About
Epic ales to celebrate legendary Dwarfen deeds! The Fownes Brewing Company was started in 2012 to bring a fresh breed of outstanding ales and porters to the good folk of the Black Country. In the seven years since we rolled the first cask out of the brewery doors we've gone from strength to strength, picking up awards and recognition on a regional and national scale. In the autumn of 2019 we took the bold stride to relocate the brewery deeper into the heart of the Black Country, so that we could forge our next chapter and expand our ability to bring our unique, epic ales to a wider audience than ever before.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to dirty Dave. Pours dirty gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds ripe citrus, hay, rind, pale bread. Medium sweet flavour with flinty dryness, melon, crunchy pale grains, grass. Medium bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation. Grassy bitterness to finish, some rind, dirty grains. So so overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 14:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Stubby bottle care of Dave. It pours hazy orange - amber with a small white head. The aroma is earthy, musty, oily, stewed orange, tangy, Irn Bru, candied fruits, musty, funk and tangerine. The taste is dry, bitter, oily, earthy, musty, brown brown, dirt, funk, alcohol, spice, oily, stewed orange, Cointreau and warming alcohol with a drying finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and slick mouth - feel. Odd, but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 14:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle split at the L42 Xmas Boost Up '17, thanks to Willis, 18/12/17. Murky orange amber with a decent off white / light beige cap. Nose is sharp citrics, spice, orange peel, orange marmalade, caramel, biscuit. Taste comprises biscuit malt, spice, orange peel, bitter citrics, grassy. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, drying close with earthy hop bitterness. Old skool bite ... executed Ok but not to a great level.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 14:12
6/10
Tried
on 18 Dec 2017
at 14:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried in bottle from Crafty Bottle, Lincoln. Almost black colour with a thin head. Aroma pasted malty. Taste sweet toffee and fruit. Smooth full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2017
at 17:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried in bottle from Crafty Bottle. Almost black colour with a tan head. Aroma has chocolate and a touch of soy with a slight spice. Taste light bittersweet. Full rich body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2017
at 14:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from crafty bottle Lincoln. Hazy Amber colour with a white head. Aroma is caramel and malty. Taste suprisingly light. The body has alcohol to finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2017
at 15:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Crafty Bottle, Lincoln. Jet black colour with a thin tan head. Aromabis spicy roasted malt and slight citrus. Taste spicy to mid sweet. Full rich body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2017
at 14:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2017 [ The 42th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 10th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB.
[ As Fownes Prophets of Doom ].
ABV: 6.2%. Clear dark red brown colour with a average to large, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, roasted - toasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, citrus, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, pine, grapefruit, fruity hops, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery and sticky, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171014]
8-4-7-3-15
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2017
at 07:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2017 [ The 42th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 10th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB.
[ As Fownes King Korvak's Saga ].
ABV: 5.4%. Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, sweet malt, light earthy hops. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, oat, chocolate, coffee, dark malt, roasted - chocolate, light earthy hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171014]
7-4-8-4-15
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2017
at 14:22