#214 | Andrew Barnett, Barney’s Beer

Meet Andrew Barnett. Andrew is the founder of Edinburgh’s Barney’s Beer. He started his career in brewing aged 16 as a lab assistant at the recently defunct Banks’s brewery in Wolverhampton before doing on to study Brewing & Distilling at Heriot Watt. Various roles in research, production & commercial followed at Whitbread, S&N and The Macallan among others. Starting Barney’s Beer in 2012 the brand has grown steadily. However, the strategy was always to keep growth at a modest scale in order to enjoy the ride. In his recent talk at our Brewers Lectures in Newcastle, Andrew talked us through the brewery’s journey which in recent years has involved the launch of its Post Mortem mixed ferm and impy range and, of course, the successful and popular Gravity Beer Festival. Photography: Ross Fraser McLean / Studio RoRo @Ross Fraser McLean @Studio RoRo