Vintage Ale 2015
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Series Out of Production|
Score
7.28
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To mark the 50th anniversary of famous British malt variety Maris Otter, we’ve brewed our 19th vintage ale with all British ingredients.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Virtual/Skype tasting with Nordcore!
Appearance: Bottle 046123. Dark amber brown, clear. Good amount of creamy, light tan head.
Aroma: Dark ripe fruits, medium malt, caramel sweetness.
Taste: Dark fruits, malt, slightly roasted. Caramel sweetness.
Bought: Drinks of the World (Bern), 500 ml, CHF 10.50
Info: 17/2-2018, BB: 31/12-2025
Appearance: Bottle 046123. Dark amber brown, clear. Good amount of creamy, light tan head.
Aroma: Dark ripe fruits, medium malt, caramel sweetness.
Taste: Dark fruits, malt, slightly roasted. Caramel sweetness.
Bought: Drinks of the World (Bern), 500 ml, CHF 10.50
Info: 17/2-2018, BB: 31/12-2025
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2018
at 11:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber, clear with a medium creamy white head. Aroma of malt, caramel and blue fruits. Sweet taste, light bitter with a good malt and caramel end. Chared with CH-303 on skype, feb. 17th, great fun!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2018
at 15:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 0.33l. Aroma of toasted malt, caramel, dark fruit, flowers, dust, wood and alcohol. Pours clear ruby brown color with thin creamy tan-like head and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts with medium sweet and rich bready malt and caramel, follows by dried fruit and herbs, mouthfeel is warming alcoholic and mild spicy, while finish is heavy grassy and earthy bitter. Full body, thick texture and lively carbonation in palate. It's a reach and strong special occasion brew...
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2017
at 06:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Copper with an off white head that fades to a good coat. Fat malt with some toast, nuts and biscuit, a brandy-like whiff of booze, grapefruit. A little leaner than expected 3+ with a drying and quite bitter finish. Simpler than some years' -- or is it just that it's not quite ready?
Tried
on 07 Nov 2017
at 04:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(bottle, #103055) Hazy, dark amber colour with a beige and medium-sized frothy head. Bready malty aroma with notes of caramel, dried fruits, alcohol-soaked raisins and herbal hoppy spice in the background. Sweet flavor and slightly bitter, medium to full bodied with a moderate carbonation. Mildly earthy and delicately syrupy malty base with notes of dried figs, raisins, caramel and herbal hops; moderately sweet, fruity and caramelly finish with notes of booze shining through. 02.XI.17
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2017
at 16:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
F: big, tan, average retention. C: dark coppery, hazy. A: malty, fruity, bit sourness, caramel, bit dried fruity, bit herbal. T: malty, caramel, herbal, grassy, touch of fruity sourness, bit citrus, dried fruits, bit nuts, sour fruity with malty sweet tones, quite good joined together, strong but relatively easy drinkable, medium to full body, low to medium carbonation, good, enjoyed, here in BE 7,5€ and in original Fullers shop already 16£, rate # 150 from England 0,5l bottle N° 076285, BB: end 2025, from Malt Attacks in Brussels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2017
at 13:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500 ml. bottle shared @ RBBSG17. Clear orange, creamy off-white head. Nose is dull empty iron metallic caramel. Taste is bland metallic cereal, caramel, toffee, sweet herbs. Empty metallic caramel bodied. Very unexciting, I have no idea why I keep buying Fuller beers expecting to love them.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2017
at 02:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Fuller's Vintage Ale 2015 (by Fuller's Brewery (Asahi)):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
26/VIII/17 - 50cl bottle @ RBBSG17 - BB: 2025 (2017-1350) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange to amber beer, small creamy yellowish head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet malts, caramel, some honey, sugary, vanilla notes. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, malty, some honey, dried fruits, alcohol. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, malty, alcohol, milk chocolate, honey, dried fruits, caramel, lovely stuff. I like a good strong ale with some age on it.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
26/VIII/17 - 50cl bottle @ RBBSG17 - BB: 2025 (2017-1350) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange to amber beer, small creamy yellowish head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet malts, caramel, some honey, sugary, vanilla notes. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, malty, some honey, dried fruits, alcohol. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, malty, alcohol, milk chocolate, honey, dried fruits, caramel, lovely stuff. I like a good strong ale with some age on it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2017
at 18:05
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled @ RBBSG 2017. Clear amber color, average sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, caramel, raisins. Meh, not very good imo. Don’t like it.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2017
at 13:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
50cl bottle #030779 from Waitrose, Bracknell. Rating #6500. A bright amber pour with a thin cream coloured head and moderate carbonation; aroma of burnt sugar; dry in the mouth with demarara sugar, butterscotch, boozy raisins and prunes, and a pleasant warmth; then some peppery hops adding a gentle bitterness to a caramel finish. Really good, seems like 18 months is a good length of time to keep these beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2017
at 12:20