Fullers 1845

Brewed by Fullers
Style: English Strong Ale
London, England

Nice head and dark amber color. There is a lot of floral, fruity and malty notes and the bitterness is spot on in this great, almost slightly vinous beer.

Bottle. Pours a clear deep amber brown colour with a creamy small but well lasting light brown head leaving a very good lacing. Soft sweetish aroma with well toasted malt, hops and spices. Good mouthfeel. The flavour is sweet with a nice hoppy frutiness, well toasted caramel and malt and some spices. Dry and bitter toasty alco finish. Tasty ale indeed.

Firm, lasting head. Aroma and taste both have malt, raisin and licorice. Good lacing. Alcohol burn. Some roasted malt and oak. Great strong ale. Cask: dark brown color. Marmalade fruit and some earthy hops in the aroma. Red fruit jam, bitter cookies and earthy, citric and flowery hops in the flavor. Malty, slightly alcoholic, full bodied. A firm peppery hopbitterness in the aftertaste. Delicious!

Bottle. Amber colour with a tan head. Caramel malty, fruity aroma and a dry, caramel malty, Light fruity taste. Medium body and a dry hay finish.

A Mes & Sim rate: Hoppy, chocolatey and pudding like.. Great stuff I really like this one. The malts come through clearly and it finishes nice and fruity. I can see where the fruit cake comment comes from.Slight metalic undertone which I am not overly impressed with but otherwise it balances out nicely and is more than drinkable.

Dark ruby amber with a big creamy white head that sticks to the glass. A sweet fruity aroma with tones of dark rum and some toffee. Very full mouthfeel. Lightly vinious. Flavours of nuts, toffe, a touch of flowery bitterness.

Rerate 20.4.08 @ The Churchill Arms, Kensington, London.
On cask.
Pours deep mahogany with a mdeium, bubbly, off-white head. Aroma is pleasantly sweet, subdued chocolate, nuts, lovely caramel and with citrusy hops. Lowish carbonation, creamy as he**. Flavour is surprisingly chocolate-based, good toffee, dry creaminess, fine, balanced hops and light cocoa. Wonderful. A 4.2.

(Bottle) Pours amber-brown color with an impressive white head. Descent spiced aroma. I was looking forward to tasting this beer, but was very disapointed with the flavor. Presented a bitterness that I did not particularly care for...

Brownish amber, low carbonation provides almost no head. Very malty aroma totally dominates the old hops hints. Fruity (plums, grapes), toasted bread and roasted nuts maltiness. Notes of cake, oak, cloves, nutmeg... Surprisingly has a moderate acid bite that hurts a bit the roundness and development of the deep malt flavors. Slight smoke in the finish. Medium to full bodied, low carbonation. This is not as well elaborated as the vintages in terms of flavor balance and appears a bit disappointing to me.