Fullers Jack Frost (Bottle)

Appearance: Redish brown. OK amount of off-white head, shortlived. Aroma: Nice dark fruit and berries. Some malt. Taste: Dark fruit and malt, some berries. Slightly dry and bitter. Info: 500ml bottle, 16/1-2008

Bottle. Hazy red colour with medium creamy white mostly lasting head. Malty aroma. Sweet fruity flavor. Oily palate.

Bottle at home... Good copper colour ... deep fruity malt nose ... metallic malts ... reasonably fruity ... the hint of blackberry is there if you hunt for it ... metalic linger thats just a tinge drying.

Bottle 500ml (BBE 4 Nov 2008) from Waitrose, Christchurch. Interesting aroma - slightly sulphurous, with a hint of berries. Pours reddish amber with a small off-white head. I did not immediately detect berries in the flavour, but it left a lingering bitterness, along with a blackcurrant aftertaste (a bit like a blackcurrant flavoured Tune (if you can still buy them)), fading to a slight metallic taste. I found this ale to be quite thin, although it did have a good dryness about it. Conclusion: if you like full on flavours and a warming ale, I would recommend Fuller’s London Pride or Fuller’s Old Winter Ale rather than a Jack Frost.

Botttle. Pours a deep garnet colour beer. Nose of blackberries, sugar and malt. Taste is soemwaht dry and is followed by a sweet taste of balckberries to finish with a short dryness. I found it ok but not to be repeated too often.

Pleasant red colour. Some hops and caramel in the aroma. Tastes of malt and fruit, with blackberries lurking in the background in a not very complementary way - a bit like added syrup. One’s enough for me.

Clear, still and reddish. Thinning swirls of froth. Gently leafy hop aroma. Creamy and sweet with a firm hop bitterness. Lingers with a slightly sickly biscuity malt sweetness. Blackberries lurking distantly in the background. Jammy dodgers in beer form.

Bottle, Tesco. Attractive ruby-toned copper with a cap of rough off-white. Smells of caramel warmth, soft berries, and some rye bread/earthiness. Plumy sweetness, dark bread, just a mild berry flavor, fairly dry finish. A pleasant surprise.