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.
7/10
Tried
on 24 Aug 2021
at 22:50
7/10
Tried
on 15 Aug 2021
at 21:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Cloin. A translucent plummy purple red coloured pour with a halo of pink head. Aroma is semi sweet, tangy yogurt, dry pithy raspberry, dry cranberry, Flavour is composed of dry tart berries, dehydrated cranberries, rapsberry, yogurt, pith, Palate is dry, pithy, moderate carbonation. Decent fruit actions.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2021
at 23:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at home, from the Keeper connection, 07/08.21. Raspberry red with a crimson covering. Nose is raspberry pips, damp straw, grains, hedgerow, mixed berry sherbets. Taste comprises tangy berry compote, berry pips, raspberry yoghurt, grass, straw, faint lemon rind. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with the most modest of puckering finales. Ok fruity number ... good berry flavour profile ... could do with the sourness being ramped up here somewhat.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2021
at 18:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can on 105&376, from Keepers Bar, 16/07/21. Black with a decent tan cap. Nose is coffee bean, dark malts, charr, dried fruit rinds, cocoa sprinkle. Taste comprises sweet malts, vanilla, chocolate, dark malts, rocky roads. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jul 2021
at 17:04
7/10
Tried
on 16 Jul 2021
at 16:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can on 105&376, from Keepers bar, 16/07/21. Hazed orange yellow with a good sized just off white head. Nose is orange zest, light pine, grass, grapefruit. Taste comprises grapefruit, pine needle, grass, toasted malts, grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced juicy hop bitterness. Decent easy drinking DIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jul 2021
at 13:34
7/10
Tried
on 16 Jul 2021
at 13:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg tap at the brewery tap. Dark brown with a crescent of khaki head. Aroma dominated by coconut with sweet chocolate notes and a hint of salted caramel. Taste is sweet and warming with a surfeit of coconut,some almond and hazelnut and sweet dark chocolate. Full body with soft carbonation. This is special stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2021
at 17:34
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Keg tap at the brewery, FarGo Village, Coventry. Dark brown,pretty much black, with a thin khaki head. Dark malt notes in the aroma with slate, forest floor, salt liquorice. Sweetness to the taste drowned out by the dry finish. A delicious if uncompromising stout. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2021
at 17:25