Black Wolf

Microbrewery in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Owned by Traditional Scottish Ales

Established in 2004

Contact
7c Bandeath Industrial Estate, Throsk, Stirling, UK - FK7 7NP, Scotland
Description
Many moons ago, in the black of the night, Viking invaders were about to attack our hometown of Stirling, when a howling wolf alerted the defenders, who saved the town. We raise a glass to that wolf. The Black Wolf.

Started brewing in January 2004 using the name City of Stirling Brewery. It was initially a sister brewery to Bridge of Allen and Trossachs Craft Brewery. During late 2005 a new company was formed to allow further investment and the brewery name was changed to just Stirling Brewery at the same time. The name then changed to Traditional Scottish Ales Ltd in 2006. The name changed once more in 2014 to its current version.

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Clear dark amber beer with a beige head and a tangy, malty aroma. Flavour is malt with a touch of tangy citrus and an earthy aftertaste. It’s a bit livelier than I’d like and ultimately a touch bland.
Tried on 14 Nov 2015 at 09:08

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
50cl bottle from Lidl, Crowthorne. Dark ruby with a fast-fading billowing ruby head; aroma of red fruit and raw cane sugar; sweet treacly taste with some spice; and a dry sugary finish. A reasonable red ale.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2015 at 09:48

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Aroma: Strong coffee and roasted malt. Flavour: Very strong coffee with roasted malt, and fairly fruity sweet. Colour: Very dark brown with a light brown head.
Tried on 12 Nov 2015 at 04:36

6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle in Yuvalim. Clear straw color with a small, quickly-dissipating white head. Aroma of floral, weedy and fruity hops, a bit oniony, a bit of dust and a bit of graininess. Flavor starts with mild sweetish graininess, and continues to a weedy, grassy, and slightly citric hoppy bitter finish with a dusty note. Quite light-bodied. A decent well-hopped lager, but a bit dusty all around.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2015 at 13:55

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 6.0%. Extremely powerful coffee aroma, sweet and creamy. Black colour. Small frothy light brown head. The flavour has almost the same amount of coffee as the aroma. It is quite flavourful, but does not have the bitterness that some coffee does. Has a little sourness in the finish, reminds me of booziness but that would be surprising with only 6% ABV.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2015 at 14:30

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours cloudy very dark brown with small tan head. Clear aroma of coffee, with notes of roast, yeast and mild chocolate. Bitter, roasty flavour, with notes of lactose, coffee and malt and some estery touches. Coffeelike aftertaste with hints of dark chocolate. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2015 at 14:29

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Appearance is inky black, with a small fizzy beige head. Aroma- chocolate cake, fudge, roast coffee, treacle toffee, coffee cake. Taste- big roast coffee, espresso, coffee and walnut cake, melted dark chocolate, dark malts. It’s all about the coffee, but it’s good.
Tried on 01 Nov 2015 at 07:00

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled (backlog). Deep orangeish amber colour, small foamy white head that leaves lace. Aroma is leather, some toasted malts, mild toffee and some grains. Flavour is mild smoked wood, toffee, herbs and some floral notes.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2015 at 15:02

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at SRAF 2011. Pours copper amber, nose is grassy, malty toffee, taste is similar, light fruit.
Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2015 at 02:07

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at SRAF 2011. Pours deep amber, nose is toffee, biscuity, taste is similar, light sweetness.
Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2015 at 02:05