3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle conditioned: Nice initial aroma of candied fruit. Excellent mouth feel, soft and warming. Nice malty body with red fruit and candied fruit jostling away. Terrible finish though. ...like liquefied horse chestnut. Hides the alcohol well though.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Waitrose for the UK Mass Tasting. Pours a beautiful ruby colour with a thick, light tan head. Aroma of apple seed, yeast, alcohol and dried fruits. Flavours of prunes, treacle and barley with a dry apple seed linger. Quite bitter with a nice warming alcohol hum. Moderate carbonation and a little CO2 prickle. OK.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cl bottle @ home, BBE 02.11.2012
A bit thin aroma with toffee, grainy malt and some metal. Flavour is sweetish and rather malty with toffee, some metal and grain. Hops feel a bit harsh here. Smooth palate.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Excellent beer. Nice dark amber with a really nice head. Aroma of pale and caramel malts, fruitiness, and mild hops. Well balanced flavor between the malt and hops. Medium-full bodied with just the right carbonation. Again, very nicely balanced.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: APR 27, 2012 (Bottle, 0.5 l - BBE 02 NOV 12, 20111208) The beer poured mahogany coloured and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, dark fruits, dried plum and raisins. Palate was full bodied and quite dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, dark fruits, caramell, herbalness and bitterness. Afertaste was malty, raisiny and bitter. A good tasting English Strong Ale. I wish I could have tasted the real ale version when it was available in Helsinki.
Edit: 20120427, The real ale version at Kitty’s was good but it was not so different from the bottled one that I would have needed to adjust my ratings.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Malty smell with hints figs. Cloudy copper with a creamy thick tan head. Smooth mouthfeel, moderate carbonation. Taste is good, but I was expecting much more after the wonderful nose of this beer. Good malt backbone with a slight fruity yeasty note, and a hint of caramel.
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3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Ruddy red-brown, off-white head. A nice malty aroma, caramel sweetness, a slight hint of candied chestnuts and dark fruits. Oak. The taste is a bit bitter and pepper. Wonderfully rounded, mature mouthfeel. This is beautifully conditioned. Nice carbonation. This is one of my favorite Fuller’s beers. Dependable and satisfying.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A deep, dark coppery brown colored pour. Huge muslin colored head that slowly falls and leaves big lacing behind. Rich malty aroma with notes of bread, nuts, and slight hops. Taste is similar with an added extra nuttiness and hop flavor. A dry yeast flavor as well. Dry mouthfeel. Bitter aftertaste. Decent ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aroma of dried fruits. Sweetness, with Christmas cake in the mix. The finish is drier with some hops. Nice dark colour with a good white head.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ Henrik, Bergen. Pours a deep coppery red body with a medium, long-lived creamy off-white head. Light caramel and toffee tones dominate the aroma, with hints of nuts and grains. Taste is deep roasty grainy caramel tones with some nuts and layers of sweet malts - all exquisitely blended. Another British-style classic ale from Fullers, who rarely disappoints. Solid stuff.
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