Arbor FF #02- Approved

Brewed by Arbor
Style: Stout
Bristol, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle from West County Ales
Black, no light through, frothy tan head that dissipates to thin layer, some lacing
Aroma -soft dark roasted malts, chocolate, soft good quality coffee, fruity dark malts, well blended
Taste - soft dark roasted malts, dark fruits, soft bitter chocolate, touch of coffee, bit of burnt wood, lots of fruity dark malts, quite complex
Palate - very soft carb. medium body, smooth texture, touch of warming alcohol on palate, smooth fruity malts and soft woody. Finish as main flavour, smooth, lingering fruity roasted malts
Overall - Really nice smooth mellow gentle imperial stout

Cask at CP&K (under the name of Arbor Freestyle Fridays #2 Approved). It pours opaque black, with a thin dark tan head. The nose is smoke, salted liquorice, hay, roasted malt and ash. The taste is salted liquorice, varnish, roasted malt, dark cherry, tar, salted caramel, smoke, ash and alcohol warmth. Full body and fine carbonation. Tasty and full in flavour.

Cask @ Cask Pub and Kitchen. Named "Freestyle Fridays #2 Approved Stout". This is possibly the sweetest stout I’ve ever tasted. Like melted coffee ice cream. Coffee notes and sugar dominate the palette. It has a luxurious mouthfeel, but doesn’t have the depth of flavor to make this truly elite. A little more bitterness would be appreciated. Still, this is quite worthy.

Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol 21/11/2011. Opaque black with a touch of a tan head. Big dark chocolate and roast malts aroma. Flavour had more chocolate, some sweetish dark fruits and a toasty finish with warming alcohol. Very good.

Bottle at home in London. Pours thick black with a frothy, beige foam head. Really deep roasted malt nose with dirt, soil and seared earth. Also rich cocoa. Medium sweet flavor with hefty dark malts, strong roast character, charred malts, burnt cocoa, bitter dirt. Medium bodied with average, creamy carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish, more burnt cocoa, strong roastiness, perhaps some slight prunes. Very decent brew.

Cask handpull at Craft Beer Co. Pitch black. No real head. Its got some very decent roasted and juicy malts. Bit of carbonation. Some blackcurrant edge on the finish. Tasty. I will give you that. Grew on me. Dark choc. Pretty good. I liked it.

Bottle from West Country Ales. Big fat dark nose with figs and raisins and sump oil and treacle. Pours lifeless, black and seething. Flavour is rich and full of vineous dark notes - cocoa, licorice, Finishes malty and molasses sweet with a fine underpinning bitterness. Very nice.

Bottled@chriso. Quite much pitch black colour, with a small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some liquorice, ripe fruits and mild smoked wet wooden notes. Flavour is liquorice, ripe fruits, some roasted malts as well as mild saltyness and a bit sour black coffee.

Bottle from My Favourite Beers, Cheltenham, 11.02.12 consumed Sunday 12th February 2012 Pours dark brown with filmy beige head. bitter and roasty, slightly gritty mouthfeel, quite hoppy with the alcohol also noticeable, slight spirit like character. Dark fruitiness, in fact quite tart. Its very pleasant. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4

Bottle 330ml. @ home.

[ As Arbor Freestyle Fridays #2 Approved Stout ].
Clear dark brown black colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, caramel, chocolate, dusty, wood, smoke. Initial flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, middel flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, finish flavour is moderate sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration, peat, chocolatem cold coffee, chimney soot, chlorine notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat flat. [20120112]