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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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Thanks to Seanyfo. Dark in the glass with beige head. Nice thick aroma with stout-typical slightly sourness. The beer itself starts dark, aromatic. Nicely roasted, very dry. The mainpart is slightly flowery, nice, balanced, not too thick. The aftertaste is long, roasted, dry, slightly sour and highly drinkable! --> very nice stout! Aromatic and also suitable as a session beer! 12/13/12/12
Tried on 29 Nov 2013 at 15:20

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
On gravity at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol, October 2013. Amber in colour with a slight, off-white head. Sweet malts, not many hops, gentle finish. Boring.
Tried on 14 Nov 2013 at 03:06

5.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Cask at the Moon Under Water (JDW), Watford on 25 October. Poured a clear, dark golden colour with a thin white head. Floral hop aroma, some malty elements and a smidgen of lemon zest. Rather watery with some hop elements, but they’re rather low down in the mix, some cereal kicks in and there’s a light amount of grass on the palate. Nothing really ’bad’ about it, but it’s definitely rather bland, particularly when it claims to be an IPA.
Tried from Cask on 13 Nov 2013 at 11:45

6/10
Tried from Cask at Montgomery's Tower on 05 Nov 2013 at 14:10

4.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cask, handpump at The Penny Black, JDW, Sunday 2nd November 2013. Pours gold, looks very good. Not a lot on the nose, a little buttery in the mouth, compared to the Half Nelson this ain’t great at all. Muted hops, touch malty but thin, watery and cheap tasting. A5 A4 T4 P2 Ov9 2.4
Tried from Cask on 03 Nov 2013 at 05:18

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Clear amber with a ring of white head; grainy aroma; grainy in the mouth with some cloying fruit; and lacking any noticable finish. A rather poor golden ale.
Tried from Cask on 31 Oct 2013 at 14:47

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Pale blond, looks like a lager. Very thin and watery texture. It’s a plain golden ale with a weak malt taste. Poor.
Tried on 31 Oct 2013 at 12:32

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at standing order... Golden amber... White head... Soft toffee fruit nose... Soft light sweet almost neutral malts
Tried from Cask on 29 Oct 2013 at 09:32

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Slightly clouded pale yellow, next to no head. Fairly malty but with a dry fruitiness.
Tried on 26 Oct 2013 at 01:42

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at The moon under water Watford jdw. Pale golden colour with a lasting white head, some lace. Aroma is neutral, bread and straw, light English hop. Flavour fpllows , very neutral and not much going on. Some stalish wheat malt and vague lemon hop. Really nothing offensive about this beer, just a bit boring.
Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2013 at 13:27