Gales Seafarers Ale (Bottle)

Brewed by Fuller’s
Style: Bitter
London, England

Serve in English pint

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Brown 500ml bottle (4.2% ABV), best before 18th May 2010, drank and reviewed on 26th Feb 2010. Poured into my ’Old Speckled Hen’ vase shapped pint glass. Light copper, thin amber colour, clear and lively. On top sat very little, an off-white head appeared as i poured, but before I’d had a sip it had turned into a patchy wisp and collar. Typical English Bitter aroma of hops and malts, never too strong, never too weak (hopefully). This one has an added fruitiness to the normal smells. Mid-range in the bitter/hop stakes, this is easy drinking and pleasant from the first sip to the last gulp. A hint of caramel sweetness comes into play at the begining of the flavour, but this dies away as the mouth searches for the hops and bitterness that it is expecting. A very good session beer, never seen it in cask form though, I’ll certainly try it if I do. The body is fairly robust for a 4.2% brew, all in all, not bad!

Bottle. Golden with a medium body and some hoppiness.Bitter finish. A reasonable bitter but nothing to get too excited about.

Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and spices - primarily coriander. The flavor is sweet with notes of matl, caramel and spices, especially coriander. The body is light. Thanks yespr for sharing.

Dark amber pour medium carbonation head nice size aroma hint of floral fruit a sweetness flavour mild fruit and bitter toffee note tastes are there but on off a little watery to weak finish bitter okay sweet malt but very weak ale

Bottled 500ml. - from the London Pride store in Ljubljana, shared with Marko.
Clear amber coloured, small white head, malty herbal nose. Malty, herbal hoppy and some caramel with mild bitter finish. Unfortunately a way too watery. Pitty.

Golden colour. A clean, zesty aroma. Taste is fresh, is quite mild overall but there’s a hint of fruity malt.

Bottle from the London Pride store in Ljubljana.
Poured an amber/dark orange body with a thick whtie small head. Dry malty fresh nose, sweetish. Dry empty malte, bit orangey taste. Empty is the key word here, nearly tasteless. Meh.

Botella. Amber colour. Hoppish sweet like malty aroma. Sweetish malty and hoppy flavour, sweet finish. Strange.

Amber colour with a thin head, caramel malt aroma and taste, fairly dry, I liked it.

Clear amber body, nose is a little grassy and peachy, taste is a little bit wanting, some cardboard and straw notes.