Arboreal
Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating|
Score
7.30
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Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Ale
Arboreal is an amber-hued American sour ale, fermented and aged in second-use bourbon barrels.
Arboreal is an amber-hued American sour ale, fermented and aged in second-use bourbon barrels.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Russell. Pours a cloudy copper gold with small white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is leather, wood, funk, grape. Thin mouth, grape, vinous, leather, oak, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2015
at 23:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the DC Expanded Sour Tasting. Poured a slightly hazy brown color with a small amount of ruby in it. Small wispy off-white head. Light fruit skin notes. Tart, sweet tart notes with a little wood on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2015
at 11:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a 50 cl bottle shared at Travlr’s sour beer tasting. Pours a hazy brown with a scant head. Sour fruit nose. Flavors of tart apple with some oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2015
at 14:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours copper with an off-white head. Aroma is light, light sour, and mild fruit, and bourbon. Sort of comes out like calvados. Med body, almost. Flavor is hint of bourbon, but it still reminds of calvados. Nice, tasty. So flavor is kind of apple fruit and mild bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2015
at 15:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
4 oz pour from bottle at ChurchKey shared by kraddel, thanks! Amber/reddish color. Aromas of flowers, light vinegar, red wine, grapes. Tastes of red wine, tart dark fruit, vinegar. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2015
at 00:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Pours clear, bit darker amber. Smell is dry, bit fruity sour, some oak. Taste is very dry, wine haracter, sour maltyness, full oak taste. Nice!
Tried
on 16 Feb 2015
at 15:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the brewery. Pours a clear deep golden color with a good sized bone white head that dissipates quickly. Aromas of earthen tart citrus with a somewhat rustic light funky smell. Light cereal graininess and just a hint of cherry vanilla round out the nose. If there is oak or bourbon in the nose its faint. The flavor holds a hint of cereal grain with a touch of bready malt. Lemons and tart cherries pucker a bit before some earth and light sweet bourbon flavor finish us off. Moderate pucker with a light funky earthy rustic tone to it. Very nice American wild.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2015
at 18:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Crystal clear amber color, pretty much flat. Aroma of vanilla, butterscotch. Taste is sour rich vanilla, malty caramel. Really interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2014
at 17:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
375ml bottle at PPG. Cost a pretty penny ($37 if I remember right). Pours a mostly clear amber, zero head. Looks like iced tea. Nose has blood oranges, wood pulp, lightly vegetal, fairly geuze-y, a little preserved lemon, some pickling liquid. Flavor follows, pomegranate vinegar, blood orange, some grapefruit peel, soap, wood pulp, mild leather. Oily finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2014
at 16:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Weekly tasting. Pours amber white head. Nose/taste of bourbon, light vinegar, oak, funky yeast. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2014
at 19:58