Barney's Beer
Microbrewery
in
Edinburgh,
Edinburgh,
Scotland 🏴
Associated Venue: Royal Dick (Barney's)
Established in 2010
Contact
Description
Barney’s started brewing at Summerhall in July 2012 in time to supply the venue’s Royal Dick Bar for the Fringe, but Barney himself began brewing aged 16 as a brewery apprentice. After bagging a first class degree in Brewing and Distilling at Heriot Watt University and packing in a high flying career promoting rum and whisky around the world, Barney decided it was high time he started to brew his own beer.
In doing so, his immaculate microbrewery has injected new life into Edinburgh’s brewing history, not least because he’s chosen to resurrect a brewery at Summerhall where beer has been brewed off and on for three centuries.
In doing so, his immaculate microbrewery has injected new life into Edinburgh’s brewing history, not least because he’s chosen to resurrect a brewery at Summerhall where beer has been brewed off and on for three centuries.
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Cork & Cask. Hazy golden body with a thin white head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of melon rind and passionfruit. Flavour of steel and mineral water. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2023
at 07:11
28/10/2011. OXFORD BEER FESTIVAL, Oxford Town Hall, St. Aldates, OXFORD, Oxfordshire, England
Tried
on 24 Feb 2023
at 07:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Cork and Cask. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light cereal and lemon. Taste is grassy hop bitter. Grainy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2023
at 16:28
6/10
Tried
on 18 Feb 2023
at 12:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, roasted, caramel, rum, taste is similar, little thin. --- Beer merged from original tick of Post Mortem #03 - Rum on 09 Jan 2023 at 10:17 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2023
at 10:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is floral, berries, chocolate, cacao, vanilla, taste is sweet, chewy oak, vanilla, roasted, fruity --- Beer merged from original tick of Post Mortem #5 (Oloroso) on 09 Jan 2023 at 10:16 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2023
at 10:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up From cork & Cask online. Pours deep brown with a creamy, beige head. Medium sweet flavour with rounded dark malts, some berries, raisins, sweet chocolate. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet but not cloying in the finish, a little vanilla, more berries, chocolate, impressions of toasted marshmallow, soft roast. Rather drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2022
at 23:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
10/12/2022. Bottle shared with ITFCDan. From Beer Without Borders. Pours clear pale amber copper with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is sweet malt, scotch, toffee, coconut, bready, woody edge. Heavy sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, sticky but surprisingly watery, very soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2022
at 13:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Decent refreshing and session able beer Hazed golden and a fine head Decent intensity in the aroma Mellow sweetness and an ok bitterness Pale malt, fruity and mild citric hops in the flavor [On tap at Edinburgh Christmas market 22] Brewery #2421
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Dec 2022
at 08:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Cork & Cask online. Pours black-brown with a frothy, mocha topping. Medium sweet flavour with modest ashy roast, burnt marshmallows, molasses, black coffee, nips of vanilla beans. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Nicely balanced finish, not overly sweet, cohesive adjuncts. Good stuff overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2022
at 20:14