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.
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.
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle from Appellation Wines, cheers Ash! Pours clear gold, thin white head. Aromas of butterscotch, light malt, lemon. Taste is more of the same. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2014
at 10:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - matt olive black with a generous fawn head. Nose - burnt toffee going into liquorice. Taste - dark chocolate and liquorice. Creamy toffee finish. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and quite a pleasant finish. Overall - definitely a decent stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2014
at 15:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
50cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - a beautiful autumnal red which has copper glints in parts. Nicely proportioned head. Nose - toffee and red fruits. Some spicy biscuit in the background. Taste - toffee and biscuit again. Palate - medium bodied with a crunchy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - tasty beer that drinks big for the low percentage.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2014
at 14:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
50cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - amber with a thin head. Nose - elderflowers and a creamy lemon sorbet. Taste - more lemon and elderflower sorbet. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy yet dry texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - was better after it warmed up. Interesting beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2014
at 17:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
66cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - light golden with gentle carbonation and a slim but respectable head. Nose - peaches and flowers with then the more obvious lager attributes of herby/metallic hops. Taste - nice orchard fruits again with a citrus/herb finish. Palate - light to medium bodied with a long dry finish. Overall - a well made and balanced lager. Like it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2014
at 11:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - toffee, custard, maybe honey. It’s got a bit of sticky toffee pudding going on. A little bit butterscotch, perhaps. Taste - lemon meringue pie. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a reasonably clean finish. Overall - a solid blonde/golden ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2014
at 11:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Aldi, Manchester. Deep hazy amber with a thin head. Has a tasty smooth sweet grainy malt character with lots of very good fruit flavours to compliment this. .
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2014
at 12:35
6/10
Tried
on 08 Jun 2014
at 05:00
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle, smallush quickly dissapearing bubbly head, crystal clear very deep gold colour, dominant malty flavour with some fruity notes, biscuity fruity flavour with an alcoholic whiskey presence, light bitterness and quite sweet. True to the style but much too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2014
at 06:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Dobre piwo o posmaku whisky. Lekko czuc ten aromat a takze w smaku dominuja te wrazenia, troche torfu oraz wedzonego posmaku. Slodowosc dosc mocna. Piwo jest koloru jasnego z niewielka piana. Ale swietne wyglada za to etykieta nawiazujaca do whisky Single Malt.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2014
at 10:22