Fuller’s 1845

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

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

Bottle. Pours translucent dark amber brown with a small, quickly dissipating off white head. Aroma of light toffee, malt, caramel. Flavor is super malty, caramel and English toffee, pears with a twinge of alcohol. Finish heavy on the toffee, citrus, and light hop bitterness with stays around for awhile. Solid mouth feel with active carbonation; not harsh, but defiantly dances on the tongue if held too long. Surprisingly rich with all the maltiness, but bitter end throws me off. Less balanced and more, I dunno, schizophrenic, but not in an extreme way. Enjoyable, but less hop in the Finish would have really made this one a winter beer of choice. Still, this is a very fine beer.

This is a very well balanced brew. Nice color and aroma and the head is perfect. I highly recommend it.

1Pt. 0.9 Fl Oz. bottle purchased at Cost Plus in Redding, CA. Color: Medium reddish color with a nice off white head that retains. Bouquet: figs, toffee, with notes of nutmeg. Palate: Very well balanced hop / malt balance- nutty, almond roca type flavor. Finish: dry, hoppy, nutty finish. Fullers is one of the world greats in brewing. I had the pleasure of meeting the brew master in Seatlle back in 1994 at (what was Alehouse Distributing back then) when I used to deliver kegs and bottles to pubs, stores, etc.

Pours a clear mahogany with thin but firm head. Aroma of dried fruits, yeast, and some distant hops. Flavor was rich in sweet malts, more dried fruits, and a nice hop finish. Very rich in flavor, medium bodied, and a lasting finish. Great beer to sit back and relax with. Well done by an excellent brewery.

500ml bottle - pours deep amber with a thick off-white head. Almost nitro’ish in appearance. Aroma is Goldings hops, spice, some fruit, delicately sweet malt. Flavour is big and wonderful. Lots of spice, cake, fruit, some chocolate notes, dry bitter finish. Very complex, lots going on. Great beer. Very warming and soft in the mouth.

Appearance: copper color. Medium to great head with beige color and persistency. Aroma: caramel malts, toast sugar and intensive fruity aromas like peaches, red-apples and oranges. Some nutty taste, liquory truffles, red tea and light wood smells. Flavor: intensive caramel malts and butterscotch star, not sickly, balanced for the dryness from the toast. Nutty and light smoke taste. Sweet ripe fruitiness like red-apples, peaches and candied oranges and papayas. Other reminiscences of red-tea, chamomile and old rum. Medium to high dryness, lasting, similar to stone of peaches, orange peel and medicinal herbs. Palate: medium body with silky texture. Low to medium carbonation. Remark: a nice fruity and medicinal herby dryness. Some complex beer, balanced and with own-character. Very advisable.

1 pint 0.9 oz bottle, enjoyed this beer immsensely! Poured a nice deep color with caramel and a slightly white head. Deep, rich malt with chocolate flavors, very smooth on the palate as well and ended strong. Definate purchase sometimes soon.

UPDATED: MAY 31, 2008 500ml bottle at The White Horse, Parson’s Green, 27th July 2007. This is superb barley wine. The aroma sets the scene with a rich barley malt aroma and hints of other warming flavours (it made me think of old-fashioned cough sweets!) The dark red amber appearance just says ’rich’ and the taste does not disappoiht. Lots of spicy fruit cake flavours against a background of balanced malt and hops. The palate is suitably full and long lasting, with the warming alcohol coming through to just the right degree. Cask - sampled on St. George’s Day 2008 at the Prince Albert, Strawberry Hill. Very similar to the bottled version (equally good!) and I scored it the same.