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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at 71. It pours clearish golden with a few floaters with a medium white head. The aroma is sweet, tropical vibes, apricot, peach, brioche, grassy, weedy and passion fruit. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, bright, lilt, tropical vibes, peach, touch of alcohol, doughy white bread, pithy, grassy, weedy and grapefruit with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2018
at 12:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the jolly judge. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, peach, taste is sweet, fruity, grassy. --- Beer merged from original tick of Extra Pale Waimea Dry Hopped on 05 Nov 2018 at 09:15 - Score: 6
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2018
at 06:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the jolly judge. Pours golden, nose is floral, herbal, grapefruit, taste is juicy grapefruit, zesty, floral, sweet. --- Beer merged from original tick of Extra Pale Elderflower Infused on 05 Nov 2018 at 09:14 - Score: 7
Tried
on 15 Oct 2018
at 06:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the jolly judge. Pours hazy golden, nose is lemon, funk, grapefruit, taste is zesty citrus, funky, tart.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2018
at 07:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up at Lidls. It pours clear rich amber with a medium white head. The aroma is fresh, zingy grapefruit, perfumed, oily, resinous and a touch of toffee. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, rawness, grapefruit, pithy, zesty, slightly soapy, peppery spice and varnish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Not a huge amount to it and has a heavier malt base than I like for this style, but it drinks well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2018
at 11:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from Lidl. Clear amber with a moderate white head. Sweet tropical fruit aroma, flavour is soft and buttery with some citrus and pineapple coming through late. Not for me
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2018
at 22:11
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2018
at 13:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at @ECBF 2018 Saturday afternoon... Amber.. Thin white lacing... Soft sweet herbal toffee fruit nose m. Soft zezty sherbert lemon fruits.. Juicy zezty sherbert finish
Tried
on 24 Aug 2018
at 12:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On keg at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - golden with steady carbonation and a neat lacy head. Nose - lemon sherbet and funky. Slight lanolin thing too. Taste - long, dry and funky lemon. Yeasty funk after the lemon peeters out. Palate - light bodied with a long lean middle and end. Tight and concentrated. Overall - good. This brewery is getting better all the time.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2018
at 13:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at The Royal Dick. Hazy pale golden body with a thin white head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of Refreshers and grapefruit. Flavour of bitter lemon and sour Skittles. Thin body with a spritzy mouthfeel. Light fizz. Zingy and refreshing - perfect for a sunny day like this.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2018
at 21:09