Vintage Ale 2009
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Series Out of Production|
Score
7.41
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Vintage Ale is a truly distinguished bottle conditioned beer. Each vintage is a blend of that year’s finest malt and hops, creating a unique limited edition brew. Being bottle conditioned, it is after bottling that the flavours truly begin to develop, and continue to do so well beyond the best before date that we are obliged to state.
The 2009 Vintage features Kent grown Golding Hops and East Anglian Tipple malted barly. It has an intial aroma of rich Muscavado sugar followed by a brandied caramelised [sic] orange palate and finishes with a creamy vanilla warmth.
The 2009 Vintage features Kent grown Golding Hops and East Anglian Tipple malted barly. It has an intial aroma of rich Muscavado sugar followed by a brandied caramelised [sic] orange palate and finishes with a creamy vanilla warmth.
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9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
The scent is fruity and nonsurprising. That’s why the surprise in taste was so big. A bit fruity to start with, but with a strong flavour of licorice directly afterwards. The somewhat high alcohol content fits in perfectly. Should buy one more bottle of this and store it for some years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2011
at 14:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled @ Copenhagen Beer Festival 2011 from bottle: Pours a beautiful cloudy rusty red body with a really low to-no off-white sidesticking head. Aroma is caramel, peaches, figs and malts. Has a smooth and silky texture and it's average carbonated. Flavors are vinous with some yeasty and fruity hints. Sweet figs and raisins combined with some toffee, and it ends mildly bitter with some alcohol in the aftertaste. Nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2011
at 04:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle #113745. Pours hazy amber color with tan head. Aromas of toasted malts, caramel, some figs and a little alcohol. Very sweet caramel and fig flavors with some doughy yeast and booze. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2011
at 19:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml bottle, Vintage 2009, bottle No. 070845, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 8.5%. Amber to copper colour, large to moderate off-white head. Nice vinous aroma, strong notes of raisins, also hints of other dark dried fruits and toffee. Lovely vinous flavour, notes of raisins, figs and oak, malts including some caramel, moderate hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2011
at 04:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aged 2 years. Pours deep amber into an english pint. Off-white micro head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface leaving scant spiders. Rum-soaked pit fruit and roasted nut aromas. Thick and hot with front to back dark caramel and pit fruit. Lasting dusty fruit finish. Warming.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Mar 2011
at 15:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle(thanks to Tony)at Morrie’s tasting(12Nov10)pours red with a medium tan head. Aroma is toast, nuts, orange marmalade. Mellow toast and figs flavor with some white pepper kind of spicing and heat in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2011
at 10:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle that I had been ageing which was tried alongside a 2007 and a 2010 consumed 25.12.10 Pours amber orange with a white head, bit frothy though soon departs. The aroma is sweet, fruity and with a little hoppiness but not too much. Big beer, bit chewy, but also has started to soften with a bit of age on it, some light banana touches, toffee and caramel with a touch of alcohol soaked fruit. A7 A3 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2010
at 01:36