Arbor Ales
Microbrewery
in
Bristol,
Bristol,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Arbor Bottleshop & Taproom
Established in 2007
Contact
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.
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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - dirty yellow brown. Thin lacing. Nose - funky lemon and zest. Taste - more lemon zest and funk. Palate - light bodied, zesty finish. Overall - OK.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2024
at 13:49
5/10
can at ashs tasting ...hazy amber ..thin white lacing ..soft earthy woody lemon nose ..soft sharp tart lemon ..massive tart lemon ..but im not liking the back edge
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2024
at 13:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours murky yellow with a thin white head. Aromas of lemon and vanilla, faint funk. Taste is sharp sour lemon. Sour finish. Dirty vanilla linger.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2024
at 13:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenny, 16/06/24. Moderate haze on an orange to golden pour topped with a white cap that thins edgewards. Nose is lemon rind, herb, airy malts, citric sherbets, grass. Taste comprises tangy lemon, lemon sorbet, citric tinged straw, light puckering bite and some acidic elements. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a sharp lemon zing in the close. Okay tangy refresher.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2024
at 15:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma of oak, whiskey, chocolate. Taste of chocolate, roast malt, whiskey, oak, the walnut isn't really that prominent at all, sweet and boozy. Full bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2024
at 23:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Vino, Broughton Street. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of grapefruit and dank resin. Taste is quite sweet and fruity. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2024
at 17:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can split at CBJ, thanks to Kenny, 18/10/23. Golden orange topped with an off white head. Nose is orange zest, grapefruit, pine needle, mango splash. Taste comprises ripe melon, orange peel, mixed tropical fruit esters, mango, light pine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy hop bitterness. It's okay but stuck between 3rd and 4th gear, expect more from this brewer normally, never mind for a special brew.
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2024
at 09:00
7/10
From backlog. Can, at The Black Heart, Camden, London. Straight from The Can. Malts, hops, yeast, Fruity, some mild bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 22 May 2024
at 20:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
18th May 2024
Can. Hazy orange gold beer, small and short lived pale cream colour head. Light palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Light malts, a thin creamy sweetness. Rather obvious and slightly tart lemon with a somehow contrasting lemon marmalade and ripe lemon peel vibe. A mildly salty lemon semi dry finish. Don't hate this but I get neither the Limoncello vibe nor any Lemondrop hop goodness. Just a lemon zest brew that is overall slightly tart and it makes for a somewhat one dimensional IPA.
Can. Hazy orange gold beer, small and short lived pale cream colour head. Light palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Light malts, a thin creamy sweetness. Rather obvious and slightly tart lemon with a somehow contrasting lemon marmalade and ripe lemon peel vibe. A mildly salty lemon semi dry finish. Don't hate this but I get neither the Limoncello vibe nor any Lemondrop hop goodness. Just a lemon zest brew that is overall slightly tart and it makes for a somewhat one dimensional IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 19 May 2024
at 12:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Alma Tavern, Bristol. Surprised by the very high rating here. It was easy English cask drinking with a slightly more mature profile than most session ipas. Caramel colour. Didn't do much for me. (18/5/24)
Tried
from Cask
on 18 May 2024
at 10:12