Arbor Ales The Devil Made Me Brew It

The Devil Made Me Brew It

 

Arbor Ales in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Oatmeal Regular
Score
7.29
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 52
This oatmeal stout was brewed with seven different malts and a few generous additions of Bramling Cross hops during the boil. Much as we like the dark fruit flavour of Bramling Cross it’s always somewhat lacking in the aroma department, so we enlisted the help of Bravo, Citra, Mosaic & Simcoe after fermentation to make things a little more interesting.
 

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8.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Dark brown, just a little translucent with a smallish buff-coloured head. Charcoal, pine, light citrus and liquorice on the nose. Sweet taste, some pine needles, some caramel. Tiny bit of Marmite. So much going on here. Thin to medium body, carbonation on the soft side. Just incredible!

Tried from Cask at Blue Boar on 01 Mar 2025 at 18:20


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Rating catch up. Shared 30/5/2021 with Dan and Grumbo. No full review but rating breakdown taken and discussed at the time.

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 11:06


7

Tried on 10 Apr 2023 at 13:27


6

Tried from Can on 04 Nov 2022 at 17:27


22/01/2020. CANON, 1 Barton Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (STONEGATE)

Tried from Can on 04 Nov 2022 at 10:59


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Black lingering creamy beige head. Dark chocolate aroma. Roasted grains. Resin. Evident hops underneath. Taste is bitter with a long, bitter finish. Good.

Tried on 12 May 2022 at 16:38


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a deep dark brown almost black with a creamy light brown head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, light ashy smoke, dark fruits, hops. Taste is fruity, rich roasted malts, raisin, fig, ashy.

Tried on 30 Dec 2021 at 23:55


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

30/5/2021. Can shared with Dan and ITFCfan, from A Hoppy Place, Windsor. Pours black with a large frothy beige head. Aroma of ash, toffee, hops, dark fruits, chocolate, roasted malt. Moderate sweetness and light roasted bitterness. Medium body, slight creamy texture, fizzy carbonation. Burnt notes to finish. Nicely done, would have been even better if it was less fizzy..

Tried from Can on 01 Jun 2021 at 09:06


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

On tap at Beer Emporium, Brizzle in a time when bars were open. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma: malty, toffee, cocoa, almonds, hops in the background. Taste: light sweet & bitter, chocolate, caramel, earthy, coffee hints, nutty. Medium body, fine carb, bittersweet dry finish. Nice

Tried from Draft on 09 Jun 2020 at 21:48


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

Rocky tan head stayed on a dark mahogany coloured still body. Huge aroma of malt, pine & rye? Medium bodied, light & airy on the tongue with a smoother clean back. Malt, dull oats, cereal & demerara over the tongue immediately followed by a massive blast of hops, light berry, pine & citrus followed by a long tangy finish. Excellent

Tried on 19 May 2020 at 20:26