Beowulf Brewing

Microbrewery in Brownhills, Staffordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1997

Contact
Forest Of Mercia, Pool Lane, Brownhills, WS8 7NL, England
Description
When Phil Bennett began planning for the Beowulf Brewing Company in 1996 there was no brewing going on in Birmingham. The original site of the brewery was in Yardley, where independent beer production started in the city in 1997. Beowulf began in a disused ex Co-op shop. Our original “signature” beer, Heroes Bitter, is still popular and sits at the head of an capacious list of regular and occasional beers. Now on the shore of Chasewater near Brownhills, Staffordshire the brewery is awash with Regional and National awards. Beowulf’s dark beers attract particular praise, devotion and accolades. The brewery celebrated its first twenty years last year and in 2018 we will finally get it together to have a beautiful website… turns out the internet is not a flash in the pan! Please come back and see it. All our cask and bottled beers will be listed along with some other interesting stuff.

     Show


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at The Vine in West Browich; golden yellow unexciting English ale refreshing, malty & heavy bitter.

Tried from Cask on 14 Sep 2012 at 00:25


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Mild roasted aroma, its chocolate malts are evident in the taste which are again mild. Smooth textured dark ale.

Tried on 04 Sep 2012 at 12:09


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml (Bottle conditioned): best before the end of Oct 2012, poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard on 11 Aug 2012 during an IPA and Porter evening. Jet black with a full, deep tan coloured foaming head. Burnt malts everywhere in my bottle: so powerful hardly anything else was detectable. As the beer warmed is allowed some vanilla notes to express themselves but otherwise it was a ’peat bog’ of a beer (which I quite liked).

Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2012 at 11:24


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml (Bottle conditioned), best before the end of Dec 2012: poured in an Abbot Ale badged glass tankard during Aug 2012. Hazy dull golden colour with a medium to thinish head. Yeasty, earthy, hoppy, piney and grapefruity: that sums up the nose and taste: this is a good strong beer and it’s hop bitter finish helped to ensure you remembered it was an IPA you were drinking.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2012 at 11:14


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Bruce’s Housewarming Party Tasting, London. Pours clear brown with a tight, beige foam head. Dusty, dry cocoa aroma with some dirt and faint dates. Light sweet flavor with dry cocoa, faint minerals, moderate roast, faint rubber. Light bodied with average, creamy carbonation. Dry finish with burnt toast, dusty baking cocoa, light sweetness. OK. Not very exciting, but OK.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2012 at 00:25


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hand pulled pint at the worst Wetherspoons I know (under where the Central Library, Birmingham used to be). Lunchtime on Saturday 7th July 2012. The beer poured a deep amber colour with an off-white head of foam sat proudly on top. Good thick lacing clung to the glass as the beer level fell after each gulp. Malts rule the roost in this semi-sweet smelling and tasting brew which I downed very quickly but had to move on, or i’d have had another and another etc, etc.

Tried on 15 Jul 2012 at 13:01


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at Post Office Vaults, Birmingham
Hazy golden color. Both aroma and flavor are lightly yeasty, the flavor is lightly cheesy too; besides that, it’s a plain Golden Ale.
The cheesy yeast character is probably unintended, the beer is anyway pleasant and different.

Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2012 at 15:05


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Bruce’s Housewarming Tasting. It pours deep brown, with a thin beige head. The nose is dark fruit, roasted malt, prune, date, sugar, grape and vinous notes. The taste is caramel, cola, roasted malt, charcoal, cardboard and some balsamic vinegar. Medium body and low carbonation. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2012 at 12:47


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask, somewhere in Birmingham, April 14th. Creamy white head. Clear dark amber pour. Nice brew.

Tried from Cask on 07 Jul 2012 at 04:57


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

4th February 2010
Chelmsford Winter Fest. Clear but dark brown beer. Light brown suddy head. Malt and sweet bubblegum nose. Light palate, a little dry. Dark malt, bubblegum, a little fruit and herbal medicine. Initially this was a bit too much but perseverance pays off. Smooth, tasty and highly unusual.

Tried on 08 Jun 2012 at 10:10