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

330ml bottle from The Offie, Leicester. Light gusher, but pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of white bread, light spice, almonds. Taste is light bready sweet, faint honey, spice. Light sweet finish. Prickly carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2015 at 14:17


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

330ml bottle from The Offie, Leicester. Pours clear golden orange, but with a lot of floaters, and a thin white head. Aromas of tangerine, peach, tropical fruits. Taste is light sweet, juicy tropical fruit. Bit gassy, fruity finish.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2015 at 13:12




6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at Chriso’s Travlr last minute tasting. Thanks to Colin. Aroma is dark reddy chestnut brown coloured pour with a big light tan head. Quite lively. Aroma is nutty, light choc, dried fruit, light jam. Flavour is composed of thin, nutty, tangy choc, dried apple. Palate is semi sweet, highish carbonation, tangy finish. Ok mild. Bit lively.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2015 at 16:37


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Draft sample courtesy of the chef at Cherry Reds in Birmingham. Nice, dry, earthy stout, tasty enough.

Tried from Draft on 03 Oct 2015 at 14:28


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

Bottle split at Travlr tasting @ Chriso, 30/09/15. Rich mahogany brown with a decent beige covering. Nose is light chocolate, pipe tobacco, toffee, faint spice, earthy, biscuit crumble. Taste comprises dark fruit shreds, tobacco, liquorice, brown bread, toffee. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent mild.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2015 at 06:33


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

Bottle shared in London at chriso’s. Thanks to Rudkin. Pours brown with a big, frothy tan head. The aroma holds some cocoa, coffee, berries. Light sweet flavor with subtle burnt wood, dough, cocoa, earth. Light bodied with average carbonation. Somewhat dry on the finish, some dried berries, bittersweet cocoa. OK.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2015 at 15:41


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Clear deep maroon color, big fluffy beige head. Aroma of dusty cocoa. Taste is dusty cocoa powder. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2015 at 15:24


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

Bottle from Cotteridge wines. Almost black colour with a foamy tan head. Aroma is fruity, berries, and roasted malt. Taste is balanced, not big hops, but very fresh.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2015 at 15:30