4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aroma: Caramel, malt, toffee, butterscotch. That’s a nice aroma. Appearance: Opaque brown, some carbonation, thin frothy beige head. Palate: Quite thick, quite a bite at the end. Taste: dmugawugamuwaapfdsiujhgdjp. Very sweet, very rich, bit also quite a bitter finish. I like it!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
500 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a hazy copper/amber with moderate-sized off-white head. Aroma is toasty toffee, dark fruit, light spice and mild chocolate. Flavour is roasted caramel malt, dried fruit, molasses and spice. Moderate bitterness in finish. Nice medium-full body. Very good.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Much better than their ESB, this 1845 is absolutely amazing! One of the most flavorful strong ales that I have had in quite a long time! It has a nice warming effect from the alcohol as you savor this brew. Call me ’strange’ but this would be perfect (for me at least) paired up with some rum cake or a delicious fruit cake!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Fullers
1845
Pours dark coppery brown with a thick white head. Good retention. Great looking beer. Aroma of malt and metal with a little fuggle spice hop note. Flavor is English malty with a mild spice bitterness and some caramel. Pretty good
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
500 mL bottle from the LCBO, served in a snifter. Pours clear ruby with a large, frothy tan head. The head mostly remains and leaves a moderate amount of fine lace. On the nose, there are notes of toasted malts, biscuit, pale malts and Goldings, along with a delicate Christmas spice, candied fruit and a touch of dough. The flavour is slightly dry up front and becomes more so towards the end. Throughout, there are notes of candied fruit, nutmeg and molasses. Hops become more prominent towards the finish, which is long and dry, with hops, nutmeg and spice. On the palate, it is full in body with a smooth, creamy texture and soft carbonation. Overall, this is a very nice English strong ale. It is drier than I expected, but is still appropriately malt-forward. It is surprisingly complex and I suspect it would hold up well to aging. 2011-10-03
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
This is a tremendous beer from a legitimately great big brewer. Big malt all the way through. Dark fruit, figs, caramel and maybe even a touch of chocolate come through. very complex. Pours medium dark with medium carbonation and a bit creamy in the mouth.
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice looking deep brown pour with decent foamy tan head. Caramel, oak, brown sugar, earthy, and mildly boozy aroma. That just smells damn interesting. Somewhat sweet, malty taste, the extra alcohol adds a pleasant kick to the finish. This is just damn good.
3.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: OCT 14, 2011 Really delicious aroma, and appearance. nice head, strong, smooth complex taste. however, personally, it does leaves quite a bitter after taste, so i’ve marked down for this.
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