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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hand-pulled half-pint at the Pheasant Inn and Brewhouse on 27th October 2024. Almost clear golden body, white crust. Fruity and hoppy, citrus fruits to the fore.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2024
at 20:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at the Real Ale Classroom, Stoneygate, Leicester. Lighter gold, hazy and fairly flat. Some apricot, overripe oranges and various tropical fruit in the aroma. Nice but a bit muddled. Tastes very nice, more citrus and tropical notes, notably nectarine, passionfruit and maybe a little bit of guava. Sweet at first, turning itself to a decent bitterness just at the finish. Light, oily body, very soft carbonation. I forget how good Galaxy pales are. This is imperfect but overall lovely.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2024
at 16:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask. Amber beer with a cream head. Light malt aroma. Tropical fruit and light orange flavor. Medium bodied. Tropical fruit and light orange linger.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2024
at 15:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light citrus. The flavour is light bitter, with a smooth, light, watery, light lemon citrus, light hop bitter palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2024
at 19:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Cherry Reds, Birmingham. Poured a clear golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light citrus fruits. The flavour is moderate to light sweet and bitter, with a light, slightly watery, yeasty, earthy, light citrus, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2024
at 21:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Rutland Arms, Sheffield. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light biscuit, faint lemon. Taste is more of the same. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2024
at 12:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Black beer, tan head. Light and malty with a little fruit. Flavour has something a little funky, which adds to an otherwise unremarkable but malty, sessionable stout eith a dash of chocolate.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2024
at 19:28
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Tilt, Brummy vice Cotts Bimble, 03/08/24. Black with a lasting khaki head. Nose is dark malts, cocoa powder, raisins, toffee. Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, charr, ashen tones, cocoa powder, mellow roast, dried fruit rinds. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent enough well rounded porter.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2024
at 14:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Lost check in from December 2019. Can from Eltham Wines. Hazy dark orange pour with a white head. Nose is parma violets,orange sherbet, pineapple. Lots of citric peel in the taste,more pineapple. Does the job.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2024
at 18:42
8/10
keg at beer heroes ..dark black ..thin tan lacing ...soft sweet chocolate Roast malts nose ...soft sweet chocolate ..soft chocolate roast malts
Tried
on 02 Sep 2024
at 05:07