Fuller’s 1845

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

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

Bière cuivrée, claire et petillante. Mousse blanche moyenne, persistante qui laisse une belle dentelle. Parfums de caramel, de toffee et de houblon. Goût sucré, de cramel et de toffee. Un bon arrière-goût de houblon, amer et sec. Palais frais et rond. Une super bière, belle et bonne.

Bottled. Poured a reddish copper bwon w/medium sized creamy clingy head. Aroma is hops and malts, Taste is sweet and carametlish with some fruits and a nice bit of bitter to end. Very well done.

Bottle, 500ml, Trappist glass. Pours translucent auburn copper, with short-lived dense off-white head. Hops and malts on the nose, and quite sweet on the palate. Light-medium mouthfeel, but pleasant with it. Decent ale.

Bottle at Rose and Crown in Palo Alto. Very well done English ale, porter-like in character. Deep reddish-copper color with a creamy off-white head. Fruit and malt on the aroma. Nice mix of malts and slight roasted flavor. Some English hop bitterness. Fairly full mouthfeel.

From the bottle. It pours clear deep amber with a mousse-like, creamy head. Syrupy, fruity notes in the nose. In the mouth, it is full and malty without being cloying or overly sweet, and each mouthful serves up complex tannic, leathery bitterness with an interesting grassy breath to the finish. A delicious light sourness closes out the gulp, inviting another (and many more). Excellent.

In short: An exemplary English Strong Ale. Big but smooth fruity maltiness, almost no hops presence and highly drinkable. Very good
How: Bottle. Consumed relatively fresh two months after purchase
The look: Clear amber-ruby body topped by a medium beige head
In long: As with most typical English strong ale this beer is all malts with little hops presence. Toffee, caramel, dark fruits (raisins, figs, etc.), molasses, grape juice, wild berries, etc. Finish is all fruits with almost no bitterness. Despite the little hops presence the beer doesn’t feel really sweet. This is a rich and smooth English strong ale. Nothing original but this beer is highly drinkable. Body is unexpectedly thin yet the beer feels really nourishing. First brewed in 1995 for the 150th anniversary of the brewery reminding us that the English have been brewing good beers for over 150 years but have yet to learn to cook a half-decent meal.

Bottle. Pours dark redish brown with plenty of off-white head. Floral aroma balanced nicely by sweet malt. Flavor is sweet fruitiness with a dry hoppy finish. Full bodied. Nice beer. Very smooth.

Looks and acts like a quality ale. Bitter but not overpowering. Good contrast creates a beer that is full but is still malty and mellow at the same time.