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Brewed by Fuller’s
Style: English Strong Ale
London, England

bottled
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RATINGS: 1298   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.79   EST. CALORIES: 189   ABV: 6.3%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Mainly available bottled (bottle conditioned). Occasionally in cask.
Ingredients: Pale Malt (mix of Pipkin, Maris Otter and Halcyon), crystal and amber malt from Simpsons. Goldings hops.
First brewed in 1995 for the 150th anniversary of the brewery.
Winner of CAMRA Champion Bottle Conditioned Beer of Britain (1998-1999). Described by Roger Protz as ’a rich beer with a fruit cake aroma, spices and nutmeg from malt and hops resulting in a dry, fruity finish’.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
kingstoni (157) - FINLAND - JAN 14, 2012
Bottle. Brown red with a thin head. Strong aroma of caramel and cyrup. Flavour is coffee and roasted malt. Silky texture. Medium to full body.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
gramity (520) - Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA - JAN 10, 2012
Ruby/amber with a small white head. Aroma is mostly malty with some spice and caramel. Medium body. Tingles the tongue. Mostly malty flavor with hop bitterness, spice, fruit and a hint of roast. A nice bitter finsih. An excellent beer.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Cunningham (1753) - Halden, NORWAY - JAN 10, 2012
bottle - amber body with a light beige head - moderate fruity nose with some sweet caramel - solid malt backgroud in the flavour with lots og fruitiness, also some alcohol

3.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
ration (335) - Tampere, FINLAND - JAN 7, 2012
Bottle. Pours dark copper with a nice head. Aroma caramel, some grass. Slightly burnt malts in the taste. Medium palate. Good traditional Fullers product. Not Bad.

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
japi (66) - Kisvárda, HUNGARY - JAN 6, 2012
A dark amber coloured beer with a small beige head. The aroma is malty with notes of dried fruits, raisin and chocolate. The taste is bittersweet with malt characters like dried fruits, chocolate and toffee. But it’s also spicy and peppery. The aftertaste is spicy and bitter. It’s a fantastic beer!

4.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
wlajwl (1476) - Iowa, USA - DEC 30, 2011
Complex dark fruit dominates the aroma. The flavor is strongly malty and fruity, like an ESB on steroids plus some. A very lingering finish to this, an incredibly great ale, not one of this brewery’s ales is anything other than awesome and this ale more than helps to prove that.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Firefly54 (57) - - DEC 30, 2011
Aroma of burnt toffee, red fruit and nutty maltiness. Taste is caramel, treacle and prunes followed by hop bitterness. Woody. Some warming alcohol too. Complex, wonderful beer.

4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
slash_1_uk (22) - annesley, Nottinghamshire, ENGLAND - DEC 28, 2011
Bottle 6.3% poured a ruby brown with off white head smells of toffee and caramel to taste burnt toffee spices with depths of flavour and a lovley warmth on the aftertaste and long lived flavour excellent ale


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