Twisted Oak Brewery Old Barn

Old Barn

 

Twisted Oak Brewery in Wrington, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.21
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 8
A classic traditional ruby coloured ale made with 3 different malts. Fuggles and Bramling Cross hops have been generously added to provide a distinctive fruit and spice flavour.
 

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6.3
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle as gift from my brother – drank at home. Phew ! What a gusher ! This takes the biscuit as the frothiest beer I’ve ever had. Once opened there was so much forth that it completely filled two pint glasses and was still gushing out of the bottle ! Finally settled down enough to see that it poured a cloudy ruby brown. Mainly malts in the aroma, but also bitter hops and some hints of nuts. In the mouth the bitterness of traditional hops is immediately apparent, with a creamy texture and flavour of autumn fruits. Some ginger and spice too after it has settled down. Not too bad after the initial mini-explosion !

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2025 at 14:45


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle at our lodge in Cheddar. Pours a generally clear ruby amber, white head. Pleasant leafy amber malt, mild berry sweetness, brisk bitterness. Ok ruby ale, a little disjointed at times.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2023 at 18:31


6

Tried on 30 Jul 2018 at 16:40


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


Cask (handpump) @ Magpie & Crown, 🇬🇧 128 High Street, TW8 8EW Brentford, Greater London, England.

[ As Twisted Oak Old Barn ].
ABV: 4.5%. Cloudy medium amber - red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, dark malt, sweet malt, light toasted - roasted. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, toasted, caramel, sweet malt, dark malt, malt bitter, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180730]
6-3-6-3-12

Tried from Cask on 30 Jul 2018 at 15:10


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

Fra cask på Hope & Anchor Bristol 30 Apr 17. Mørkebrun. Filmskum. Litt lacing. Aroma av karamell. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken søt karamell. Tynn. Lett syrlig & tørr ettersmak.

Tried from Cask on 01 Jun 2017 at 07:06


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

Cask, half pint, shared with Finn at Hope and Anchor. Clear dark brown body. Patchy beige head, clingy lacing. Brown malty aroma, lightly spiced. Mixed taste of brown malts and berry fruits. Mild roasted bitter ending. Likable. (Bristol 30.04.2017).

Tried from Cask on 24 May 2017 at 11:37


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Cornubia, Bristol 1/2/2014. Deep, reddish-amber with a slight, off-white head. Red berries, full, sweetish malts, a touch of hedgerow hops and moderately bitter finish. Pleasant.

Tried from Cask on 02 Feb 2014 at 04:26


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Wakefield Beer Festival. Clouded copper-ruby ale with a bubbly head. Has lots of smooth bitter malts and some spice in its aftertaste. Has some caramel in aroma.

Tried on 08 Nov 2013 at 01:23