 altonbrownd (1862), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jan 24, 2009 Bottle in London. Light brown body, okay head. Sweet nose. Taste of caramel, malt, fruits, and grass. Very smooth and well-balanced.
elihapa (1033), Honolulu, California, USA
Jan 24, 2009 Bottle, $2 at Manchester Wine in CT. Pours light brown and amber with an average head. Aroma is a mellow caramelly sweet, with light fragrant esters; classic English-style anything, IMO. Palate starts and finishes more creamy than I expected, and it achieves a medium-bodied mouthfeel. Flavor of sweeter fruit (ripe pear?), malt, and some wood. A handsome brew, but alas, it bored me by the last few sips.
hobbersr (393), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Jan 24, 2009 Pours a dark orange with hardly any head. Aroma of citrus, biscuity malt, spice, banana, and some floral notes. Flavor is fairly grassy, biscuity malt, some grapefruit pith, white pepper, and caramel. Super drinkable bitter, smooth and refreshing.
riversideAK (2648), Shoreline, Washington, USA
Jan 19, 2009 On darught. What a wonderful color this one pours a bright red orange with a great creamy head. The aroma is hoppier than expected with notes of flowers, pepper, and earth. Underlying malty sweetness and a pleasant fruity backdrop of sweet oranges. The flavor has more fruity citrus notes initially, some ale sweetness is then followed by a nice floral, citrus, and peppery hop finish. Did not expect much as I usually am not a huge ESB guy, but this was nice.
wheresthepath (523), Buckinghamshire, England
Jan 9, 2009 [500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s, Reading] 50p off thanks to voucher in CAMRA magazine - cheers! Pours deep amber-orange with a medium foamy off-white head. Tastes sweet, rich, mellow and malty with overtones of orange, honey and earth. Finish is possibly a little sticky, but this is a very relaxing and enjoyable winter beer, and a British classic. My favourite Fuller’s product so far, and (as seems to be common with Fullers) better than the cask.
naivepegasus (183), USA
Jan 5, 2009 Pours a rich caramel color with about a finger of off-white head. Heavy odor of sweet roasted malts. Surprisingly light mouthfeel, with a soft sweet slight caramel flavor, which ends in a really nice toasty bitterness. This is pretty good, and really drinkable.
joe19612 (673), camberley, Surrey, England
Jan 4, 2009 Bottle. A real fine beer. This is probably the ultimate ’pub’ beer. Always good & even better on draught.
timfoolery (482), California, USA
Jan 3, 2009 16.9oz Bottle. This brew is a malt-lovers dream with all the carmel and toffee notes to boot. The palate is very refined and smooth with extreme drinkability. Nice beer.
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