4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle...garnet pour with a thin white head. Malty, fruity aroma. Raisins, some alcohol, cardamom. Roasty malt to start, leading to some sweetness and fruitiness in the middle. The end is very nice with some hoppiness and a lasting choco-type roastiness. This is a very nice beer, rivals Lake Placid Ubu, in my mind as a very good English Strong Ale. Thanks to my Secret Santa for this treat!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Big bottle. Pours deep mahogony, thin head, fine lace. Aroma and flavor of malt and raisins; nutty and dry finish. Delicious.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JUL 26, 2004 This is a great beer. Pours a beautiful deep amber with a frothy head of beige bubbles. Lace is thick and adhesive. Nose is of sweetly cooking molasses and roasty caramel apples. Smooth and soft at first, it rises into a crescendo of alcohol, hops and a tasty chocolaty flourish fusing with roasted nuts. Very, very nice.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Coal Train’s in CO Springs. Pours a deep reddish-amber with a nice beige head that dissipates slowly. Nice malty nose...fruity...caramelish..with just enough of a hop note to keep things right. Taste is all about the malts...toasty, and some light fruitiness, maybe a buttery edge too. My favorite Fullers ale to be certain. Nice bitterness in the end. I could drink this anytime.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle poured a dark red amber with nice thick head and good lacing.
Aroma is light malt,nutty a little roasty.
Good easy drinking hopy flavor with a roasty hops finish.
I took a long time with this beer and enjoyed it more as it warmed and the roast earthy flavor became more pronounced
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Clear brown to orange, thick pillowy beige head. Earthy aromas of dark fruit, hearty bread and a malt sweetness. Light toasted malt flavor gives way to a gentle caramel and floral hops. Perfectly balanced by a crisp, spicy bite. Finish battles between a malt and hops.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours dark amber with a big, frothy off white head. Sugary lacing. Delicious aroma of caramel malts, bread and spicy, earthy fruit. Malty aroma, oak or smoky undertones. Bit of a hoppy astringincy in aftertaste. Warming. Great stuff
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at GBBF 06’: great beer, very malty, very rich, full bodied, lots of dried fruits, some spices, roasted flavor all the way through and great hoppiness along side that which leads to a great bitterness. very recommended.
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