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.
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at home from RAD. Jet black colour with a thin tan head. Aroma and taste are dry coffee. Thin body.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2025
at 19:26
6.4/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
8/10
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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
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
6/10
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
6.4/10
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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
7.1/10
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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
7/10
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
8/10
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