Fullers Vintage Ale 2008

Brewed by Fullers
Style: English Strong Ale
London, England

( 500ml bottle number 146992) Pours clear amber with great lace. Nose of alcohol, fruit, biscuit. Taste is syrupy, alcohol, spicy yeast, and finishes syrupy.

Pours cloudy orange-amber with a medium beige head, very fine and lasting lacing. Rich malty aromas with caramel, vanilla, apple, biscuit, and hay. Medium body, smooth, crisp, lightly dry but low-carbonation. Flavors of toffee, biscuit, vanilla, pine, with some earthy notes. Medium-bitter piney finish, almost enough to balance the malt.

~Honey biscuit malts, nutty and fruity aroma. Malts dominate, maybe getting some light earthy hops as well. ~Pours a hazy orange color with bubbly off white head. ~Nutty, honey and caramelly malt flavor. Some fruity esters that would probably be more pronounced with aging. ~Medium full body with low carbonation. Alcohol warmth. Malty and slightly bitter finish. ~Wonderful English Old Ale. I wish I would have been patient enough to age this for a couple more years. Complex and delicious.

50cl bottle, #122404. Medium off-white head atop lightly hazed amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, cantaloupe, light earthy, alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, some earthy, strawberry/melon, light boozy. Medium-full body, some stickiness.

Bottle 50 cl. Pours a clear amber golden with no head. Sweet aroma of overripe fruit, nuts and caramel. Quite full-bodied, overripe fruit, caramel and nuts. Lightly bitter finish with some alcohol

500ml bottle from LCBO. Pours amber with a medium head. Some lacing but not much. Nose is sweet and oaky with some plums and peaches. Very rich aroma. Quite complex. Taste quite sweet, dry and bitter of the finish. Hints of hops and lots of oak. Some citrusy hops as well. Very nice sipper. Top quality brew.

pours a slightly cloudy deep copper color with a nice light tan head...nice retention. very traditional look. aroma is sweet and very floral...roasty caramel, bioscuity, mild bourbon and oak...nice! flavor is also slightly sweet...somewhat like a barleywine with some dark candied fruit and oak, roasty caramel, and hops in the end. mouthfeel is creamy with a complex dry caramel, oak, and hop finish. outstanding...complex, oaky, delicate yet aggressive hops, subtle sweetness, and a lingering dry finish.

Pours a hazy copper, with a sudsy lace - very sweet aroma, with notes of vanilla syrup, caramel, frosted breakfast cereals, rock candy - some apple-ish tartness underneath that helps to balanc that - sweet and one-dimensional flavor - strong flavors of vanilla syrup, treacle - some spicy alcohol and a faint dose of hops - a little bit of floral character way in the back - this is a serious disappointment, on par with the southern tier cuvee series - I can’t believe that such an experienced brewer could make something so terribly sweet and boring.