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.
7/10
bottle at ashs.. haze amber... thin white lacing... soft sweet floral fruit light apple nose... soft dry peach.. Light dry fruit
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2022
at 14:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
330ml can from Aldi. Black beer with a thin tan head. Chocolate and coffee aroma, flavour is mostly chocolate. Bit thin, but pretty decent
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2021
at 22:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Aldi Inverurie Loco Works. It pours hazy blush - amber with a small frothy white head. The aroma is zingy and salty, lime, orange peel, cranberry, pomegranate and salted crackers. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, zingy, puckering, salty, sharp lime sherbet, limequat, kiwi, sour cranberry, minerality, definite margarita vibes and light acidity with a dry, zingy finish. Medium body and moderate, prickly. Does absolutely what it set out to do. Moreish and fun.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2021
at 16:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Black beer, thin lively head. Light aroma of malt and coffee. Flavour has coffee, toasty malt, a little vanilla, nice and smooth the oats. I don't think I'd mistake it for a milk stout if I was being forced to choose a variant but it's not a bad attempt at it. Rather drinkable. Nice maltiness which lingers into the finish. A pity it doesn't have a touch more body and depth.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2021
at 21:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cork & Cask. Black body with no head or lacing. Aroma of milk chocolate and tonka bean. Flavour of coffee, vanilla and chocolate. Thin body with a slick mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A tasty beer. Just lacks a bit of depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2021
at 12:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at the pitt market. Pours hazy orange, nose is orange sherbert, grapefruit, toffee, taste is zesty fruit, salty, sweet. --- Beer merged from original tick of Grapefruit And Blood Orange Radler on 17 Oct 2021 at 17:16 - Score: 6
Tried
on 17 Oct 2021
at 16:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at the pitt market. Pours orange, nose is toffee, caramel, grass, taste is sweet, grass, toffee.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2021
at 16:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @Bilbao Bizkaia Beer, 09/10/2021. Color negro, espuma beige, aromas tostados, sabor regaliz, notas tostadas, cuerpo medio
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2021
at 16:12
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught, half pint. @"Bilbao Bizkaia Beer 2021", Bilbao (Spain). 09/10/2021
[#4.282 Global - #110 Scotland - #1 Barney´s Beer (My scottish brewery #30)]
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Mostly lacing. Aroma: marshmallows, coffee and caramel malts. Taste: coffee, toffee and roasted malts. Long roasty finish.
Next one please!
[#4.282 Global - #110 Scotland - #1 Barney´s Beer (My scottish brewery #30)]
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Mostly lacing. Aroma: marshmallows, coffee and caramel malts. Taste: coffee, toffee and roasted malts. Long roasty finish.
Next one please!
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2021
at 09:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cork & Cask. Pours clear copper with a thin white head. Aromas of toffee, stewed apple and mixed dried fruit. Taste is sweet caramel, fudge, more dried fruit, raisin. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2021
at 19:47