About
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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a creamy and tan head. Roasted malty and slight chocolate aroma. Mild acidic flavoured from a hardroasted malt, holds a mild chocolate smoothness to this and with a distinct acidic roasted note. Bitter and roasted malty finish with a smooth oat-ish texture. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2008
at 16:08
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Brown colour, tan head. Aroma has phenoles and tar. Flavour of roasted malts, tar, and red fruits.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2008
at 05:48
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma is toffee and caramel. Flavour of caramel malts.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2008
at 05:47
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cask at The Penny Black, JDW, Bicester, Oxon Nov 2008. Pours gold with some haze, its sweet but a little weird tasting, strung out fruitiness, light bitterness, quite favoursome, some oatiness, there’s something about this beer that I cannot quite put my finger on but its strange.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2008
at 08:39
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottled. Amber color, short head. Aroma has some malt, bit grassy, some fruity hint. Taste like cassis, sparkling, fruity, some malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2008
at 04:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On gravity at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 13/9/08. Deep gold with a slight white head. Sweet malt aroma, with some apricots, hay and a touch of grassy hop. Flavour was sweet, with plenty of caramel and a short, dry finish. Drinkable.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2008
at 15:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On gravity at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 13/9/08. Reddish amber with a decent off-white head. Caramel and red fruit aroma with some earthy hops. Flavour was sweet with plenty of malt and a decent bitter finish. Good.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2008
at 15:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, 4.5% at GBBF08. Almost clear chestnut colour. Fruity flavour, sweet nutty and malty flavour. Too thin mouthfeel and very low carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2008
at 10:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, shared by tarjei. Clear, golden pour with an off-white head. Quite sweetish and malty on the nose, with some peat in the background and a good fruityness. Sweet, slightly peaty, carmelly flavor with fruityness and a touch of bitterness. Full-bodied, slightly warming mouthfeel. Long finish on the malty side. A rather unusual beer, pleasant and pleasing. (080731)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2008
at 04:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark golden colour with a white head. Aroma iswhiskey, malt. Flavour is sweet, whiskey, malt, heather, hop. OK, but could be more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2008
at 02:18