6.5/10
Tried
on 01 Feb 2026
at 15:30
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Keg at Favourite Beers. Pours black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of chocolate, treacle, molasses. Taste is rich and sweet, chocolate, treacle, molasses and vanilla all there in spades, nothing overpowers, roasty coffee like finish, only a hint of the booze. Full bodied, smooth. Fantastic stuff, best Arbor stout I’ve had in ages.
Tried
from Draft
from
Favourite Beers
on 24 Jan 2026
at 15:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Handpull cask at the Bag O' Nails, Bristol.amber and clear with a small beige head and plenty of lacing. Sweet, malty aroma, notes of pine and forest floor. Sweet taste, malty with a nice little bit of bittering hop later on. Clean finish. Light body with minimal carbonation. Nice little beer,
Tried
from Cask
at
The Bag O’ Nails
on 17 Jan 2026
at 13:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at The Pocket, Highbury/Islington, London. A dark amber/brown coloured pour with a medium dense off white head on top. Rich, sweetish, malty, caramel action. Nicely balanced and easy to drink, decent effort from Arbor.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2026
at 13:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Waitrose. Lovely label, which to be honest is probably why I bought it. Hazed up medium orange gold. Soppy white foam. Looks boss. Nose has nicely fresh citrus hoppage. Bit of pineapple. Light Nelson twang. Thankfully light on the oats. Taste is semi sweet with a decent citrus bitterness. Drinks easy and clean. Moderate bitterness to finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 06 Jan 2026
at 19:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from HOTM probably. A hazed orange gold coloured pour with a loose sticky white head. Aroma is nice soft wheat, big hockey puck, rubber, burnt grass, pissy NZ hops. grassy hops. some white grape. Flavour is composed of soft fluffy wheat, funky NZ hops, pizzy citrus, white grape, rubber, fizzy citrus, Palate is semi sweet, flaky wheat, grains, highish carbonation. Lingering pithy citrus.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2026
at 00:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Eltham Wines. Nose is tropical fruit, lime, tangerine, grapefruit. Grapefruit, lime, peach & light tropical fruit flavours. Oodles of bittersweet fruits in the close.
Tried
from Can
from
Eltham Wines
on 03 Jan 2026
at 17:09
7/10
Tried
on 02 Jan 2026
at 23:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint can from Appellation Wines. Pours near black with a rocky beige head. Aromas of molasses, wood smoke, blackberry and raisin. Taste adds some oats. Smoky blackberry and leather finish. Nice.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2025
at 16:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint can from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - matt opaque deep brown to black. Foamy beige head.
Nose - a hint of oats, molasses, wood smoke, blackberry and raisin.
Taste - oats, molasses, wood smoke and blackberry again.
Palate - medium bodied, dry middle and finish.
Overall - good.
Appearance - matt opaque deep brown to black. Foamy beige head.
Nose - a hint of oats, molasses, wood smoke, blackberry and raisin.
Taste - oats, molasses, wood smoke and blackberry again.
Palate - medium bodied, dry middle and finish.
Overall - good.
Tried
from Can
from
Appellation Wines (Comely Bank)
on 27 Dec 2025
at 19:57