Fullers 1845

Brewed by Fullers
Style: English Strong Ale
London, England

Bottle sampled. Pours brown with red edges, and a decent size light tan head. Aroma of fruit, caramel, nuts, and hops. The flavor is caramel, nuts, slight fruit, and finishes dry. Good brew.

Bottle. Nice overall beer. Medium beige head. Good taste. Caramel, nutty, some hops.

Bottle from Country Club Liquors; Nose of caramel, dark fruits, yeastiness, and some grassy hops; Rust colored with a medium beige head; flavor has some hop bitterness, caramel, and a slight coffee note. Nice light session brew!

Bouteille, Courtoisie de Blankboy. De couleur ambrée foncée et transparente. Nez malté de caramel toffee sucré aux notes terreuses, de pain, légèrement fruité (notes de raisins, de prunes et de cerises noires) et chocolaté, légèrement épicé et de houblon légèrement terreux et aux notes citriques ainsi que des notes de noix et de café. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse. Goût moyennement fruité (raisins, léger de pommes et notes de cerises noires et de prunes) et légèrement épicé (léger de poivre, notes de clou de girofle) suivi d’un goût malté de caramel toffee moyennement sucré et rôti, de pain aux fruits (présence d’épices) ainsi que des notes de chocolat noir parallèlement à un goût moyennement amer de houblon terreux et aux notes citriques et herbeuses avec des notes de café et de noix asséchantes (très faibles notes d’alcool). Arrière-goût moyen-long et légèrement sec, moyennement amer de houblon terreux, herbeux et aux notes citriques et léger de rôti, de café et de chocolat noir ainsi qu’un goût fruité (moût de raisins et de cerises noires et pelures de pommes) et de noix.

500ml - best before 03/20/06 - Aroma is caramel malt, nutty fruitcake and that distict British rusty water yeast/malt combo. Pours transparent copper with a big fluffy head and good lacing. Flavor matches aroma. Palate is clean and a tad syrupy. Not bad but I am curious how a fresh one would taste.

Bottled. Faint aroma, light grassy, hints of prune and other dried fruits. Brown color, beige head, good lace. Burnt caramel, herbal, well hopped, very bitter (almost nasty bitter), dry finish. Easy drinking, not bad but not too complex.

Rating is a composite of both a bottle and a cask rating. (However, both scored the same total.)
Cask (Kuikka, Helsinki)
Served cold, needed a long cuddle to warm it up. Very deep reddy brown, small tight persistent head. Sweet fruity malts, even when its cold, plums and raisins. Soft in the mouth, some tang of bitterness hits the side of the tongue very quickly. Soon after that, a winey aroma goes up the nose. On swallowing, a huge wave of nutty and roast malts fills the mouth. Dark resinous sticky hops bitter up the mouth and leave a lovely long dry bitter finish. Incredible brew.

Rerate of 8-4-9-4-16=4.1
500ml Bottle.
Classic English Strong Ale - delicious. Rich nutty brown colour, wonderfully soft but full fruity and spicy aroma. Caramel, cake, nutmeg, and berry fruits provide the base for the sweetness in the taste, but there’s a full well-balanced hoppy and oakey taste to cut through the sweetness, and provide the long finish. One is never enough.

bottle. has a great amber color and taste. It kind of of tastes like Bass but without the bite of Bass. Much smoother and more balanced.