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.

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

Cask at the NWAF, 2012. My notes didn’t note down the colour but I imagine it was dark! Dark roast coffee aroma with a hint of vanilla and smoke. Chocolate, vanilla and coffee flavour. Very tasty.

Tried from Cask on 29 Jan 2012 at 07:54


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

Sampled from bottle at Scopeys 2nd East Croydon Beer tasting, thanks to Leighton. Dark brown to black color with a dark red glow coming through, huge beige head. Smell fruits, grapes, not much more. Taste fruity, grapes, sweet. Sticky mouthfeel, decent carbo, medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2011 at 05:47


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

Bottle at the 2nd East Croydon Beer Tasting, thanks to Leighton. It pours very dark brown, with ruby highlights and a decent beige head. The nose is nail varnish remover, sweet ripe berry (blueberry & cherry) and syrup. The taste is sweet blueberry, blackberry, roasted malt, wood, dryness, alcohol warmth and chocolate, with a dry finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and slightly sticky mouth-feel. This is indeed a big mild.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2011 at 05:44


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at East Croydon Beer Tasting. Pours dark brown with ruby highlights, a sturdy beige head. Fruity, dark malt aroma. Medium big sweet flavor, some dough, dark fruits, semi-dark sugars. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Faint warm finish, plenty of sugars, more fruits, some bread and dough. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2011 at 09:21


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

Cask, handpump at The Plough, Worcester, 17.09.11 Pours chestnut in colour with a very slight haze and a white sticky & bubbly head. Middling bitterness, some maltiness on nose, light citrus in mouth. Fine A6 A3 T7 P3 Ov13 3.2

Tried from Cask on 19 Sep 2011 at 11:11


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

7th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Very dark brown beer, clear. Light and softish palate. Light tangy fruity malt. A small amount of unsweet chocolate. A little repressed bubblegum. Well joined up and tasty.

2nd August 2011
GBBF Cask. Clear red brown beer, residual suddy tan head. Light smooth palate. Sweetish plums well integrated with very mild dark malts. Some boiled sweets underneath. Semi dry finish.

Tried from Cask on 10 Sep 2011 at 08:13


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

Cask at GBBF, Day 1. Pours clearish brown with a bubbly head. Vanilla, dark malt aroma. Medium sweet flavor with lactic sugars, light cocoa, mocha, faint roast. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with very little bitterness, mild dark fruits. Great beer.

Tried from Cask on 02 Sep 2011 at 13:11


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

Bottle at Shrewsbury Folk Festival weekend of 26,27,28,29th August 2011 Pours black, this is a touch tangy from the off with a light sourness, some hedgerow fruits, its pretty good. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2011 at 22:43


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

Cask at GBBF 2011. It pours dark ruby-brown, with a thin bubbly beige head. The nose is roasted malt, caramel, plum, raisin and currant. The taste is sweet malt, caramel, brown bread, chocolate, lactose, treacle, plum and raisin, with a dry finish. Light body and low carbonation. A pleasant, light malty mild.

Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2011 at 12:33


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

From cask. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malty, caramelish and toasted. Mild bitter, sweet and dark roasted malty. Dry and slight chemical malty finish.

Tried from Cask on 06 Aug 2011 at 12:50