sweet, mellow bitterness. Decent body. Good finisher.
Tried from Can from Bacchanalia - Mill Road on 23 May 2026 at 17:17

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 6
23/5/2025. Can bought at Bacchanalia - Mill Road
Store in Cambridge. Train beer home. Floral, grassy, herbal, nettles, sunflower. Unpleasantly bitter. Notwithstanding its high ratings I didn’t enjoy this.
Tried from Can from Bacchanalia - Mill Road on 23 May 2026 at 17:09

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can picked up at Newbarns. It pours darkest brown to black with a small khaki head. The aroma is rich roasted, very chocolate forward, cocoa, cacao nibs, pipe tobacco, touch of toffee and chewy liquorice. The taste is initially dry, deeply roasted malt, earthy, bitter - sweet character, rather savoury, coffee grounds, cocoa dusting, cacao nibs, treacle, some warming alcohol, plenty of umami, liquorice, toothy and a some toasted spices. Finish is drying and deeply roasted finished. A rich chewy & savoury porter.
Tried from Can at Newbarns Brewery And Taproom on 23 May 2026 at 13:22

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
16th May 2026
Can. A light haze on this gold beer, decent bubbly off white head. Light palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Slightly thin bodied pale malts, teeny tiny bit of natural grain, a thin but pleasing sweetness. Strata hops deliver light smooth cooling pine, a bright skunk note and a pleasing hop fruity brightness that does include some of yer actual passion fruit, something this hop is renowned for but, in my experience, is absent more often than it is present. A kinda muzzy background hop fruit array of slightly ripe citrus and vague stone fruits. Passion fruit does stand out here if not carrying quite the punch it could do. A clean and very quaffable light IPA and doing a splendiferous job with Strata.
Tried from Can on 16 May 2026 at 17:58

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up fuss clube. A light hazed brushed gold orange coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is bready grains, lemonade, lime, floral citrus, perfume, nice. Flavour is composed of soft wheat, bready, meaty grains, creany vanilla sponge, lime, perfume, kaffir lime, floral notes. Palate is semi sweet, creany, oily wheat, moderate carbonation.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2026 at 21:38

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can picked up at Newbarns. It pours clear rich brown with a lasting fluffy off - white head. The aroma is earthy roasted malt, hearty coffee character, cacao nibs, touch salted caramel, brown bread, malt loaf, fruit cake and a splash of cola. The taste is dryish, bitter - sweet, earthy roast, malt loaf, dried fruits, raisin, fruit cake, cacao nibs, cocoa dusting,cola, coffee grounds, and a touch of toasty spice with a smooth, malt loaf finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Well crafted and rounded.
Tried from Can at Newbarns Brewery And Taproom on 10 May 2026 at 15:52

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Вроде и нормальный стаут, но ничего я не запомнил о нем кроме как его сильного характера и бочки.
Tried on 08 May 2026 at 22:43

4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
Tried on 08 May 2026 at 22:41

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried on 08 May 2026 at 22:40