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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7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tried from Draft at Boot Micropub on 26 Dec 2025 at 19:16

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tight white head on milky hazy pale golden coloured body.
Medium bodied, nicely carbonated with a foamy back.
Lemon, yeasty, cereal & lime tastes.
Refresher.
Tried from Draft at Holly Tree Tap on 20 Dec 2025 at 21:39

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cloudy, light yellow body with a white head that dissipates very quickly. Aromas of pineapple, orange, and grapefruit, perhaps a touch of grape. The taste is subdued, only slightly fruity, with pine, orange, and pineapple. Medium body with a smooth texture, a slight wheat graininess. Grapefruit bitterness with a hint of stem. OK, but the flavours could be more pronounced.
Tried from Can on 20 Dec 2025 at 14:17

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Draught keg at Tønne, Leicester. Light to mid-gold and hazy with an uneven white head. Stone fruit, cracked wheat, gentle sugared citrus, candy floss. Bittersweet taste, a little bitter on the finish with a good bit of apricot. Watery body with fairly heavy carbonation. A bit muted for Arbor but not a bad drink.
Tried from Draft at Tønne on 11 Dec 2025 at 19:11

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Can from Against The Grain. Hazy golden body with a thin white head. No visible carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of orange and grapefruit. Flavour of pine, orange and pineapple. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Piney and hoppy - an excellent IPA.
Tried from Can on 07 Dec 2025 at 18:22

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from the Beer Hive. Pours clear golden with a thick white head. Aromas of pine and grapefruit. Taste is more of the same. Pretty straightforward stuff, but not bad. Light bitter finish.
Tried on 06 Dec 2025 at 09:56

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
568ml can. Pours a very dark brown almost black, with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, treacle, tangy dark fruits. Taste follows suit, tangy fruit notes with chocolate, molasses, liquorice, roast malts, bittersweet. Medium-ish bodied. It's alright but a bit too tangy for me. Expected better from Arbor.
Tried from Can from Trembling Madness Online Shop on 06 Dec 2025 at 03:14

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
440ml can.  Pours jet black with a small head.  Aroma is bitter coffee, treacle, vanilla and alcohol.  Taste has treacle and raisin to start.  Coffee, vanilla and dark chocolate on the finish.  More raisin on the finish.
Tried from Can on 21 Nov 2025 at 16:40

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a lasting frothy white head. Aroma is soft bready wheat, white grape, opal fruits, floral some green citrus, white grape, spicy, nettle, soft wheat, bready, white grape, soft fruit, sabro vibes. Palate is light tang, wheat, bready, spicy , powdery carbonation. light mineral. little rubber.
Tried on 15 Nov 2025 at 01:32

6.5/10
Tried on 08 Nov 2025 at 17:45