Arbor Ales

Microbrewery in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Arbor Bottleshop & Taproom

Established in 2007

Contact
181 Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0HQ, England
Description
Our current kit can produce up to 20 brewer’s barrels, depending on the beer and how heavily hopped it is. We have 10 fermentation vessels, with the most recent additions being oversized to allow double brews of our more popular beers. Having started as a one-man operation, the business has slowly expanded to the current team of eight as demand, production, brew house and premises size have increased.

We put a premium on quality and consistency, which means monitoring the beer at every stage of the brewing process and beyond. Much of our equipment, i.e. our keg washing & filling machine and our bottling machine, were chosen with this in mind.

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Tried from Draft at Welly on 13 Mar 2026 at 00:00


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

Can from Eltham Wines. peach. Taste is peach, papaya, apricot, red grapefruit, passionfruit. Zesty citrusy aftertaste.

Tried from Can from Eltham Wines on 28 Feb 2026 at 15:47


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

Keg at Llandoger Trow, Bristol. Hazy dark orange. Thick if translucent foamy white head. Aroma is citrusy (and pithy) with underlying milky oats. Flavourwise it has sweet tinged sourness (aka sweet citrus), with a more tart edge. Underlying chewy malts and oats. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation provides buoyancy. Long slightly astringent finish. Enjoyable.

Tried from Draft at Llandoger Trow on 24 Feb 2026 at 15:54


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can from Eltham Sainsburys. Apricot, peach & grapefruit nose. Heavy citrus taste, splosh of peach & apricot. Crisp citrus fruit flavours. Tangy hoppy aftertaste.

Tried from Can from Sainsbury's (Various locations) on 16 Feb 2026 at 21:14


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Hand pulled half pint in the Dog Hangs Well, Ludlow on Friday 13th February 2026. Slight haze in the pale golden body, white crust on top. Hoppy but sadly a little bland and too me somewhat boring, all a bit too subtle for me.

Tried from Cask at Dog Hangs Well on 13 Feb 2026 at 18:45


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

500ml can from Seven Cellars. Gluten Free. Slightly hazed golden amber colour, foamy white head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, grain, herby hops. Taste is sweetish, malty, grainy, alittle caramel, with some zesty herbal hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Can from Seven Cellars @ Seven Dials on 05 Feb 2026 at 22:36


6.5

Tried on 01 Feb 2026 at 15:30


8.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Keg at Favourite Beers. Pours black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of chocolate, treacle, molasses. Taste is rich and sweet, chocolate, treacle, molasses and vanilla all there in spades, nothing overpowers, roasty coffee like finish, only a hint of the booze. Full bodied, smooth. Fantastic stuff, best Arbor stout I’ve had in ages.

Tried from Draft from Favourite Beers on 24 Jan 2026 at 15:41


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

Handpull cask at the Bag O' Nails, Bristol.amber and clear with a small beige head and plenty of lacing. Sweet, malty aroma, notes of pine and forest floor. Sweet taste, malty with a nice little bit of bittering hop later on. Clean finish. Light body with minimal carbonation. Nice little beer,

Tried from Cask at The Bag O’ Nails on 17 Jan 2026 at 13:41


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

Cask at The Pocket, Highbury/Islington, London. A dark amber/brown coloured pour with a medium dense off white head on top. Rich, sweetish, malty, caramel action. Nicely balanced and easy to drink, decent effort from Arbor.

Tried from Cask on 11 Jan 2026 at 13:29