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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml can in Aldi fest. Hazy golden with a big, fluffy white head. Yeasty cereal aroma with a little fruitiness too. Flavour is dry, cereal, decent
Tried
from Can
on 11 Mar 2018
at 16:57
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cask at stockbridge tap... Dark black... Thick tan head... Soft sweet chocolate roast malts nose.. Soft chocolate vanilla chocolate roast malts... Soft sweet toffee chocolate roast malts
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2018
at 15:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Stockbridge tap. Pours black, nose is cream, toffee, chocolate, vanilla, taste is sweet vanilla, juicy, chocolate, roasted.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2018
at 07:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
keg at ushers... Hazy amber.. Thin white lacing. Soft grassy herbal bitter fruits nose.. dry bitter... ling herbal dry fruit
Tried
on 02 Feb 2018
at 12:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
keg at ushers... Hazy amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft grapefruit herbal fruit nose.. Light dry herbal grapefruit
Tried
on 02 Feb 2018
at 12:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at ushers. Pours hazy golden orange, nose is herbal, burnt toffee, Lime, grapefruit, taste is pithy grapefruit, orange peel, toffee. --- Beer merged from original tick of Extra Pale Grapefruit on 27 Aug 2018 at 13:54 - Score: 7
Tried
on 02 Feb 2018
at 08:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at ushers. Pours golden orange, nose is floral, toffee, lemon, orange, taste is dry, toffee, light fruit.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2018
at 08:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Royal Dicks. It pours very lightly hazy yellow - good with a decent white head. The aroma is big jasmine tea vibes, fragrant, perfumed. floral, green, grassy and parma violets. The taste is dry, clean, bitter, peppery spice, light tannin, green tea, floral, jasmine, straw, grass with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Works well. Very drinkable.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2018
at 12:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at the Royal Dick. It pours clear golden with a thick, foamy white head. The aroma is fairly clean, grassy, green, herbal, straw, fennel and sherbet. The taste is dry, bitter, straw, grassy, herbal sorachi, fennel, aloe vera, touch of citrus and straw with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Fairly so-so, but I have had worse sorachi ace beers.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2018
at 12:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Keg at Southern @ 4.2%. It pours darkest brown with a small beige head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, oily, treacle, chocolate cake, bit of toasted marshmallow, toffee and coffee grounds. The taste is dry, damp wood, earthy roast, peppery spice, burnt wood, chewy malt, coffee grounds, treacle and plain chocolate with a charred finish. Medium body, low carbonation and oily mouth - feel. Nice aroma, but the taste is a bit charred and the condition is flat. A bit of a mixed bag.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2018
at 11:54