3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. #142561. Ruby beer with a cream colored head. Spicy, dark fruit aroma with sweet malt. Dark fruit, earthy, caramel flavor with toffee and light treacle. Medium bodied. Sweet malt lingers with a dusty/earthiness and dark fruit.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
16.9oz bottle-pours an off white head and amber/copper color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel, earthy/herbal (English) hops. Taste is rich medium malt-caramel, spice/earthy/herbal (English) hops. Thanks jwc215 for sharing this one.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cL bottle, #32425. Pours clear, golden orange with a one finger thick and off-white head. Aroma is hoppy at first, followed by a mild fruity note. Smooth caramel malty with a nice set of fruit notes. Somewhat hoppy too. Smooth caramel and bitter finish, nicely balanced.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
500 ml bottle (34340). Finland.
Hazy apple juice with thin beige head.
Sweet toffee/caramel aroma. Very sweet flavour. Some (warming) alcohol also present.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Shows promise with bitterness, malt and barley. Not astringent at all. Good drinking and should be a smooth one in a few years. Great white head on brown.Above average mouthfeel.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Burnt orange with a thick almond coloured head. Perfumey floral hop aroma with sweet toffee. Palate delivers the same with a fairly decent balance between the hops and the malt. Finish is quite warming but not intrusively boozy or hot.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
apple juice looking body with not much head.aroma is caramel malts,sugar,and alcohol.flavor is much of the same with a slightly fruity finish.one of the better years i have had.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from the LCBO- This vintage ale pours rusty copper, and is generously topped with a beige froth that leaves plenty of lace. Caramel malts and fresh hops fill the nose and come equipped with burnt sugar, rose petal,fruity undertones and some metallic notes. Tastes of sharp hops and sweet fruity caramel malts. Lots of floral hops lead to a bit of a metallic twang near the finish. A bit boozy and unbalanced at this point, but overall enjoyable as a sipper. Look forward to experimenting with this in the future.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a light orange-amber with a brief head. Aroma is very sweet - malty and fruity. For the first time in my memory, Fullers Vintage Ale tastes like an American barleywine. Strong malting bordering on astringent with just enough hops to give it an herbal but not overly bitter edge. Present alcohol (for a change). This is definitely a departure from the norm, and will age well. Reasonably thick body and good carbonation. Interesting!
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: JUL 16, 2009 Number 28720...To the eyes: Syrupy looking. Orange/amber hue. No head, really.....
On the nose: Brown sugar, crisp. More sugar... Some herb notes with orange peel and toffee. Quite basic. Nothing spectacular.....
Flavour: Ridiculously sweet and malty, hardly anything else gets through. Some alcohol bitterness. Almost zero finish, except more sweetness.
Not very awesome. Just sugar...
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