UPDATED: APR 11, 2024 500ml bottle from Fullers Brewery, Chiswick, London. An amber/brown coloured pour with a thinnish off white head on top. Sweetish aroma of caramel, booze and a little dark fruit. Tastes similar, sweet, caramel, marmalade. Probably past its best but it has held up rather well after 14 years.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2023 The 7th of the 12 Vintage Ales of Christmas box from Fullers. I'm working backwards from new to old. Pours unclear ruby chestnut with a fine beige foam. Aroma: malty, caramel, toffee, molasses, dried fruits. Taste: towards moderate sweet & light to moderate bitter, sweet malts, raisins, caramel, toffee, fruit cake. Medium body with fine carbonation, towards dry on the palate. The merest hint of oxidisation, otherwise it's held up well.

UPDATED: SEP 30, 2023 Bottle 88538 acquired from a friend and opened today. Pours murky brown with a thin white head. Aroma of dried fruit. Fruity taste. Sweetish finish. Nice.

UPDATED: MAR 20, 2022 Opened in 2022. Dark brown. A little haze. Aroma and flavour are very jammy. Lots of raisins. Subtle malt sweetness. Very light, drying bitterness in the finish. Like a sweet Oloroso sherry.

Bottle shared at Craft beer co Islington. 18/12/2018. Bottle number 000355. A clear nutty ruby red coloureed pour with a beige head. Aroma is sweet raisin, nutty malt, dusty grains. Flavour is composed of tangy green apple, layered nutty mlats, dried druits, light must. Palate is sweet, tangy, modertate carbonation. Held up pretty well.

UPDATED: DEC 19, 2018 18Dec2018 Dark malts, molasses, caramel, sweet bread, oxidised malts. Hazy gold, small, creamy, off-white head. Light bitter. Dark raisins, more dark, sweet malts, oxidised notes, caramel, molasses, bread, soft carbonation, medium bodied. Nice, didn't age quite as well as hoped. Bottle shared at CBC, Islington - thanks to the legendary mr_fr0g!

Bottle 500ml. @ home.

[ As Fuller's Vintage Ale 2010 ].
[ Bottle # 050390 ]. Clear medium to light red - orange amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, sweet malt, caramel, cookie, pale malt, dried fruit, oxidide, pale raisin, light wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, rich malt, dried fruit, figs, pale raisin, light bread. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20180614]
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Bouteille vintage 2010, bue après 8 ans. Robe ambrée à peine voilée et surmontée d'un léger col de mousse. Arômes de sucre d'orge, compote de pommes, meringue, pelures d'orange séchée, caramel faible en gras, miel. En bouche, sucre d'orge, orange séchée, pomme et poire, zeste de citron, levures presque belges, miel frais. Texture semi-onctueuse et corps moyen. Très bonne mais mais manque de corps.

50cl bottle. A hazy amber beer with a small off-white head. Aroma mild oxidized fruits, red malt, caramel, some wood. Taste of mild sweet caramelish malt, nuts, red fruits, oxidized malt.

Bottle from my cellar, No. 008425. Great fruity deep alcoholic nose. The beer starts caramelly intense fruity. Oxidated, round and fresh. This is not too deep, yellow fruits there, round and intense. Great!