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 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the December THT. Poured a slightly hazy medium amber with a whispy white head. The aroma is toffee caramel sweet malt woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a rich smooth woody hop, light fruity palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2016
at 15:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Still here, THT December at deanso’s! Near clear dark brown with off white head. Big sweet barley and toasted malts, vanilla. Caramel and fudge. Some grapes and white raisans. Big sweet and medium bitter. Over medium body and low carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Vintage Ale (2012) on 09 Jan 2018 at 09:24 - Score: 7
Tried
on 16 Dec 2016
at 15:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at THT. Almost clear light amber with cream colored head. Marzipan, sweet grapes, light bitter herbs, vanilla, sweet malts, some red wine, light cognac. Over medium sweet and bitter. Over medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2016
at 15:15
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Daniel. Pours lightly hazy orange-gold with a creamy, white head. The nose suggests mild oxidation, marmalade, crackers, wood. Medium sweet flavour with jammy citrus, mild caramel, pale bread, golden raisins. Medium to full bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation. Lightly warming in the finish, with more ripe, jammy citrus fruits, light caramel, more pale bread. Very good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2016
at 15:13
8/10
Tried
on 12 Dec 2016
at 15:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours lightly hazy red. Aroma of stron caramel, some nuts. Body is full and heavy , with only a low carbonation. Super tasty and juicy, great drinkability. Very nice. Thank you Robin!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2016
at 16:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - amber with a thin but attractive lace on top. Nose - toffee and cake. Taste - Jamaica cake. Rich cake notes generally. Palate - medium to full bodied with a creamy rich texture and a rich but balanced finish. Overall - lovely beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2016
at 09:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Botella 50 cl del Lupulo n. 78574 vintage 2012. Fcpref fin 2015. tomada en el momento 27..02..2016. Color cobrizo oscuro con espuma beige. Aromas y sabores intensos maltosos con toques de caramelos y regaliz tostados. Cuerpo medio bastante espumoso y denso con buena sensación alcohólica. Bastante buena. La mejor fuller.s tomada hasta el momento.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2016
at 15:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Nikos. Pours cloudy amber, small beige head, dissipates quickly with some residual and lacing. Aroma is malty, oranges, caramel, bready. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter, malty with a piney finishing bite. Fullish body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2016
at 04:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample 100 ml. Hazy amber-red, beige head. Big malty aroma, lots of ripe fruit, quince jam, alcohol-infused candies. The taste is not that extremely sweet, again malty and fruity, biscuit, light bitterness and just a hint of alcohol. Pretty smooth and easy-drinking body.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2016
at 03:24