Gales Prize Old Ale (2007)

Fuller’s
Formerly brewed at Gales
Style: Old Ale
London, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium amber - red brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, roasted, oxidide. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet, light to moderate acidic and light moderate bitter with a long duration, tart, berries, dark malt, dried fruit, overiped fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120320]

Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is old wood, some tartness and quite much sweet and strong old ale notes. Flavour is fruity, toffeeish, quite madeiralike notes along with some slight mouthdrying bitterness. Slight feel of alcohol to it as well.

I did not like this beer. Way too much fruit flavors and I could swear there was some sort of cleaning product mixed in there. The appearance was cloudy and it was the first new beer i tried where i had to pour it down the kitchen drain.

Bottle at yespr. Clear orange coloured with a small off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits and burnt sugar. Fruity flavour of dried fruits and overriped fruits with notes of caramel. Fruity finish.

cloudy brown, small beige head. old beery malty aroma, some stale hops, flavor is caramelly, malty and slightly citrussy. The faint sourness suits the beer very well, not sure if it is intended, but it is refreshing and tasty.

Bottle, 50 cl. Orange red beer with a small off-white head. Aroma is dried white fruits, caramel malts. Flavor is sweet, complex, liquor-like, dried fruity, long lingering finish. Medium body, soft carbonation.

Bottle 50 cl. Pours a cloudy orangey brown with a rough, off-white head. Tart aroma of sour overripe fruits. Medium body, soft carbonation, vinegary notes, brown sugars and a ton of overripe fruit and wood - very oxidized! Subtle roast. Hardly any bitterness but an ammonia note towards the finish. Quite complex! 200712

50 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted and overripe fruity dark malty. Thick malty, wineous fruity and dense malty. Smooth fruity, wineous and mellow into a lingering malty finish. Lasting overripe fruity impression.

Bottled. A nut-brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, roasted malt, over ripe fruits, and hints of oxidation. The flavor is very sweet with notes of alcohol, over ripe fruits, sugar, yeast, and a bit of oxidation, leading to a dry finish.

Bottle at Papsoe. Pours hazy deep amber with a medium off white head. The aroma is sweet caramel, sweet malt, sugary and has notes of sweet ripe fruit. Highly fruity and sweet caramelish flavour with some sour fruity notes. Long sweet fruity finish.