UPDATED: JUL 3, 2021 Bottle at Norrie's. Pours clear deep amber, nose is toffee, vanilla, hint of marmalade, taste is dates, chewy toffee, malty.

UPDATED: JAN 11, 2020 Cask at The St. Albans Beer Festival on 28/09/2006. Didn’t like this vintage as much as others. Maybe it was too young and on cask didn’t help. Still good, but the booze was a tad too present.

UPDATED: JUL 23, 2019 Pours a dark copper colour thin white head, Aroma is spicy malty Taste is sweet malty with hardly any bitterness Overall sweet and malty needs a lot more hops bit dissapointing

UPDATED: DEC 28, 2018 I am drinking this beer on 25/12/2018 after it has had 12 years in my cellar. It poured a dark amber ale. Good carbonation but small head. Fruity nose. Slight musty. More fruit on the tongue and dry malt notes. Very little hop. Promoted saliva. Dry slight hoppy finish. Very surprised to see the Fullers website selling them for £400 EACH! A lot cheaper on eBay for £50.

February 2017 - Bottle share at CBC Islington for the Matteo Farewell tasting, as ’Fuller’s Vintage Ale 2006’, #12528, 8.5%. Thanks to Fergus for the £200 pour. Dark brown with an orange hue, foamy off-white head leaves dotted lacing. Aroma is musty, woody, apple, toffee, touch of armpit. Body is smooth with soft carbonation. Taste is cardboard and toffee, rich malts, bit oxidised, spicy finish. Tastes like drinking money. Quite decent for its age actually. (3.5)

50cl bottle shared at my Farewell Tasting, London. Massive thanks to Fergus for this one. It pours a clean amber color with a small beige head. Aroma is oxidised and sweet with caramel and toffee. Taste is also sweet and oxidised. Medium to light bodied with good carbonation. Overall, nice one

Bottle shared at the CBC Islington for the Matteo farewell tasting. From bottle shop druid Street. Amber brown coloured pour with a lose beige head. Aroma is nice sweet jammy fruits, strawberry, toast and toffee. Flavour is composed of of semi sweet, airy stale malts, jammy fruits, dried fruit, raisin cake. Pretty good. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation, woody. Held up pretty well.

Bottle. Amber. Very malty, toffee/caramel. Fruity, spicy, earthy. Orange citrus and some dark fruits. Balancing hop bitterness; peppery. Strong, sweet, full-bodied ale. Big alcohol blast. Sweet malty finish. (2008)

500ml bottle. 2006, No. 00065. Dark reddish-brown amber colour, creamy tan foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, toffee & zesty orange citrus. Taste is malty, treacle, toffee, caramel, chocolate, brown sugar, with some dried fruit & orangey hop bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry nutty spicy earthy finish. Very drinkable.

Hazy amber color with beige head. Aroma has dark fruits and caramel with a hint of alcohol. Taste is really balanced with caramel malt and earthy bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel.