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

Surprised I haven’t rated this before as the name sounds very familiar. Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours a slightly hazy golden amber with minimal off-white head. There’s summer fruits and apples in the aroma. In the mouth it’s floral hops with autumn fruits and biscuits. Later on there is some bitterness and hints of ginger. Finish is slightly bitter and sticky. This is reasonable. Not sure about calling it a “best bitter” though – more a pale or golden ale.

Tried from Cask on 09 Sep 2022 at 20:19


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

Cask (lager) at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours a pale straw with a small off-white head. Some floral hops and traces of corn in the aroma. There’s fairly high but soft carbonation in the mouth. Overall it’s sweet with malts and lemon rind. Later on some bitterness becomes evident and this increases in the finish. It’s OK, but a bit of a niche style that doesn’t really appeal to me.

Tried from Cask on 08 Sep 2022 at 22:34


7
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Finally – a review from outside Scandinavia ! Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours a bright golden yellow with a small white head. The nose is sweet with vague hints of lemon and apple. The sweetness continues into the mouth, with a fruitiness which can be narrowed down to a mishmash of apples and other summer fruits. Later on floral hops come into play along with some hints of ginger. Finish is dry and bitter. This is a good solid beer.

Tried from Can on 19 Jun 2022 at 16:26


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

Cask @ Pint Pot, Rochdale. Dark with a small head. Its chocolate and orange combination is evident in both aroma and taste, but is slightly more stated in the former.

Tried from Cask on 11 Jun 2022 at 16:44


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

Cask at The Wellington, Birmingham. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a decent off white head on top. Roasty, malty, liquorice, dark chocolate/fruit. A pleasant tasting porter.

Tried from Cask on 28 May 2022 at 15:09


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

Hand-pulled half pint (twice) at The Crown Inn, Oakengates on 30th April 2022 during a beer festival. Jet black body, tanned topping. Smooth and fairly rich body with a subtle black cherry aroma and flavour, nicely done, mini-smokiness in there too.

Tried on 01 May 2022 at 06:41


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

Cask at the Queens Head. Pours pale gold with a small head. Aroma is grassy sherbet. Aroma is hoppy lemon and straw with a bitter grassy finish.

Tried from Cask on 17 Apr 2022 at 07:10


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

Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a medium sized foamy cream head. There is a very strong aroma of chocolate, but also some roasted malts can be detected. Pretty much the same in the mouth to start with, but with added flavour of dark fruits. After a while liquorice comes through strongly and dominates the bitter finish. Not a world beater, but pretty good.

Tried from Cask on 14 Apr 2022 at 21:55


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford – though I have drunk it before some time ago. Pours a very dark reddish – brown with a small beige head. The aroma is a heady concoction of smoke, liquorice and chocolate. In the mouth it has a sweet and creamy texture, with piles of liquorice in the flavour. There’s roasted malts and hitns of ash and herbs too. Finish is smoky and slightly bitter. This is awesome !

Tried from Cask on 02 Mar 2022 at 23:34


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

Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Dark brown and opaque with a ring of khaki head. Aroma of sweet liquorice with a little bit of smoke. Taste is sweet as well, getting notes of molasses with the liquorice. Little balance even in the finish, this is a very sweet beer. Oily body, soft carbonation. Not surebthis is a mild but man is it nice.

Tried from Cask on 23 Feb 2022 at 20:30