Fullers 1845

Brewed by Fullers
Style: English Strong Ale
London, England

First rating
(50 cl bottle from Systembolaget)
Clear copper to dark brown color, big lasting head. Roasted and a bit acidic scent. Roasted malt and hoppy taste. Smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness. A bit acidic aftertaste.
5/4/7/4/14=3.4

Rerate
Cask at EBF 2008, on Saturday September 13
Clear copper brown color, small white head. Sweet, alcohol, malty, caramel taste. Sweet caramel scent with some alcohol hints.
6/3/6/3/12=3.0

(500ml bottle) 2004 Summer Release at LCBO. With each sip there appears a stunning lacing on the glass. The beige head slowly trickles to a stand-still... a web. I get set in a trance. This beer is captivating. But is it trying to lure me? Staring at the bottle is not solving the dilemna. The answer comes to me: drink quickly before the 6.3% can strike. I remember having a funnel and hose in the closet - PERFECT - mmm... the fraternity bong. Fuck you and the greek letters you represent, this is beer and all brothers can take the backseat, SodaPop. Fuck this beer can be foamy when shook up! Fruit, corn syrup and butter aroma nears the rim of the bong. Down, down, down. Not terribly smooth when drank this way? Ouch. Very sweet maltiness. Very filling. I feel a belch coming on...

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 from Sainsburys Kidlington 18-05-06. Dark amber in colour, with a small head. the main component I noticed in the aroma was a wonderful maltiness, tasts was wonderful, complex and deeply satisfying with rich fruitiness and malt vying for attention. A superb beer that I had not had for some time and had forgotten how good it was yummy.

Really not so good. A chemical aroma. Some chocolate and cocoa and I do NOT like that in a beer!

Amber color, but not very much head. Very bitter, a little sour. Not thin, but it could have had a little more body. Quite an ordinary ale.

Amber colour with a small orange shortlasting head. Full body and lots of taste. A bit to bitter for my taste, but almost balanced

Redish color. Fine creamy head. Artificial flavor, kind of chemical. I don't know...one of us had a bad day, was it the beer or me?