4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
After consuming the Cropton’s, this was a welcome reminder of just how good an English Strong Ale can be. Aroma of caramel. Flavor is a match, but it is a wonderfully deep, exotic, lush, rich caramel, with a faint note of fudge ripple running through it. A bit of bitterness on the finish dries things out nicely, keeping it from getting cloying. Really a great beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Chestnut color, frothy tan head. Full aroma of caramel, nuts, raisins, toasty malt, and cake. Nice flavor, finishes with some spicy hops. Extremely drinkable, full, but smooth and soft palate. I could drink this all day.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUL 25, 2007 Nice brew. Thick, very creamy head. Once of the best looking I can recall seeing. Appearance is overall fantastic. Light brown, maybe amber. Lots of bubbles. Flavor is balanced very good. The more drink it the more I like it. I really enjoy this one. May even be better than their London Porter...
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very spicy hop aroma. Looks really nice in the glass, frothy brown head on top of a sparkling ruby liquid. Good balanced flavors. Balanced hops and malt flavors. Tastes a bit like a stronger version of the Fuller's ESB. An intersting sour and cinnamon flavor develops on the palate after the swallow.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a creamy off-white head on a hazy amber colored body. Aroma is heavy and sweet with malt, hops, fruit and oranges - very nice and tempting. Flavor is malty and spicy with pepper and toffee notes. A thick and flavorfull mouthful. Very nice!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 10, 2004 I very deep amber beer that borders on a reddish color. It has a nice head that lasts a long time. The aroma is very fruity. Its a great beer to drink, and is rather filling.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Dark amber color with a fine beige head. Malty aroma with some roasted qualities and some spiced fruit. Almost has a bourbon quality in the background. Fruity malt flavors with a spicy bite and a lingering, attention getting bitterness. Does have a little smokiness as well. So many interesting flavors you’d never get bored drinking this. Excellent beer from a top quality brewery-you can’t go wrong with Fuller’s.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Amber/ruby body with an off-white head. Rich, malty aroma that is both fruity and spicy. Flavor was a sweet, caramel maltiness up front that led to a delicious fruitiness and spicyness reminiscent of cinnamon-raison bread. A wonderful beer that I need to get some more of.
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