fonefan (74122) - VestJylland, DENMARK - MAR 16, 2010Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100123]
FreshHawk (596) - Iowa City, Iowa, USA - MAR 15, 2010Cask.
A - Clear golden amber color with a good sized white creamy head that leaves a fair amount of lacing.
S - A bit of apple along with some grain and pale malt smell. Good amount of earthy hop smell.
T - Pale malt and some grain make up the base. A fair amount of apple and some other golden fruit on top of that. These provide just a bit of tartness. Good amount of earthy and floral hops. General overall bitterness is present, but balanced.
M - Medium to light body. Quite smooth and just a touch watery.
D - Easy to drink beer. Nice ordinary session type beer. Bitter taste is present but doesn’t overpower or kill the palate.
Notes: Very nice and drinkable beer. Nothing special, but a good session beer. Much more taste than the ABV suggests. Also the owner of the pub where I got this was telling me that it was one of the last casks of this beer. They seem to still bottle it though.
TheGrandMaster (2335) - Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - AUG 12, 2009Bottle. A dark amber with a large pillowy head. Floral notes to the caramal malt nose. A big fruity malt flavour and a drying palate. A good Bitter.
downender (11237) - Bristol, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND - AUG 8, 2009Bottle from Corks, Bristol. Amber coloured with no head and slight carbonation. Earthy hop aroma with a touch of caramel. Flavour was Sweet, with some toffee, a hint of diacetyl and then the contrast of some big, chunky hops giving a very bitter finish. A bit disjointed.
DonMagi (5592) - bantervile, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - APR 24, 2009Cask in the market porter. Alround rating: Excellent hop character, noteably bitter, leafy hoppy freshness. great drinkable stuff.
kempicus (343) - Bakewell, Derbyshire, ENGLAND - JAN 16, 2009Bottle from Regional wines....an unfortunate victim of the brassica brigade...long journey in a hot container need i say more....drain pour
Bov (14982) - Bienne, SWITZERLAND - JUL 1, 2008courtesy of Toni Flükiger - cloudy copper-orange colour with no foam left; the aroma is far more bready than the expected floral touch from the Fuggles; low carbonation and a moderate malt body; a touch of bitterness and a quite long bready finish - a one-dimensional deceptive beer
DownsouthGav (601) - Greater London, ENGLAND - JAN 15, 2008Bottle. Nose of malt and hops (the fuggles? are quite distinctive) with a creaminess in the aroma. Tatse is malty with some butteriness. Quite enjoyable. I’m surprised at the low rating for this beer.
johndoughty (7983) - cheslyn hay, West Midlands, ENGLAND - DEC 29, 2007Bottle. Full bodied especially for its 3.8 strength. Some mallts and quite fruity .Proves that you haven’t got to have a high alcohol presence to produce a beer with bounce. Definitely
stands out from the pack.
greig (253) - Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND - NOV 8, 2007A good Ordinary bitter. Very well balanced, and hard to pick any individual dominating flavours, but far from bland. Not as much of that distinctive Fuggles earthiness as the name suggests.