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.
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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Cherry Reds, Birmingham. Hazy orange. Picking up mango and peach, medium sourness, bitter hoppy finish. Light to medium bodied, nice smoothness, semi-dry but refreshing. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Sommar, Waterloo St, Brum. Murky light purple, pink tinged small top. Fruity mixed berry but I would say raspberry slightly more prominent. Some toasted hay, light salty dryness. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Connolly's Wine Merchants, Birmingham. Cloudy gold with nice fluffy white top. Aroma is sweet, floral, mango, pineapple. Taste is quite pine noted and bitter with grapefruit, pineapple, zest, malt and spice. Medium bodied, drying, fine carbonation. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Sommar Bar, Waterloo St, Birmingham, consumed at home. Pours a clear gold with small consistent white top. Aroma of light stewed orange with flora and pine. Taste is quite grassy with pine resin, malts, citrus zest, grapefruit and pine needles. Nothing amazing but nice balance between sweet/bitter and pine/fruitiness.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Candy & Liquor, Birmingham. Hazed light gold with moderate white foam. Aroma of stone fruits, passionfruit, some berries and herbs. Its sweet and fruity with a solid malt base, a bit of a berry tang, grass/herbal bitter drying in the finish. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Connolly's Wine Merchants, online. Pours a murky golden brown, small slightly off-white head, nice retention. Aroma of yeast, banana, pear, hoppy grass and flora notes. Taste has a sharp almost lemon citrus, malts, touch of caramel, pear, grassy hops, spice, dry finish. Its one of those beers that really grow on you, the spicy notes add a real complexity.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Connolly's Wine Merchants, my version at 5.2%. Light hazy orange-gold with moderate sized white head, nice retention and lacing. Aromas of banana, clove, flora, citrus zest. Taste is an interesting mix of doughy malts, grain, hoppy orange, spice, flora notes and the classic banana and clove. Medium bodied, frothy carbonation, quite bitter for a Hefeweizen. Great take on the style.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the great British winter beer festival. A dark brown black coloured pour with a fine tan head. Atom ais peppery green hop, coffee bean. Chilli powder. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, chocolate powder, oily, spicy greeny pepper. Green pepper...
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2024
at 23:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can from brewery at 4.5%. Very slight hazy gold, small white head. Aroma of citra hops evident with lemon, lime and herb notes, light grassy note. Taste of light pale malts, citrus, grapefruit, herbs, decent moderate long bitter with a chewy citrus finish. Light body but it coats the palate and is not watery, quite dry. Decent session IPA
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
440ml can from the brewery. Pale hazy straw like beer, with small white head, spotted retention. Aroma of grainy malts, sweet and sharp juicy citrus. Taste is semi-sweet, tart and zesty orange, yeasty, grain, tangy mild sour light bitter finish. Light to moderate body. Its ok.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:25