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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Sommar Waterloo St. Aroma has smoke and peat. Dark cola brown. Beige head retreats to the rim. Light-medium bitter. Herbs and smoke. Medium bodied but light. Average carbonation. Long finish. Surprisingly bland.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2023
at 16:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Keg draught at Tønne, Leicester. Mid-gold to dark and brassy, hazy with an uneven white head. Dank citrus and melon notes in the aroma. Taste is bittersweet with more melon, grapefruit and a suggestion of smoke. Full body with medium carbonation. Pretty badass.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2023
at 19:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at the wee vault. Pours deep brown, nose is chocolate, roasted, toffee, taste is bitter, roasted, toffee, thin.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2022
at 17:00
14/05/2019. BREWED BOY, 13 London Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England
Tried
on 15 Dec 2022
at 16:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance is amber, with a 1-2 finger white foamy head. Aroma is pine, hops, floral hints, tropical fruit, bit of peach. Taste is bitter hops, orange, grapefruit, juicy hoppy fruit, bit of maltiness in the background.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2022
at 21:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Tap and Can. Hazed gold appearance, good white collar. Quite light, airy palate, malt forward. Decent cask sesh.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2022
at 18:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Bullhouse East. Hazy golden yellow color, small white head. Lightly funky floral aroma. Taste is lightly bitter freshly cut hay. decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2022
at 17:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can. Pours jet black with a large head. Aroma is bitter coffee and vanilla. Taste has bitter cakey coffee with a bitter coffee finish.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Aug 2022
at 21:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF '22 day 2, 03/08/22. Moderately hazed golden orange with a white cap that clears to a swirl. Nose is tangerine, melon, soft malts, crackers, lemon tinged straw. Taste comprises orange zest, melon, light breads, soft malts. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with balanced juicy hop bitterness. Tidy enough cask pale.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2022
at 09:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
3/8/2022. Cask at GBBF 2022, day 2. Pours cloudy pale yellow gold with a bubbly/frothy just off-white head. Aroma of citrus, peach, caramel, light coconut, vanilla, biscuit, touch of herb. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, very soft carbonation. Sweeter finish, nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2022
at 16:14