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

Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2007. Gold colour with lasting bubbly white head. Very citrusy hop aroma. Bit yeasty too. Good solid golden ale with good hoppy dryness on the finish.

Tried from Cask on 05 Feb 2007 at 12:26


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Cask at GBBF, London, 2 Aug) Colour is pitch black with a brown foamy head. Nose is roasted with notes of chocolate, tar and a hint of smoke. Powerfull, roasted taste with notes of coffee, espresso, dark bitter chocolate and licquorice. Long bitter finish. Very dry. lots of flavour. Great beer!

Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2006 at 08:37


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

Cask @ GBBF 2006. Pours a black colour with a tan head. Roasted malty aroma with some hints of smoke. Roasted malty flavor with hints of licourice and some smoky hints. Long malty finish with some bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2006 at 07:20


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

Cask at GBBF 06. Black with thin beige head. Not really any smoke in evidence, some tar, liquorice and bit of sourness. Oily in mouth. Lasting tarry oily coffee finish. Not my favourite stout, but has some interesting components.

Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2006 at 14:21


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

[Cask at GBBF] Near black. Aroma of tar and vanilla. Dry and solidly malty. Dominated by asphalt and licorice, Salty very bitter finish. Powerful and packed with flavour.

Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2006 at 15:16


4.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

[Cask at GBBF 2005] A red-brown beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is a somewhat weird sweet one with notes of prunes, while the flavor contains notes of prunes, smoke, and roasted malt, which doesn’t give the beer any dryness - the flavor is also somewhat weird, but I can’t figure out what it is.

Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2006 at 16:34


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

Gravity cask at Maidstone BF. Pale gold, very hoppy with citrus flavours. However this is a bit metallic and the lemon fruit is a bit soapy. Lets it down

Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2005 at 05:32


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

[Cask at GBBF 2004] A yellow beer with a white head. The aroma is flowery and grassy, while the flavor is very flowery, but also contains notes of metal and grass.

Tried from Cask on 15 Jul 2005 at 15:27


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

[Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF, 2004] A yellow beer with beutiful white head. The aroma is hoppy combined with notes of citrus. The flavor is malty sweet with notes of citrus giving it a hint of sourness. The end is dry hoppy and the body is very light.

Tried from Cask on 05 Apr 2005 at 16:18


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Clear, pale-foxy. Slight head, dissipating. Nose with caramel, sweets, glimpse of hops. Taste caramel again, just fleeting hops with no discernible quality or aroma. Light to medium bodied, absolutely no carbonation. Oh well.

Tried on 11 Aug 2003 at 10:37