Fullers Vintage Ale 2004

Formerly brewed at Fullers
Style: English Strong Ale
London, England

Fuller’s Vintage Ale 2004 Pint bottle Bottle 2004, bottle no 84729, sipped on 10/09 Medium pour in a brandy glass. Poured orangey brown with a medium quickly diminishing off-white fizzy head with a ring of lacing. Smelt of toffee, caramel apples, raisins, almost port like. Taste was upfront light bitter sweet piney barley sugar with whiskey tones followed by a light maple syrup sweetness and moderate whiskey bitterness and light nutty bite on a moderate length finish. Mouthfeel was full bodied, velvety and creamy, lightly carbonated tiny bubbles that caress and tickle the tongue, heavy alcoholic feel and light astringency. Overall, a beer that feels like drinking a very light whiskey. The flavors are wonderful and complex albeit maybe a bit nuanced and light at first, the palate is pampered, the aroma and appearance are straightforward and inviting. Time for a cigar!

Truly an EXCELLENT strong ale from fullers. I am lucky that my local liquor store has plenty of the 2004’s left, so I am sampling 2 year old brews. Pours a cloudy orangish-brown hue. Not very much head or lacing. Flavor is great, definitely has that English character to it. A bit fruity with apple being the most dominant. Figs, toffee all come through as well. Alchohol is a little more present then I like, but not too distracting. Excellent.

Red-brown color body with a begie head. The first that hits me is the aroma. It´s malty and with nots from burnt sugar. Also plums and vanilla. The flavor is milky, malty and with toffee. Some chocolate as well. Hint of alcohol but it just makes it better.

Botle #92961: Orange-brown body with a thin white head. Caramel, nut and hop aroma, light matls. Taste is similar with some light spices and a bit more of a hop fropfile. Sweet, caramel ending.

Just found a bottle in the back of my cooler. Deep, intens amber with thin white head. Cane sugar, caramel, spice and malt. Sweetness is very dominent, but still with a bit hops.

Clear caramel body with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel and some fruity, almost apple hints. Sweet caramel flavor and some fruity kick.

Aged 2 years
Dark amber color, with a spectacular, generous, creamy head. The aroma is malty, not too strong, with caramel, light spices, hazelnuts, showing some complexity. Malty taste, with loads of caramel; the mouthfeel is drier than usual, but becoming rounder when the beer is really warmer. The final is long, bitter with a lot of caramel. Less impressive than other vintages.

bottle 93641. nice amber pour with thin head. oak, raison, malt, sugar, alcohol, floral aroma. fig, cider, oak, a little flat, sugar, roasted malt, mollasses, with a dry and creamy finish. as it warms it doesn’t seem so flat. As the beer goes on I like it more and more. I’d like to get some more and let it age. Great beer.