Twisted Barrel Ale

Microbrewery in Coventry, West Midlands, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Twisted Barrel Brewery Tap House

Established in 2014

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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.

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy brown pour with a creamy beige head, aroma has some fresh pine, tangerine and caramel, taste has bitter grapefruit, caramel, some tangerine and pine, some red fruits, decent.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2016 at 13:02


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy dark brown pour with a creamy off white head, aroma has sweet red fruits, some yeast and a hint of spice, taste is very sweet with big alcohol presence, sweet fruits, a hint of toffee, some peppery yeast, peanut brittle, ok.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2016 at 13:30


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; clear amber pour with a creamy off white head, aroma has citrus and a hint of malt, taste has pink grapefruit, tangerine, a hint of spice and caramel.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2016 at 11:19


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Cherry Reds, Birmingham. Poured a murky medium brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is smoky malt, liqourice. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter with a dry coffee, smoky, light chocolate, hop liqourice bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 09 Jan 2016 at 13:19


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

15th December 2015
Bottleshare at Chez Smith. Thanks to Colin. Opaque dark brown beer, very big tan head. Airy palate, decent fine carbonation. Chocolatey malts, a dark chocolate. Mild roast. Light semi dry finish. Tasty for a modest abv stout.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2015 at 05:14


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at Leightons place, 14/12/15. Thanks to Colin for this one. Hazed golden orange coloured pour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity citrus, slightly pithy, dirty grains, slight smokey phenol on the nose. Flavour is composed of spicy Rye, bready malts, pithy citrus, earthy. Palate is frothy, solid assertive hop bitterness, sticky hop resin. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2015 at 13:20


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at Leightons place, Thanks to Colin for this one. 14/12/15. Opaque black coloured pour with a big frothy drake tan head. Aroma is dry cocoa, EARTHY DIRT, ROAST, choc powder. Flavour is bitter black choc, roast, earth burnt earth. Lingering dry roast. Palate is very highly carbonation, earth, frothy. Lingering dirty bitter roast.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2015 at 13:19


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Cloin. Pours unclear orange with a creamy off-white head. The nose has a bit of citrus, mellow dusty grains, nips of tangerine. Light to medium sweet flavor with more grainy bread, a little marmalade, apricot, pine. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Light resinous at the close, more grains, rindy citrus, minerals. Bitter aftertaste. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2015 at 13:33


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle split at the Bespin cloud network, 15/12/15. Hazed orange amber with a decent beige covering. Nose is bitter orange, straw, light spice, biscuit, caramel. Taste comprises bitter orange, citric peel, apricot jam, toasted bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with earthy hop bitterness. Decent enough fayre.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2015 at 13:31


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at 6% thanks to Colin. It pours cloudy burnt orange with a thick yellow - white head. The nose is fresh, bright orange, peachy, sherbet, some rye spice, bready malts and candy. The taste is crisp, bitter, bready maltage, spice rye, orange peel, alcohol hit and earth with a dry, spiced finish. Medium body and moderate + carbonation. Pretty solid stuff. Nice aroma.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2015 at 13:31