About
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
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
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Mostly clear dark brown with a big beige head. Aroma of chocolate and roast malts, caramel, brown bread. Taste is much the same, chocolate, caramel, brown bread, dried fruit hints, slightly sweet but the roast malts carry some bitterness to the finish. Medium bodied, well balanced. Lovely, really enjoyed this as I did the others before it.
Never thought I'd see a series of traditional Milds from a craft brewery but here we are with number 4. But they'll run out of employees to name them after soon.
Never thought I'd see a series of traditional Milds from a craft brewery but here we are with number 4. But they'll run out of employees to name them after soon.
Tried
from Can
from Newbarns Brewery
on 19 Aug 2026
at 21:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Can from Against The Grain. Clear amber body with a beige head that holds well. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of smoked cheese, raisin and ham. Flavour of smoked malt, copper, salami and a bitter hoppy finish to balance things. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. This is rici and full flavoured - it’s really good.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2026
at 16:03
7.1/10
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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.
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
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
St Anne's Summer Seaside Day.Out Beer#11. Hazed yellow-gold in colour. A little resin making it dirtier in aroma and taste, but with it's hop and stated enough tropical fruits, quite good though. It makes it a slightly grittier experience.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Hop Shoppe
on 13 Aug 2026
at 04:03
7.4/10
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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.
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
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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
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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
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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