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.
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Clear amber with a frothy white head and a soft berry fruit aroma. Light bodied, lovely fruit malt flavour, sweet red berries and a slightly dry bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Tap and Can
on 19 Apr 2026
at 17:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can. Pours a amber brown colour with a tight white head, light malt aroma with hints of caramel, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 19 Apr 2026
at 16:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Morrisons. Pours hazy golden with a thick white head. Aromas of peach, passionfruit and grapefruit. Taste is more of the same. Good heft for the abv. Light bitter finish.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2026
at 15:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap at Famous Royal Navy Volunteer Bristol. Clear gold colour lasting white head. Some tropical favour maybe. Its an ok lager. Clean . No faults. Some lemon flavour some mango even. Its ok. I want soemthing malty.
Tried
from Draft
at
Famous Royal Navy Volunteer (The Volley)
on 26 Mar 2026
at 15:16
Tried
from Draft
at
Welly
on 13 Mar 2026
at 00:00
7.6/10
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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
7/10
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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
7.3/10
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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
6/10
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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
6.4/10
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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