Fullers 1845

Brewed by Fullers
Style: English Strong Ale
London, England

Pours dark reddish amber with nice sized, tight off white head- though it does dissapate rather quickly. Nose of caramel malt, hops, and bitter chocolate. Upon first sip, I was blasted by hops which subsided into a complex, malty finish. Flavours of citrus and smokey caramel with a hint of earth in there as well. Everything is well balanced in this brew- hops, malt, and alchohol.

From bottle at Tescos.Dark amber color with a creamy head that quickly dissipates. Very fruity aroma. Good hops, caramel and bitter-aweet chocolate taste. Very rich. alcohol not that noticeable. Love it

Pours a rustic red from bottle with a creamy lacing head. Aroma of cranberries and strawberries. Starts nutty and citric with some berry fruit and toffee notes in the middle. An awesome toasted caramel and dry finish.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Fruity malty aoma with hints of dark fruit. Fruity malty chocolate flavor with hints of dark fruit. Fruity finish with some hints of dark fruit and a slightly bitter aftertaste.

ruby color, good foamy head but dissapears quick, nose is of sweet malts caremel.flavor is similar with a touch of hops, good alcohol, decent English. Bought at LCBO

This was a birthday gift to myself; I’d heard how good this was and was anxious to try it. I wasn’t disappointed. The bottle and label are simple and very handsome, in a traditional English style. It poured with a thin but pretty off-white head that left fair lacing. The color was a lovely reddish copper-amber. The aroma was rich and quite strong, with obvious hop bitterness and some sweet, fruity notes beneath. The frutiness comes through more strongly from the bottle than a glass. The flavor was even richer than the aroma, quite bitter and just on the edge of too hoppy for me, but with each sip more of the smokiness and malt came through. It was a real challenge to my low-hops tastebuds, but it really grew on me. The tail was pretty smooth, with a noticeable but pleasant bitterness at the end. The alcohol kick is strong. In fact, this is a strong beer in every sense. That very strength can be a bit overwhelming, and I am not sure that I really like it as well as the Fuller’s ESB. But this is a great beer nonetheless, even if one a night is all I could handle. Another triumph by Fuller’s.

Silly ratebeer lost my rate. Let’s try this again, unfortunately from memory. Nice dark redish brown pour with a thick lacey head. Bready aroma. Some malts. Deep chocolaty taste, warm, spicey. Sweetish finish. Reminds me a bit of a chocolat stout. Rather nice, I like this more then any other fullers I have had and that’s saying a lot.

Bottle. Very nice dark honey red, poured with a surprising hefty head, three fingers. Very well carbonated for a bottle conditioned ale (never had any luck with that). Very malty, smells hoppier than it really is. Very well balanced beer. Would have been an instant favorite had it had a higher ABV.