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Fullers Vintage Ale 2002 3.71 88

Fullers Vintage Ale 2002

 (RETIRED)
Percentile
96
overall
Formerly brewed at Fullers
Style: English Strong Ale

London, England

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883.78/5.03.71/5.0Winter8.5%98.2English pint, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Bottle conditioned version of Golden Pride.
Limited to 50,000 Bottles. As the year of the Golden Jubilee the golden theme was applied to this special commemorative Vintage Ale. Goldings hops and Golden Promise malt were used to produce this copper coloured ale with a fruity, orange peel aroma and a spicy, satisfying taste.
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 ravidesai (915), Bombay, India
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/101/58/105/517/20

Jul 11, 2003  
aged for a year glowing copper amber. almost no head. sweet malty caramel aroma. nice spiced sweet taste with a licorice and fruit charactyer. rather strong hops to counterbalance the sugars. complex dry finish alcohol in the aftertaste. a good warming sipping beer.

 fonefan (11891), VestJylland, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Bottle 550ml.
Clear medium to dark red amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, vintage, oxidide malt, raisin, plum, wood notes, moderate alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is flat to soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. IMO it is to old - on the down ... [20090725]


 FatPhil (3483), Espoo, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 27, 2009  
568ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki)
Dry raisiny and nutty aroma. Pleasant carbonation. Yeast mellows the taste we found - so do add some. Very dry malty body. Hops again dry and biting. Lovely raisins in the finish. Beautiful sipper.


 mjs (1541), Helsinki, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 30, 2009  
(Bottle at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-08-29) Ruby red and clear. Small white head. Raisin, malts and dried plum in taste. Full bodied and very dry palate with medium carbonation. Malts, raisin, dried plum, lightly roastedness, bitterness and choclate in taste. Malty aftertaste.


 MaltOMeal (653), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Jul 21, 2009  
bottle thanks to anders37. Shared at July BA tasting. Pours amber with no head. Nose is of toffee, spice and malt. Taste is of toffee and malt. Mouthfeel was sweet and alcohol noticeable. Not bad.


 SudsMcDuff (1704), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/102/513/20
Jul 13, 2009  
This seems to be aging quite well.. . loads of toffee and caramel, with a big oily biscuit aftertaste . .. do you wanna eat my fat? i think you know the answer to that .. . The theonly nagative is the mouth is going a bit, thinning out if you will .. It is what it is, ..folks!


 dunkpigen (328), Kolding, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Bottle at Århus Ølfestival 2008. Pours amber with a nice thin white head. Aroma of plum, malt, toffee and viniousity. Flavour of plum, vinousity, malt , toffee and chocolate.


 Cletus (5058), Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 7, 2008  
Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of oak, some fruit, caramel, earthy. Tastes of dark fruit, spice, slightly tarte in a complimentary way. Finish yields more woody hints.


 MiP (9157), Sønderborg, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/519/20
Jun 26, 2008  
Bottle at ÅBF08. 6 years old. Sherry aroma. A bit spicy. Clear dark copper colour. No head. Sweet and spicy flavour. Slightly moldy, but with vanilla and good spice. Quite good.



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