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.
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle. Pours dark gold with no head. Aroma is lemonade, vanilla and faint whisky. Taste has flat lemonade to start and a toffee malt finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2014
at 14:39
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500 ml bottle. Pours a clear gold with light head. Aromas of light smoke, wood, and light malts. Flavors of very watery smoky scotch and fruit. Not sure what this is but its easy to quaff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2014
at 15:59
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Archibald Simpson’s, Aberdeen. It pours golden amber with a medium white head. The nose is grainy, dough, faint floral and citrus peel. The taste is sweet, doughy, brioche, grain and floral/grassy notes and mild bitterness with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. A pretty dull affair and a mile away from the "jaw-dropping bitterness" they advertise.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2013
at 03:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle at home. Dark brown pour, no head. Coffee, raisin, oat aromas. Taste has more of the same, plus a fruity plum note. Sweet finish. Thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2013
at 12:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cadk at white lady.. Golden amber... Small white head... Soft spice nose... Soft fruits... Soft spice... Actually very well balanced and drinkable
Tried
on 11 Dec 2013
at 09:01
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask at The White Lady. Pours pale golden yellow with a thick white head, nice lacing. Aromas of cereal, not much else. Taste has toffee, then a light sour note. Not very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2013
at 03:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at a JDW establishment - in think the Metropolitan Bar in London. Pours clear yellow with a foamy, white head. The nose holds dough and lemon. Light sweet flavor with faint tangy lemon and light straw bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Creamy and doughy malts in the ending with slight lemon rind and dirty hay. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2013
at 01:46
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
500ml bottle at home. Looks like a lager, smells like a lager, although onewith a touch of butterscotch. Not very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2013
at 11:38
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
500ml bottle at home. Pours clear yellow gold, little to no head. Smells of hay, butterscotch and soap. Lord only knows where the citra went. I imagine it was filtered and pasteurised out of existence. Watery and dull, bordering on offensive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2013
at 10:05
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
500ml bottle at home. Pours copper brown with little to no head. Aromas are all malt, toffee, caramel, biscuit. Very light floral note. Sweet taste, thin on the palate. Pretty dull.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2013
at 09:12