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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Wenlock Arms, London on 29th December 2010. Copper with thin foam. Malty aroma then rather bitter in-mouth; back-of-mouth bitterness and grapefruit notes, before a lingering bittersweet aftertaste. Light mouthfeel.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jan 2011 at 11:43

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Gold, thin white head. Decent-ish blond beer. Some yeast on aroma. OK, but unexciting.
Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2010 at 04:04

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Black lasting beige head. Quite a flavoursome stout, some sweetness. It’s a decent tasty stout. Good condition.
Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2010 at 04:03

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 10, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark black brown color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100803]
Tried from Cask on 26 Dec 2010 at 01:32

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
On gravity at the Three Tuns, Bristol 21/12/10. Deep gold in colour with a lick of a white head. Aroma of tangerines and pineapple with some grapefruit in the background. Flavour had lots of citrus hops, with a solid malt backbone and very long, bitter finish. An excellent IPA that avoided sticky sweetness.
Tried on 22 Dec 2010 at 12:31

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol 21/12/10. Golden in colour with a slight white head. Aroma of grapefruit, with some floral notes and a touch of sweetness. Flavour was dominated by more grapefruit, with some decent balancing malts and lengthy, dry finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 22 Dec 2010 at 12:22

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol 29/11/10. Golden in colour with a billowy white head. Aroma of bramble fruit with a touch of grassy hops. Cereal malt flavour, with a touch more fruit and decent, bitter finish. Fine.
Tried from Cask on 29 Nov 2010 at 13:47

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tins, Bristol 23/11/10. Copper coloured with a decent, off-white head. Sweetish aroma of caramel and orange fruit, with some floral hops. Flavour began with more fruit and sweet malts, before some citrus hops and a lingering, bitter finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 24 Nov 2010 at 10:24

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Thanks to Nate who brought this hand bottled from The Rake to The Cask Pub & Kitchen. Very dark brown thin beige head. Decent black IPA. Roasted malt aroma along with the hops. Lovely. Good bitter finish. Lacked a touch of condition from the hand bottling. I have had Raven in this pub which was better than this
Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2010 at 06:34

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol 2/11/10. Golden with a slight white head. Slightly fruity, hoppy aroma with a hint of yeastiness. Sweetish malt flavour, with some lemon fruit and dry finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2010 at 16:19