Fullers Mighty Atom

Brewed by Fuller’s
Style: Bitter
London, England

Serve in English pint

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(Back to back with the dismal Cains Calcutta). Clear bronze with streaming, soda-like carbonation. Juicy house aroma; floral, marmalade, digestive notes. Fullers have clearly invested some time and skill in making this; it has the body, floral hop and biscuity malt character of a ’bigger’ beer and is the best of the current crop of 2.8 percenters I’ve had so far. It feels like an integrated part of their range as opposed to something that’s been thrown together overnight; bright perfumey hop and yeast, pollen, orange skin, lavender. Finishes with a vanilla wafer, digestive biscuit malt linger. Perfumed to the point of annoyance. Like it or not, Fuller’s have successfully transferred all their thumbprints onto a low alcohol beer. Enjoyed it to the point I forgot it was 2.8%.

Bottle. Golden with an off white head. Aromas are cereal and weetabix with some nuttiness. Dusty yeast with citrus and hints of melon. Some damp cardboard. Flavours are dry grain with soda water. Lemon with grapefruit, metal and a peppery, leafy finish. OK.

The main reason I bought this was because of the name taste Ok really nothing special about it

Bottled. A classic brown coloured beer with barely any head. Orangey English hops with papery pasteurisation. High bitterness. The lack of alcohol volume is noticeable but there’s a decent amount of flavour.

Bottle from Tesco
Golden caramel amber, clear, good frothy whith head that dissipates to thin layer 3
Aroma Light grassy hops, soft caramel, very light aroma
Taste Soft grassy hops, touch of lemon zest, light citrus hops, caramel malts, some biscuit, light spicy touch peppery bitter hops, very slight bready malt, very good flavour for 2.8% abv
Palate medium carb, very thin body, tangy soft spicy palate. Finish as main flavour with more of that biscuit coming through, good gentle grassy hop light biscuit linger.
Overall - Haven’t had a beer as good as this for 2.8%. Normally think beers at this abv are rubbish - but I would have this again!

Bottled 500ml. -from Pivoljub, Ljubljana. Dark golden coloured, small off-white head, light malty herbal nose. Weak malty, bitter hoppy herbal and faint fruity taste with strong bitterness in the finish and aftertaste. So-so beer but quite diluted.

Looks pleasant enough, but head quickly disappears. Smells like wort that has just been run off into the kettle- it’s bizzare. With that comes honey, caramel and corn. Weird stuff. Not sure how it’s made- maybe it’s the last runnings of something else? Distinctive though I suppose. Not bad mouthfeel considering the ABV. Not very impressed, but wasn’t expecting much either.

Bottle courtesy of ogivlado, thanks! Nice full dark golden body, white head. Light nice bread & herbal aroma hop nose, very light honey. Light sweetish agrumey-herbal hoppy taste, soft. Some bitterness and very very light hop acidity. Expected far worse, but for the abv, this is very good.

Appearance: Light bronze. Clear. Very little head. Aroma: Caramel, nutty, malt. Taste: More malt and nuttiness. A bit boring. Info: 500ml bottle, 6/4-2012, BB: 9/7-2012

Pours with a lively frothy head that quickly disperses. Decent copper colour. Malt & hops aroma pleasant but its here the low alcohol content is most obvious as it lacks some volatility. Taste and aftertaste are hops hops hops. Very good for a sub 3%er.

Bottle from Tesco, Witton. Yellow, no head. Smells like the anceint Egypt exhibition at New Walk museum, Leicester. Compared to the other 2 x 2.8% beers sampled this evening, this is marvellous. Weak? Yes. Lots of water? Yes. But also a very fresh hop note towards the finish. UK hop note certainly, but pleasant.