Twisted Barrel Ale

Microbrewery in Coventry, West Midlands, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Twisted Barrel Brewery Tap House

Established in 2014

Contact
Unit 11, FarGo Village, Far Gosford St, Coventry, CV1 5ED, England
Description
Twisted Barrel Ale exploded onto the Coventry beer scene on 29th March 2014.

After months of hard work developing a small selection of beers that would appeal to Coventry's patrons thirsting for our unique mix of modern and classical styles and methods we launched our beers at Coventry's number 1 bottle bar, Inspire, and it was a huge success. Originally brewing on a 60 litre kit, we described ourselves as 'the UK's first Pico-brewery'.

20th June 2015 and we held another launch. This time in our brand new Brewery and Tap House at FarGo Village. With a new 1000 litre brewing kit and an entirely new brand design from Stewart Easton, we've finally become the brewery we always set out to be. Almost 2 years later we transferred our bar and brewing kit into a space about 5 times larger than before, we're still serving the best beer at FarGo Village.

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7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can on the train to Newquay, from Keepers bar, 02/05/2026.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is grass, lychee, coconut shavings, faint lime.
Taste comprises mixed tropicana, grass, coconut, lemon rind, guava.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with light juicy come grassy hop bitterness with Talus evident.
Tidy enough sessioner.
Tried on 02 May 2026 at 16:53

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tried from Can on 02 May 2026 at 12:16

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Tried from Can on 02 May 2026 at 11:14

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can on the train to Newquay, from Keepers bar, 02/05/2026.
Hazed golden orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is mellow tropicana, papaya, melon.
Taste comprises light vanilla, peach, mandarin.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close slathered with light juicy hop bitterness.
Runs overly sweet for my liking but okay for the sub genre.
Tried on 02 May 2026 at 11:01

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can on the train to Newquay, from Keepers bar, 02/05/2026.
Almost clear golden topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is juicy citric flesh, peach notes, melon.
Taste comprises tangerine, soft malts, more fleshy peach, papaya.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy hop bitterness.
Not bad.
Tried on 02 May 2026 at 10:51

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tried from Can at Twisted Barrel Brewery Tap House on 02 May 2026 at 10:20

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Can at ash's. Pours hazy orange, nose is caramel, raisin, citrus, heavy on the spice, taste is cloying spice, floral, toffee, raisin. Bitter finish. 7/7/7/6/7
Tried on 01 May 2026 at 09:44

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
11/4/2026. Cask at the Isle of Man CAMRA 13th Beer & Cider Festival. Slightly murky pour. Tons of Allspice on the aroma, with toffee, biscuit, bread, hedgerow berries, yeast, and horse chestnut. Fairly sweet, mellow bitterness. Good body, soft carbonation. Enjoyed this, my last IoM festival cask.
Tried from Cask on 11 Apr 2026 at 16:05

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
27/3/2026. Cask at the 40th Coventry Beer Festival 2026.
Tried from Cask on 27 Mar 2026 at 17:40

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
27/3/2026. Cask at the 40th Coventry Beer Festival 2026.
Tried from Cask on 27 Mar 2026 at 14:38