Phil Bennett began planning for the Beowulf Brewing Company in 1996. The following year the brewery opened in Waterloo Road in Yardley, Birmingham in a disused ex Co-op shop. This was a monumental return of real ale production to the city where there had been no craft brewing for a long, long time. Beowulf remained Birmingham’s only producer of real ale for years. The first “signature” beer was Heroes Bitter. Nowadays, The Beowulf Brewing Company produces an array of ales with its dark beers finding particular success with national recognition and awards. The Brewery took its name from “BEOWULF”, the epic poem that survives in Anglo Saxon. It is an heroic saga of bravery, battles and monsters set in medieval Denmark. The brewery continues to name most of its beers along a loose theme of heroism and gallantry. In 2003 The Beowulf Brewing Company relocated to Chasewater Country Park and bigger premises. Rather than an old shop we are now in two craft units built to echo medieval architectural design complete with splendid green oak beams. From the shores of Chasewater our beers go out to free houses within a radius of about fifty miles. Wholesalers take Beowulf ales as far afield as Devon and Cornwall, to Wales, the South Coast and to Scotland. The brewery produces four hundred and fifty gallons of beer a week with the greater proportion going into casks. There are eight regular beers and an innumerable host of celebration beers, seasonal ales and specials that include wheat beers, fruit beers and a cask conditioned lager. The Beowulf Brewing Company Forest of Mercia Chasewater Country Park Pool Road Brownhills Staffordshire WS8 7NL Telephone & Fax: 01543 454067 Email: [email protected] Website: www.beowulfbrewing.com Front cover photograph http://stefangustafsson.com Bottled Beers Feast withf Heroes Feast withf Heroes