Fullers Vintage Ale 2008

Formerly brewed at Fuller’s
Style: English Strong Ale
London, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Pours a hazy orange with an off white head. Aroma is caramel, fruit, and a little hop. Flavor is rich malt, toffee, bready/grainy malt, fruity, with light hopping and alcohol showing toward the finish.

Bottle bought in TX. Really pretty pour; copper bronze color with a nice foamy, khaki head. pleasant aroma is sweet malt, caramel and a little booze. Flavor is dominated by alcohol (as expected) but finishes with some nice sweetness. Nice but not really my style; a little raw on the alcohol.

Excellent and very strong. The alcohol hits you like a sledgehammer. Still, it’s a very nice experience. Like the best wine you can get, but with a lot more attitude.

Pours orange amber with a small white head. Raisins, mixed dried fruit, orange and a good malty caramel base.

Pours hazy brown with red hints and a fluffy white head. Smells fruity and of alcohol, kind of like a barley wine. Tastes of fruitiness that moves toward grain and then hints of alcohol. Full-bodied with a velvety texture and mild mouth-carbonation, Fuller’s Vintage Ale 2008 finishes mellow.

Bottle. Clear dark red pour with a good finger of off white foam. Aroma of toffee, caramel, english hops still quite present, a bit of menthol - still quite discreet though, herbs and port also present. Taste is sweet, lots of toffee maltiness and peppery english hops. Medium-full body with medium-low carbonation, lingering finish. IMO this beer is probably at it’s prime, although it has the body to withstand a couple more years of aging. Good stuff.

500ml bottle, No 78911. Pours a brilliant, deep amber, with a frothy, white head. The aroma is very complex - malt, caramel, hops, yeast, apricots, tobacco, leather, marzipan, alcohol, cherry pits, almonds, walnuts, Earl Grey tea, wood (!), spices. Off-dry, full bodied, medium bitterness, fairly low CO2. The taste is likewise complex - layers of malt and fruits, lovely yeast character, spicy hops, floral notes, apricots, marzipan, nuts of all sorts, almonds, warming alcohol. In the finish, all the flavours intertwine wonderfully, and are backed up by a firm alcoholic warmth. This beer is beyond lovely, but will be even better a few years down the road. Excellent! (2011-07-11)

pours with frothy head and nut amber colour; malted honey on the nose. Sweet honey nut at the start, some woodiness, medium-thick viscosity, hints of osmanthus tea, and a medium bittersweet finish that ends medium-long. The alcohol content (8.5% ABV) is noticeable up front. Med-high depth, rich bodied, medium complexity, short-medium length. It’s a quality beer but not of the flavours pique my interest.

Die Flasche steckt in einem weinroten Karton, sieht sehr stilvoll aus und trägt die Nummer 110979. Süß-rosiniger Duft, der eine gewisse Alkoholigkeit vermuten läßt, aber auch stark fruchtgeprägt (Feige, Passionsfrucht) ist. Süßlicher Antrunk mit zurückhaltender Malznote. Anschließend setzt ein opulenter Aromenschwall ein. Die Hopfenaromen (Zitrus, Orange) erinnern stark an ein IPA und kommen deutlich hervor. Schon setzt auch der Alkohol ein, dominiert aber keineswegs. Abgangs vanillige Töne, etwas rauchig mit einem wärmenden Rum-Finish. Ein unglaublich vielschichtiges Bier in allen Bereichen stark und gleichzeitig excellent abgestimmt. Grandios!Test vom 31.10.2009, Gebinde: Glasflasche

Shared bottle Aroma: caramel, bready maltiness Taste: leather, fruit, caramel maltiness