3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle #58283. Clear medium amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, dark fruits, light port, light wood, notes of alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. (120108)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: APR 18, 2009 Cask at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of vegetables, malt, and lemon. The flavor is sweet matly with notes of over ripe fruit and spices, leading to a dry bitter and woody finish. Not ready yet.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a slowly diminishing and almost white head. Sweet fruity hops aroma. Light alcohol presence. Mild liqourice like flavour in addition. Ends with a mild lingering malt note. Nicely composed and balanced.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Bottle # 17998. Clear amber golden with a dense off-white head. Fat aroma of nuts, caramel and alcohol. Good full body with caramel and nuts and british aroma hops. Fairly bitter finish. 270408
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: NOV 12, 2007 Cask@SBWF2007. Reddish amber colour, not much head. Aroma is very red wineish along with some hints of vanilla, alcohol and sweet malts. Flavour is the same with yeast, some fruits and apples and raisins. Long aftertaste of wine and earth. A bit sharpedged still, so probably need some time to smoothen up. 7 4 7 4 15
Bottled (91893). Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is grass, caramel, spices, slight alcohol and vanilla. Flavour is vanilla, grass, spices, grassy hops and some mild notes of alcohol. More balanced than the cask at SBWF2007 was. 8 4 8 4 16.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle.
Clear golden coloured with a medium sized off white ehad.
Sweet aroma of malts, caramel, tea and hops.
Sweet flavour of malts, dried fruits, caramel, tea, hops and grape fruits with notes of alcohol.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Stockholm Beer Festival. Hazy amber. Sweet with syrupy malt. Salty and vinous with near full bodied. Thick but quite soft mouthfeel, notes of molasses and a lot of caramel. Fruity and appley with a long resiny finish. Intense and warming, yet a bit young.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Malty hoppy caramel and dark fruit aroma. Sweet malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints and hints of dark fruit. Fruity malty finish with some hints of dark fruit in the aftertaste.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle at EBF08. Vinous aroma. Cloudy reddish brown colour. The flavour is actually not that powerful, vinous with some alcohol.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cl bottle. Actually my first fullers vintage ale, though the rest of the bottles in the series is within my reach. Poured into my girlfriends "De Ranke" glass. Poured amber/copper with a creamy off white head. Wonderfull aroma of dark malts, caramel, alcohol and quite a bit of hops. Low carbonation & a medium (full bodied) filling smooth body/texture. Overall good balance, not as sweet as expected and a lot more hoppier than expected (Fresh hops). Light warmth from alcohol. Sticky palate. Perhaps a "sipper style of beer", but I could drink this all night! Dope! Cant wait to taste the rest!
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