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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6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Heriot watt beer festival. Pours hazy yellow, nose is pineapple, grapefruit, grass, taste is juicy fruit, grassy, floral. 7/7/6/6/6

Tried on 23 Mar 2025 at 16:45


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Heriot watt beer festival. Pours deep ruby brown, nose is roasted, cream, little solvent, taste is sweet, creamy, roasted, liquorice. 7/6/7/6/6

Tried on 23 Mar 2025 at 16:42


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

keg March 2025 at the wee vault ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ...soft sweet chocolate Roast malts nose ...earthy beeyr3..soft sweet chocolate Roast malts ..big big beetroot

bottle at fynefest 2025 . dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft earthy chocolate roast malts ..soft sweet chocolate Roast malts ..long soft sweet chocolate Roast malts ..dark chocolate roast malts ..long soft beetroot ...it's not killing it but beetroot is solidly there

Tried on 21 Mar 2025 at 15:52


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Cask at the Heriot watt beer festival. Pours deep ruby brown, nose is roasted, cream, little solvent, taste is sweet, creamy, roasted, liquorice. 7/6/7/6/6

Tried from Cask on 21 Mar 2025 at 13:39


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at home. Deep golden colour with. white head. Malty biscuit and slight caramel. Dry finish. Light body.

Tried from Can on 14 Mar 2025 at 21:14


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can at home. Pours black, nose is earthy, roasted, chocolate, beetroot, cream, taste is sweet, creamy, chocolate, earthy. 8/7/7/7/7

Tried on 12 Mar 2025 at 15:39


7

keg at cold town fest ...hazy amber ..thin white lacing ..soft sweet floral peach fruit nose ...soft sweet peach fruit nose ..juicy tropical fruit ....

Tried on 14 Jan 2025 at 17:43


8

keg at Fierce ...golden amber ...thin white lacing ...soft sharp fruit nose ..soft tart fruit ..dofy sweet minty fruity

Tried on 14 Jan 2025 at 16:59


7

keg at Gravity 2024 ...hazy amber ...soft fruit ..Light dry herbal fruit nose ..soft dry herbal fruit ..soft fruits ..Light juicy floral tropical fruit

Tried on 14 Jan 2025 at 16:17


7

keg at brewdog Lothian road ...hazy amber ..thin white lacing ..soft tropical green hop nose ..soft sweet chalky wierd fruit ..soft tropical fruit

Tried on 14 Jan 2025 at 15:29