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
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle at 6%. Pours very dark brown with a large head. Aroma is vanilla and smoky liquorice. Taste has cola to start. Roast, liquorice and vanilla on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2016
at 15:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Gonzo beer, Coventry. Hazy golden orange colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity citrus fruit and pith. Taste is mid bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2016
at 17:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from beer gonzo, Coventry. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Pine and tropical fruit aroma taste light sweet to fruity bitter. Big beer for a session IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2016
at 15:19
7/10
Pretty clean dipa but a bit one-dimensionable. Not bad.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2016
at 17:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, export vanilla mild 6% (from beer gonzo). Pours dark brown. Aroma is sweet, vanilla, malt, dark chocolate. Flavor is sweet and bitter, vanilla, malt, dark chocolate, slight toffee. Finish is roast bitter. Overall: very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2016
at 14:59
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home ... hazy amber ... big off white head ... soft herbal fruit nose .. dry herbal fruit ... odd musty herbal fruit ... odd .., little iodine.. shame i usually enjoy twisted Barrel
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2016
at 12:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cotteridge wines. Deep Ruby to dark brown colour with a thin white head. Light fruity yo roasted malt aroma taste light sweet to light roasted finish. Fresh but thin body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2016
at 16:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
15th June 2016
Hazy gold - amber beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, fairly dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Fluffy malts and dry malt cream. A whisper of smoke, nothing serious. Resinous orange and orange peel. Pine and hop spice. Touch of ripe lemon. The semi dry finish provides a whisper of something tropical. Decent but could be brighter.
Hazy gold - amber beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, fairly dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Fluffy malts and dry malt cream. A whisper of smoke, nothing serious. Resinous orange and orange peel. Pine and hop spice. Touch of ripe lemon. The semi dry finish provides a whisper of something tropical. Decent but could be brighter.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2016
at 02:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Opaque black, very lively pour, frothy brown head. Smells of malt, coffee and is seriously dry. Taste didn’t hit me in the mouth quite like I thought it would. From the scent I was expecting something seriously dry but it’s a fairly standard stout. Which isn’t to do it a disservice, it’s got bitter chocolate, rich malt, a bit of citrus at the back like a black IPA would and a hint of liquourice throughout and lingering on the tongue.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2016
at 16:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber beer which is very lively out of the bottle with an enormous, frothy head. Yeasty, fruity, hoppy scent. Flavour is initially quite mellow. Some tropical fruit, bitter earthy hop and some sharp malty flavour in there too. Not a huge amount of aftertaste but there is a lingering citric bitterness. Good, strong, crisp beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2016
at 15:06