Vintage Ale 2012
Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick, Greater London, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Series Out of Production|
Score
7.32
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The 2012 Vintage Ale, our 16th, is brewed with three of this year’s finest hop varieties including, Goldings, award winning Sovereign and Target hops. These combined with our unique yeast and organic barley grown by Sir James Fuller on the Neston Park Estate result in a wonderful limited edition brew that has a luxurious flavour.
Individually packed and numbered, this bottle is one of only one hundred and twenty five thousand produced
Although we are obliged to state a best before date of 2015, like a fine wine or whisky, this mellow golden ale will improve with age for many more years
Being bottle conditioned, the beer will form a natural sediment, so pour carefully, sit back, and enjoy this, the very finest of Fuller’s ales.
Individually packed and numbered, this bottle is one of only one hundred and twenty five thousand produced
Although we are obliged to state a best before date of 2015, like a fine wine or whisky, this mellow golden ale will improve with age for many more years
Being bottle conditioned, the beer will form a natural sediment, so pour carefully, sit back, and enjoy this, the very finest of Fuller’s ales.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy amber color with beige head. Aroma is malty, toffee, a touch fruity. Taste is toffee, candied fruitcake, a bit dusty finish. Somehow less oxidized than the 2014 version we have next to it. Oily mouthfeel with low carbonation. Fun!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2017
at 14:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Runder, hell malziger Antrunk. Wenig würzig, eher trocken, spritzig, langer aber flacher Nachhall. Okay. 10/11/10/10//10
Tried
on 29 Nov 2017
at 02:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at a Tasting. A slightly hazy amber beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of reddish malt, caramel, vanilla. Taste of dry red fruits, caramel, mild bitter resinous hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2017
at 10:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled from 0.5 l bottle. Slightly hazy, brownish amber with an off-white head. Sweetish-malty, slightly fruity and a bit oxidized aroma of caramel, strawberry jam, some raisins and traces of orange peel. Moderately sweet, malty, slightly fruity and minimally oxidized taste of caramel, honey, raisins and orange jam, followed by a short, moderately bitter, minimally boozy finish. Medium body, slightly creamy and moderately effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2017
at 10:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from my cellar. No. 69727. Smooth malty caramelly nose. The beer starts smooth and intense. Caramel, round fruity. Wood, quite sessionable. Easy to drink, fruity and yellow fruit over a dry body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2017
at 17:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
8-3-7-4-15
Bottle, beer#40 vintage 2012, 35316, five years after bottling. Pours hazy mahogany, with a big creamy head receding to finger thickness. Aroma is grassy hops with herbal and earthy notes, as well as roasted malts with bread, toffee, heather Full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is roasted malts with bread, toffee, honey, kandi and dark fruits, as well as earthy hops with herbal notes.
Bottle, beer#40 vintage 2012, 35316, five years after bottling. Pours hazy mahogany, with a big creamy head receding to finger thickness. Aroma is grassy hops with herbal and earthy notes, as well as roasted malts with bread, toffee, heather Full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is roasted malts with bread, toffee, honey, kandi and dark fruits, as well as earthy hops with herbal notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2017
at 15:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
ambrato carico buona schiuma piuttosto persistente mandorla lieve ossidato caramello discreto corpo buona dolcenza ma bilanciata da un discreta luppolatura
Tried
on 28 Jul 2017
at 15:14
7/10
Tried
on 17 Jun 2017
at 14:09
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
11.06.2017, 0,5l bottle (#13317) @ William K:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity, caramel malts, raisins, minerals, grass, alcohol, toffee, fruit stones, prunes, knekk, bark, hay, sour berries. Taste is slightly sweet mineraly, raisins, hay, minerals, fruit stones, caramel malts, grass, knekk, prunes, alcohol, toast, berry skin, toffee, leafs. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mineraly mouthfeel. Nice.
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity, caramel malts, raisins, minerals, grass, alcohol, toffee, fruit stones, prunes, knekk, bark, hay, sour berries. Taste is slightly sweet mineraly, raisins, hay, minerals, fruit stones, caramel malts, grass, knekk, prunes, alcohol, toast, berry skin, toffee, leafs. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mineraly mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2017
at 06:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared at the December THT at deanso’s. Clear amber pour with a thin off-white head. Notes of cognac, dried fruit, caramel. Medium body, soft carbonation, bitter-sweet finish.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2016
at 07:21