Vintage Ale 2011
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Series Out of Production|
Score
7.16
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The 2011 Vintage Ale, our 15th, is brewed with some of the finest of this year’s malt and hops. The malt grist includes a portion produced by Warminster maltings, from organic barley grown by Sir James Fuller on the Nestone Park Estate. This will be married with the choicest Goldings, Organic First Gold and award winning Sovereign hops, to produce a beer with a firm malt base, marmalade notes and a satisfying bitter finish. Individually packaged and numbered, this bottle is one of only one hundred and fifty thousand produced.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Sweet caramel, plum and some bread. Clear copper gold with a rich beige head. Just as it smells, lots of caramel, plum, nice sweetness with a touch of bread. Orange notes top this off to make it taste much like a barley wine. No hint of the booze except a slight warming of the throat. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2015
at 18:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. No. 035295. Dark orange amber colour with a white foam head leaving alittle lacing and aroma of malt, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, raisins, spice, orange fruity & nutty. Taste is sweet malty, with caramel, toffee and raisins plus some earthy leathery grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry dusty finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2015
at 16:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(bottle, #067635) Hazy, amber colour with a short and slightly tanned foamy head. Ripe malty aroma with hints of caramel, fruity accents of apricots, raisins, also flowery and mildly alcoholic notes. Sweet and delicately bitter flavour, medium to full bodied with a smooth, well-carbonated mouthfeel. Robust malty base with notes of candied fruits, caramel, shades of woody and spicy hops; lasting malty finish with a lingering fruity and slightly vinous touch and a well-covered alcoholic strength. 30.XII.14
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2015
at 15:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Hazy, amber coloured with an orangey sheen, mid-sized lacy beige head; dried fruits, Wood and vanilla plus a touch of alcohol in the nose; solid sweet-bitter flavour, medium to full bodied and a bit tart; mild and warming traces of alcohol in the vinous-fruity and caramelly finish, some hoppy dryness in the aftertaste. Good, what else...
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2014
at 03:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 0.5l at Black Door, Helsinki. Bottle no: 090377. Colour is deep orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, raisins, hops and malts. Surprisingly fresh and in excellent condition.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2014
at 09:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle) Amber colour, slightly hazy, with frothy off-white head, leaving traces of lacing. Malty, fruity nose with notes of treacle-toffee, raisins, dried apricots, orange peel, rye bread, toffee, hints of nuts and some sweet oloroso sherry. Malty, fruity taste with toffee, raisins, apricots marmalade, orange peel, treacle, hints of blackberries and a certain citric bitterness in a finish with a slight alcohol glow. More than medium body, fairly sweet. Tasty and quite complex. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2014
at 11:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 500ml bottle on 6/2/2014 (bottle no. 061746). Pours a light amber with a medium head which disappears quickly. Has a strong toffee malt aroma. Taste wise, it’s malt dominated with toffee, caramel, butterscotch and nuts featuring, along with a good dash of sweet orange, and a touch of booze. It finishes with a mild tart, bitterness. The palate is syrupy and the carbonation average. This is a very pleasant sweet, malty sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2014
at 01:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Sean. Pours a deep amber color with a large white head. Hazy but not as yeasty (particulates) as some versions. The aroma is sweet toffee, berries, wood. The flavor is surprisingly big oxidation which is OK. More berries, toffee, yeast, biscuit, a bit of orange tanginess in the tail. Quite good as usual.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2014
at 23:57