Arboreal
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating|
Score
7.29
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Arboreal is an amber-hued American sour ale, fermented and aged in second-use bourbon barrels.
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Robinvboyer (8037) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy light brown, ruby pour with a large off white head. Aroma is very tart, big lactic notes, huge amounts of oak and sweet malts. Bourbon is present, huge amounts of oak, sweet, and boozy with loads of lactic sourness. Intense and boozy, spicy and sweet.
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, at share, thanks to Chris M. Pours brown. Pear, cherry, biscuit, floral, tart. Medium body. Fine.
SaltyGrog (4618) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Clear, dark amber, mostly still pour @the Moth. Pineapple, strawberry, herbal sour, can't wait sort of nose. Black tea, sharp pineapple, plum, soft oxidation, delicate touch of bourbon, sweet lemon tea finish. Pineapple burps. Excellent.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours deep mahogany into a tulip. White head with no retention hug rim. Dark cherry funk aromas. Tart with dark cherry, earthy oak, and cabernet skin upfront turning to a dry marshmallow funk in the lasting finish.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from GftW (don't remember what year it was, but somewhere in the 2013-2016 range). Had fresh and with a year of age on it.
Clear, deep amber with caramel undertones. Fleeting, off-white head.
Plentiful sourness in the nose yields some cherry-like Brett character, juicy acidity and tons of lactic character on the finish. Malts are pretty prominent, but also need to be, to balance.
Strong acidity, with intense cherry-like character and an undercurrent of acetic. Soft/slick texture with tight carbonation and a touch of warming heat on the end. Some honey, bread and caramel from the malt department. It's pretty intense. Maybe a year or five more in the cellar would help.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours clear orange, small off white head, minimal lacing. Aroma is tannic, oak, bourbon, Brett, lemon peel, hints of berry. Flavor is medium tart, light plus funk. Medium body, low carbonation.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A hazed amber ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, light ground cherry, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light cork, treacle, light acidity, very nice. On tap at Lupulus.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a brown color ale with a medium size off-white foamy head with light retention and no lacing. Aroma of light caramelized malt with some intense Brett notes with some bourbon and oak notes also perceptible. Taste is also a mix of fruit Brett notes with some light caramelized malt notes, no residual sugar notes with some pretty intense woody and bourbon notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Enjoyable but Brett was maybe too strong and overtaking the bourbon flavours.
Mansquito (19100) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Goods from the Garden at Spuyten Duyvil tap: pours murky brown with a light beige head. Aroma is woody, kind of like an oud bruin, vinegar and wine. Taste is sweet and moderately sour. Pretty good.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Arboreal from Oxbow Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared on Level 42. 2018 kick off session. 05/01/2018. A clear deep amber orange coloured pour with a halo of off white head. Aroma is sweet tangy, pineapple, lacto, citrus, lemon, Flavour is composed of semi sweet, tangto woody clean lacto sour, . Vanilla, sour white wine. Palate is sour white wine. . lingering. woody sour, white wine.