Barney's Beer

Microbrewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated Venue: Royal Dick (Barney's)

Established in 2010

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1 Summerhall Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1PL, Scotland
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.

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6/10
Tried on 26 Jul 2019 at 13:58

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at brewery... Light golden amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft dry caramel toffee fruit nose.. Soft sweet caramel toffee fruit soft fruits
Tried on 25 Jul 2019 at 15:37

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Keg at campervan. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, perfume, mango, toffee, taste is sweet toffee, grassy, bitter.
Tried on 22 Jul 2019 at 06:34

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Keg at Royal Dick. Pours red-tinged amber with an off-white head. Aromas of raspberry, faint spice. Taste is more fruit, very light on the sourness, some rye spice. Sweet finish.
Tried on 29 Jun 2019 at 07:48

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at Royal Dick. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus and light pine. Taste is light bitter, some malt. Very drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 29 Jun 2019 at 07:46

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Keg at Royal Dick. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of grainy malt, cereal, corn. Taste is crisp, pale malt and straw. Light astringent finish.
Tried on 29 Jun 2019 at 07:44

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from Cork & Cask. Murky golden body with a thick off-white head. Steady carbonation. Good lacing. Aroma of pine, earth and stewed tea. Flavour of underripe strawberries and pine. Thin body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A touch too sharp but pretty good.
Tried from Can on 25 May 2019 at 20:14

7/10
Tried on 15 May 2019 at 09:15

6/10
Tried on 15 May 2019 at 09:15

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Can from Cork & Cask. Clear golden body with a huge white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of raw potato and herbs. Flavour of grass and a pithy, bitter finish. Thin to medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. Dry and harsh.
Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2019 at 20:56