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.
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can from Kerrera, Guildford. Aroma is sweet and malty. Sugarwater. Pale light gold. Thin bright white foamy head. Lightest bitter. Malty. Slightly sweaty. Light. Thin. Soft carbonation. Long dry finish. Blaaannddd.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2024
at 20:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Kwg at Kerrera, Guildford. Aroma is fruity, resinous edge. Perhaps some vanilla. Hazy orange. Thin foamy translucent white head. Medium bitter - stone fruit and res8n. Mixed in we have a creamy vanilla not too sweet streak. Thick. Oily. Average prickly carbonation. Long some dry and astringent finish. Enjoyable without really standing out.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2024
at 17:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
20/1/2024. Can shared at CLBF/IKL From Sips, Salisbury. Pours very dark brown with a creamy tan coloured head. Aroma is chocolate, liquorice, coffee, roasted malt, caramel, ash. Moderate sweetness and medium roasted bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2024
at 12:52
7/10
Tried
on 13 Jan 2024
at 17:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black beer, solid tan head. Rich aroma of toasty malt. Flavour has a little brown sugar, cocoa, sweet / toasty malt, a little lactose. Really decent body for the ABV, good aftertaste and doesn't feel compromised by being sessionable. One of the best session stout I've had, and honestly it packs more of a punch than some stronger ones I've had too. Lovely stuff, could happily spend an evening on this.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2024
at 19:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[44cl can from Beer52.] A cloudy amber pour with a ring of white head; tropical fruit aroma; dry tropical fruit taste to start, followed by some caramel; then a dry finish with a lasting herbal bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2024
at 18:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
440ml can via Beer52, BB 3rd October 2024, drank at my parents on 28th December 2023. Hazy golden orange body, white crust. Fruity little number with tropical/citrus notes to the fore in both the nose and taste, neither sweet nor sour, semi-bitter with a decent malt backbone.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2023
at 19:21
8/10
Very nice. Smooth malts, slight dryness in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2023
at 21:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Great Grog. Hazy pale golden with a white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of lemon and wheat. Flavours of lemongrass, salt grass and cracker. Medium body with a smooth texture. Light fizz. It’s easy drinking and bright. I’d prefer it if it had been a bit more hoppy but this is a tasty beer.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2023
at 11:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Appearance is amber, a bit murky, a small fizzy white head. Aroma is malt, brown bread, fruitcake hints, raisiny dark malt. Taste is raisin, nutty malt, fruitcake, hoppy hints, orange peel, juicy fruit at the end. Quite full-bodied. Good effort at a panettone.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2023
at 06:29