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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Cask at the Claret Free House. It pours clear dark amber, with a thick foamy beige head and low carbonation. The nose is wood, sweaty sock, weak lemon and dust. The taste is wood, astringent, leather, lemon, dust and grass, with a dry, woody finish.
Tried from Cask on 12 Jun 2011 at 10:10

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cask at stockport beer festival ...dark brown black ... thin tan head ... big chocolate roast nose... big woody toffee maalts ... good solid mild
Tried from Cask on 04 Jun 2011 at 05:07

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cask at festival mild .. dark brown... dark heavy chocolate roast nose... sweet malts ... dark chocolate roast malt ... deep dark fruits ... alll i expect from a mild ... despite its higher abv... nice
Tried from Cask on 04 Jun 2011 at 04:23

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Cask at the Harp. Pours dark brown with a foamy, beige head. Aroma holds heavy, roasted coffee and chocolate syrup. Mediumt sweet flavor, strong character, deep coffee and some burnt sugar, burnt malts. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Mild warm finish, subtle booze, pleasant roasted malts and mocha. Solid beer.
Tried from Cask on 29 May 2011 at 04:29

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Cask-conditioned at the Cornubia (funnily enough), Bristol 12/05/2011. Arbor has brewed this house ale rather than merely rebadging one of its existing beers. Amber coloured with a tight white head. Citrus hop aroma with a touch of sweet maltiness and some orange. Flavour had plenty more orange fruit, biscuity malts and a dryish finish. Very quaffable.
Tried from Cask on 14 May 2011 at 05:06

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
On gravity at the Portcullis, Clifton, Bristol 29/04/2011. Copper coloured with a slight, off-white head. Hoppy, citrus fruit aroma with a touch of sweetness. Flavour of biscuit malts, more orange fruit and a touch of caramel, leading to a dry finish. Enjoyable.
Tried on 29 Apr 2011 at 23:22

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Cask gravity at Reading BF 2011. Black beer with lasting tan head. Roasted malt and liquorice on aroma. A very tasty roasty mild with some oilyness. Really rather lovely beer. A modern dark mild. Decent enough. Thick and full in mouth. Very tasty
Tried from Cask on 29 Apr 2011 at 06:47

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask, gravity at The White Horse, Hedgerley, Bucks 16.04.11 Pale lemon, in fact more strawlike in colour with a white bubbly head. Really furry bitterness in the mouth, some sweet maltiness, but this is soon zapped back by the brisk assertive hoppiness of the Summit hops. Nice, very nice. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried from Cask on 25 Apr 2011 at 01:35

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Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light butter notes, light to moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100803]
Tried from Cask on 12 Apr 2011 at 12:47

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol 6/04/2011. Pale gold in colour with a slight white head. Aroma of grapefruit and tangerines, with a floral edge and some sweetish malts. Flavour had plenty more citrus fruit, some slightly creamy malts and long, dry finish. Excellent.
Tried from Cask on 07 Apr 2011 at 12:54