About
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.
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle, 5.5%. Pours a very hazy orange with a large, frothy head. Aroma is fruity hops and bready malt. Not much to taste to start and then a paracetamol dryness. Very bitter finish and too much carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2010
at 01:50
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Sharp, lemonade hops on the nose. Bready start with a citrus hoppy finish. A bit watery.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2010
at 04:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask-conditioned at the Staffordshire Beer festival, Seven Stars, Bristol 6/10/10. Opaque black with a thin, tan head. Massive, smoky aroma with plenty of charcoal, dark chocolate and a hint of hedgerow fruit. Flavour had more intense roastiness, chocolate and a huge, lingering bitter finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2010
at 00:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Staffordshire Beer festival, Seven Stars, Bristol 6/10/10. Deep gold with a slight, off-white head. Apricot and peach aroma, with caramel and floral hops. Flavour had more fruit, a suggestion of honey and decent, bitter finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2010
at 23:57
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Pours a pale yellow with a large head and lots of carbonation. Aroma is very faint, grassy hops, hint of lemon. Grassy hops make up the taste, too. Medium bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2010
at 13:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours pitch black with a frothy, dirty brown head. Aroma is faint milky coffee. Not much to start on the taste, some cream, lots of bitter coffee on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2010
at 12:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Poursa hazy amber with a medium head. Aroma is orange and pithy hops. Starts with resin. Very bitter finish with some orange. Slightly medicinal. Unpleasent aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2010
at 13:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is rich fruity malt. Some blackcurrant and licorice. Blackcurrant and licorice to start on the taste. Much the same on the finish. Very nice, warming, but not overpowering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2010
at 13:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2010. Deep ruby colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruits, liquorice, malts, some raisins and mild syrupy notes. Flavour is quite much the same. Quite brutal. Finish has some dark honey as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2010
at 23:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Anchor Inn, 308 Bradford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands England B5 6ET.Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate hoppy, grapefruit, citrus - orange, spicy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, chlorine, light notes of chili - peppery finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100116]
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2010
at 11:01