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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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of coffee and hazelnut, not surprisingly. Taste is rich and sweet, roasty and toasty. Dark chocolate. Sweet finish.
Tried from Can on 16 Dec 2024 at 13:24

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from Great Grog. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Strong tropical fruit and citrus aromas. Taste adds stone fruit. Peach. Light sweet fruit finish.
Tried from Can on 04 Dec 2024 at 19:25

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Laurie. Appearance - golden and clear. White head. Nose - grassy and bready. Some hint of citrus. Taste - lemon, grassy and bready. Palate - light bodied, dry and lightly bitter finish. Overall - decent example of the style.
Tried from Can on 22 Nov 2024 at 20:05

7/10
On keg at Teuchters. Appearance - deep amber with a hint of autumnal red and an off white head. Nose - brown bread, raisins and toffee. Taste - toffee, raisins and still bready too. Palate - medium bodied, chewy texture and slightly sweet chewy finish. Overall - good stuff.
Tried on 14 Oct 2024 at 13:15

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Gravity cask at the 30th Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms, 06/09/24.
Hazed orange with a lasting white cap formed of thinly knit bubbles.
Nose is orange zest, pineapple, grass, soft malts, papaya.
Taste comprises mandarin, papaya, melon, soft malts, pine nip, tangerine.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness.
Solid cask pale for 3.9%.
Tried on 06 Sep 2024 at 15:54

6/10
Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2024 at 10:59

8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Black beer, thick creamy head. Aroma has lots of malt and bitter orange. Flavour follows suit. Bittersweet, boozy orange, bittersweet chocolate, a little earthy/ woodiness from the barrel, boozy warmth with a lingering mix of orange and vanilla in the finish. Very nice.
Tried on 03 Aug 2024 at 11:42

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at The Guildford Arms. Pours hazy yellow with a thin white head. Aromas of light tropical fruit and pepper. Taste is clean and crisp. Light biscuit, light citrus. Light bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2024 at 09:40

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Lks. A light hazed translucent yellow straw coloured pour with a a halo of white head. Aroma is lemon rind, straw, light sour, lime, shurbet. Mellow funk. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, spicy citrus, lime spicy citrus, lime, quite fun. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, spicy fine carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2024 at 18:48

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
12th June 2024
Bottleshare at CBJ, , thanks to LKS. A light haze on this gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Tart gluey acid funk. A little red wine. Not my scene, maaan!
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2024 at 18:46