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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5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle 330ml.[ Trade by cgarvieuk ]. Clear medium to dark red color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, pink head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel malt, berries, leather - shoe polish, beetroot ! Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, beetroot ! Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20110318]
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2011 at 08:12

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. A kriek lookalike. Candy red and almost clear, topped by a pink, dense, head. Pale malts, fruityness and an earthy touch to the aroma. Quite bitter in the mouth, with pale malts and a nice hoppyness. Medium body. I can’t say the beetroot is bad for the beer, but it’s not my choice of beer, that’s for sure. 110318
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2011 at 13:07

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle @ Norway/Denmark Tasting @ Ulfborg. Courtesy of Fonefan. Pours blood red with a pinkish head. Nose is grain, grain and sweet red berries. Flavor is corn and rødbeder. Medium to thin body.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2011 at 12:58

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
cask at guilford .... dark red .. thin tan head ... little thin in body but good mouthfeel ... soft sweet toffee roast malt nose ... light bitter roast front ... light chocolate ... soft toffee malt ... realy quite tasty with a decent balance ... happy to tried
Tried from Cask on 13 Jan 2011 at 08:29

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. A deep red beer with a read head. The aroma has notes of beetroot. The flavor is sweet with notes of beetroot and straw, leading to a very bitter finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jan 2011 at 14:43

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
cloudy light brown, smooth small offwhite head. faint caramelly, in general very faint aroma. flavor is flowery, dry . refreshing.
Tried on 05 Jan 2011 at 10:20

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. An unclear dark golden beer with a thin off white head. The aroma has notes of smoke, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of målt, caramel, and straw, leasing to a bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2011 at 10:17

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
cloudy red, small smooth white head. dusty aroma, faint berryish. a bit strange. flavor is dry dusty berries, wood.
Tried on 05 Jan 2011 at 10:16

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
33 cL bottle. Pours cloudy amber with a small white head. Aroma is beet root, malty and cornish. Sweet to bitter. Mild acidic and dry. Bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2011 at 10:07

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a hazy reddish amber with a creamy reddish off-white head leaving a small lacing. The nose is a little fruity and perfumy. Medium body, distinct earthy notes of red beet with an underlying caramellish edge. Fairly dry and hoppy finish. 050111
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2011 at 10:06