Vintage Ale 2013
Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick, Greater London, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Series Out of Production|
Score
7.33
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The 2013 Fuller’s Vintage, our 17th edition, is brewed with four of this year’s finest hop varieties: Goldings, Sovereign, Challenger and the trophy-winning Admiral. WIth a dry spring and wet summer, we have chosen a winter barley wich, when combined with our unique yeast, gives a rich and complex result.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml bottle sampled June 2016. Clear, deep reddish golden body with a big tan head. Aroma has smooth malt and caramel with dry fruit. Flavor is quite sweet malt, caramel, dry fruit, a nice hint of oxidation and warming alcohol. Moderate bitterness. Fine body and smooth, sweet aftertaste. Another nice Fullers Vintage.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2016
at 14:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2016
at 12:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
50 cl bottle @ home, BBE 2023
Bottle #028641
Aroma is sweet and heavy with fruits and caramel. Also toffee candy. Flavour has toffee, dried fruits, caramel and mild fruity hops. Finishes with biscuits and menthol. Also flavour is sweet and heavy. More like American Strong Ale by aroma and flavour.
Bottle #028641
Aroma is sweet and heavy with fruits and caramel. Also toffee candy. Flavour has toffee, dried fruits, caramel and mild fruity hops. Finishes with biscuits and menthol. Also flavour is sweet and heavy. More like American Strong Ale by aroma and flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2016
at 13:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled from a 16 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy medium brown color with a large creamy-soapy orange-tan head that left decent lacing. The aroma was sweet caramel, toffee, black cherry, raisin and fig. The flavor was strong raisin, plum and molasses followed by toffee, a hint of banana and some brandy. Long finish. Medium body. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2016
at 16:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tumman kuparinen, keskiruskean värinen olut melko pienellä vaalealla vaahdolla, joka häviää aika nopeasti jättäen vain aavistuksenomaisen kerroksen oluen pinnalle. Tuoksu tamminen ja viljaisa sekä alkoholinen, jopa aavistuksen viskinen, vaniljainen ja karamellisen makea, oikein toimiva kokonaisuus. Maku maltainen, karamellinen ja varsin makea, mutta samalla ennen kaikkea loppupuoleltaan hieman enemmän yrttisen humaloitu. Keskitäyteläinen suutuntuma, runko vähän turhan kevyt loppujen lopuksi.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2016
at 13:06
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska från SB. Smak och doft av karamell, smörkola, ljus torkad frukt, brunt socker och honung. Oljig, rund och len, lagom sötma, fina rena smaker i fin balans. God beska med toner av citrus. Mycket gott!
Tried
on 12 Jul 2016
at 09:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flaska från SB. Lite citruszestigare än vad jag minns att andra versioner varit men en hel del syltade citrusskal och lite mer beska. Annars är det mesta sig likt och väldigt gott.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2016
at 11:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
SAMPLE 75 ml at tasting. Big malts, quince jam, alcohol-infused candies, bit of balanced faded grassy bitterness. Not too complex, but surely yummy.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2016
at 07:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Lovely clear amber with a beige cap. Aroma is full and a little boozy with cognac and Indian fudge, pears, sultana, ginger, cassia, white pepper. 8+ Creamy and soft until a big whack of alcohol intrudes. Moderately sweet, not all that heavy with still some Indian sweetmeat spicy notes in with the gentle bitterness.Has a lot going for it and is certainly not a staid drink or one that is all that much like previous vintages I’ve had, but too much overt alcohol - I would have expected that to fade by now if it was going to.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2016
at 07:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
23rd January 2015
Almost clear amber beer, good cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. A light malts sweetness, mild caramel and a touch of bitterish toffee. A nice cherry tang, mildly sour even. Dried fruits and mellow brandy. Pince of spice, something that tastes vaguely like cinnamon. Light finish. Plenty going on here. Tasty and interesting.
Almost clear amber beer, good cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. A light malts sweetness, mild caramel and a touch of bitterish toffee. A nice cherry tang, mildly sour even. Dried fruits and mellow brandy. Pince of spice, something that tastes vaguely like cinnamon. Light finish. Plenty going on here. Tasty and interesting.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2016
at 10:28