Fuller’s Brewer’s Reserve Limited Edition No 1 Oak Aged Ale Single Malt

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

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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50cl dark brown bottle, as shown (No.19,216). Beautiful hazy dark amber colour – big, creamy off-white head with plenty of lacing. Intense aroma of orange, toffee and whiskey. Low carbonation, generally creamy, but slightly grainy mouth feel. The effect of 500 days of storage in old whiskey casks is immediately noticeable, creating a superbly balanced taste of fruit, whiskey and roasted malt. Bitter and dry hoppy finish, long-lasting medium bitter aftertaste in which the different notes are still „at play“ long after the last sip is gone. This is beer with a capital „B“. Sure, it’s expensive – but I honestly think that strong ale doesn’t get any better than this. Fuller’s have done it again!

Well worth the wait of 500 days. I was expecting a more of a spirit taste, but the slightly smokey taste was very pleasent indeed. I beleave this could be one of the best beers to put up for a couple of years to compare with later brews (if they happen in the future). After reading some of the reviews I wounder whether some of the tasters have realised it is a bottled conditioned beer. I will repeat myself it was well worth the wait.

Tried at the brewery with huge thanks to Paul. Bugger all of this left around so i was glad to try this! Touch of whisky on the nose but comes through in the flavour better, goes amazingly well with the fullers orangeyness....not to much whisky just enough! great beer and i’m surprised at some of the other ratings! Apparently it does get better as it ages though

Bottled (thanks omhper!). Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is licorice, fruity hops and quite lemony as well. Also some fudge and caramel malts as it waems up. Flavour is caramel malts, fruits and some slightly yeasty notes. Some whisky and oaky notes become more present when getting warm. Very nicely balanced.

Bottle no 17330, Limited No 1 Edition of this oak-aged ale. Clear copper with an initially big, lively yellowish head. Complex vanilla, palm sugar, whisky and orange nose. Vanilla blending with orangey whisky flavours. Add to that solid, harmonious hoppiness. A sophisticated innovation from Fullers- more of this, please!

Tasted 2010-03-16. Bottle #16251. This beer has the crazy-ass, over-the-top, mega-nice, undenyable honour of being the 400th beer, I rate. Let me walk you through the experience; I open the fancy cardboard box. I pull out the equally fancy bottle. I apply the back end of my dinner fork to the cap. Fzzzzz!!! A spicy, malty, vinous scent rises from the bottle and violin music immediately start to appear from nowhere. Squirrels appear. Birds place themselves by my window. My wife starts dancing uncontrollably and without knowing excactly why (but she does that alot). Then I pour... A clear, amber liquid beautifully fills my tumbler, covering itself with an off-white layer of soft, care free foam. I stick my nose in the tumbler while every being in the country holds their breath. I smile. They breathe the breath of relief. I start to mumble about a complex mixture of raisins, sweet malts, funky sourness, vanilla, whiskey, wood, cookies, angles and happiness. I take that first sip... Eh... It’s OK.

50cl bottle that Derek was nice enough to get out for us after the class tour at the brewery. Dark brown color with a small beige head. Rich wood and scotch character going on. Sweet and fruity with smooth scotch in the flavor. Lightly boozy but very smooth on the whole. Quite good overall. A nice old ale with good scotch flavors integrated.

Bottle from Bitter Virtue, Southampton, Hampshire, courtesy of my dad, cheers dad. Pours amber, stunning clarity and with a nice busy bubbly white head, it looks nigh on perfect. Fresh nose, loads of bready yeasty notes, some wet wood and some dark fruits and sweetness start to show. Flavour is fruity but far from the cloying sweet dark sticky fruits that I was anticipating there is also some oakiness, bitterness and a little drying at the end, in fact this is a really drinkable beer for 7.7% There are some whisky attributes kicking about but they are so subtle that I really like this because they dont cloud what is a really decent beer they just add a little more intrigue and depth, really likeable beer. Looks like I am the first UK rater of this beer. A 8 A5 F8 P4 OV15 4.0

Very good off-white head, bit fluffy and reasonably stable, over amber-orange beer with slight mossy shine. Soft almonds nose, alcohol and lots of fusels - immediately striking as very complex. Later parsley aroma and vinous, as fruit on wine. Gives some unexpected reminiscenses of the better Californian oak-aged beers. BItter, slightly toasted caramel, vying with heavy alcohol & fusel notes; whisky now very obvious. Every sip starts winey, before getting more woody-bitterish. Very burning MF, lots of alcoholwarming. Quite slick, but not much more than medium bodied impression. A bit harsh - probably better after more bottle-aging, but already a truly great beer. Hurray for Jezza Patrick!

Der hopfige Antrunk versteckt seine Alkoholnoten nicht und bietet einzige dezente Hintergrundnoten wie z.B. Vanille, dazu vergorenen Fruchtnoten. Die Würzigkeit ist gelungen und gut ausbalanciert, was sich bis zum Ende hinzieht. Das Malz wird dezent karamellig und wirkt nie übertrieben, hefige Noten sind durchgehend vorhanden. Im Abgang etwas fruchtiger, vollmundig, dabei aber nie erschlagend. Gelungen! 11/11/12/12/15/12