Pints West 92, Winter 2011 - Bristol & District CAMRA
Pints West 92, Winter 2011 - Bristol & District CAMRA
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PINTS WEST<br />
Arbor Ales 500th brew<br />
Arbor Ales recently celebrated its 500 th<br />
brew – a 9% ABV IPA. The boil (the<br />
part of the brewing process where the<br />
hops are added to the ‘wort’) occupied 500<br />
minutes, resulting in a powerfully hopped ale!<br />
Another development is that of “Freestyle<br />
Friday” wherein once a fortnight the brewers<br />
give their fancies free rein and create an<br />
original one-off ale. The latest one is a 7%<br />
ABV stout called Approved. Made with<br />
Amber malt it is moderately hopped and very<br />
moreish. At the brewery recently I sampled<br />
the newly racked Slumberjack (6.9% ABV),<br />
a seasonal dark and delectable, smooth and<br />
intensely warming old ale.<br />
Jon Comer, the founder of Arbor Ales, told<br />
me that the main news is that they are “too<br />
busy; when we think we’ve got everything<br />
done and can take a break, someone phones<br />
up with another order,” At the moment the<br />
number of casks conditioning in the cold store<br />
is at an all time low. With six regular outlets<br />
in London taking their beers, as well as a<br />
similar number in Reading, expansion is the<br />
only answer. Plans for 2012 revolve around<br />
the installation of a possible 10-barrel-length<br />
plant, together with additional fermenting<br />
vessels, more casks and increased bottling<br />
capacity, in larger premises.<br />
On the in-house retail front (that’s the “tied<br />
estate”), the recent beer festival at the Three Tuns<br />
in Hotwells was a great success – twenty-four<br />
nine-gallon casks being consumed by the lucky<br />
participants.<br />
Henry Davies<br />
GBG 2012 amendment<br />
For those who have purchased the new Good Beer Guide 2012, please note that the details<br />
for the Three Tuns in St Georges Road in Hotwells are already out of date following a recent<br />
change of management (although it remains an Arbor Ales pub). The phone number is now<br />
0117 9070689 and the pub is no longer open all day every day. The new hours according to<br />
the Arbor Ales web site are Monday to Wednesday 12-2.30 and 4-11; Thursday 12-11; Friday<br />
and Saturday 12-12; Sunday 4-10.30 (closed lunchtime).<br />
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