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

Bottle 50 cl. Pours a cloudy golden with a huge and frothy white head. Perfumy, citrusy hop aroma. Light body, low in carbonation, rather dry fruits with a dry, hoppy finish. Fresh. 190110

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2010 at 15:20


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

Bottle 50 cl. Pours an opaque black with a rough light brown head. Lovely aroma of dry and leathery tarry burned malts. Medium body, sweet burned malts, vanilla, tar and ashes with a whiff of peaty smoke. Quite some malty bitterness. A lovely Stout. 190110

Cask. Pours an opaque black with a creamy beige head. Roasted , malty nose, hard roasted malt and some sweet vanila. Medium body, hard roasted malt with a light smoke note and a very soft mouthfeel. Ends with a light malt bitterness and a vague salty touch. 7/4/7/4/14=3.6 170110

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2010 at 15:14


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

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has strong notes of fruit and some malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, and a bit of spices, leading to a dry spicy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2010 at 14:18


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

Bottle 50 cl. Pours an almost clear golden with a frothy off-white head shaving foam style. Fresh citrusy nose. Medium body, sweet and fruity with no hops to speak of. More of a Golden Ale really. 190110

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2010 at 14:05


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. A hazy dark golden beer with a huge orangey head. The aroma has notes of malt, alcohol, and some spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, metal, straw, alcohol, and fruits, leading to a dry metallic finish.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2010 at 13:45


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle 50 cl. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a white head. Lightly citrusy nose. Medium body, sweet fruits yet with an astringent grapefruitish touch. Dry finish. Fresh alright. 190110

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2010 at 13:34


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle 50 cl. Pours a hazy golden with a lively and frothy off-white head. Sweetish toffee aroma. Medium body, lively carbonated, toffee and fruit - once again... No real bitterness. 190110

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2010 at 13:30


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle, Carringtons, Chorlton. Pallid straw gold pour with minimal head. Pretty muted hop character. Biscuity malts and some fruit, but all a bit restrained and ho hum. Reasonable enough guzzler but nothing special.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2010 at 17:54


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at the Briar Rose, Birmingham, UK on 28th December, 2009. Gold with thin, lasting white lacing head. Hoppy with some peppery notes and grassiness; brief caramel malt interlude before a very dry finish on a zingy texture. Just a hint of saline. Full of condition, very well kept by the pub too!

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2009 at 17:05


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, Carringtons, Chorlton. This was a thoroughly pleasant surprise. Amber/gold colour pour with a decent white head. Bags of fresh citrus, tropical fruit and resinous hop in the aroma which was super enticing and promised good things ahead. Similar themes in the flavour which was clean and very moreish; booze hit was pretty well masked. Maybe not as hop sodden as some of the American IPAs, but this is more than capable of punching its weight with the best of them. An absoloutely top notch English IPA that stands head and shoulders above the majority of tedious english ales. Will certainly be seeking out more of this.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2009 at 12:56