Vintage Ale 2020
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.71
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For the Vintage Ale 2020, we've stayed true to our roots - sourcing all our ingredients here in the UK. The story starts with DRC®, a Double Roasted Crystal malt from East Anglia that promises malty sweetness rich in caramel and raisin. Then there's the Herefordshire hops - Jester® and Godiva- adding ripe berry fruit and tangy citrus notes to the signature marmalade flavours of our famous Fuller's yeast.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Ratebeer tasting at Daves, Unterhaching, München, Friday 4th February 2022 many thanks to Geraint and Helen for this. Pours copper in colour with a very light haze, well integrated, subtle and works very well, light marmalade, some sweet toffee, good, nay,.... very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2022
at 21:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, thanks Fin! Tried just after the 2019 variant. Red amber. Nose is similar, wood and caramel. The 2020 tastes less sweet, better balance, made with 100% British woody twigs. Stronger bitterness, balances the sweetness a bit better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2022
at 21:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy amber. Aroma is dates caramel raisin physalis apricot. Taste is bitter hops with caramel some herbs and mint with light melasses. Pretty balanced.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2022
at 21:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy amber color with off-white head. Aroma is raisins, caramel, herbal. Taste is raisins, toffee, classic English strong, warming finish, but noticeable hops too. Oily mouthfeel with foamy-ish carbonation. Nice one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2022
at 20:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Refrigerated 0.5 L brown bottle poured into a glass. Clear copper with big off-white head. Aroma is caramel, medium body, lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is rich caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2022
at 01:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper-amber with a medium, creamy, long lasting, beige head that leaves curtains of soapy lace. Sweet aroma of toasted bready malt, caramel, toffee, raisin, apricot, brown sugar, orange peel, earth, floral hops and mild alcohol. Sweet flavour of toasted bready malt, caramel, toffee, honey, brown sugar, raisin, fig, apricot, orange peel, spice, floral hops and mild alcohol in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with a creamy, smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. Nice complexity and even better than the 2019 version. A world class ESA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2021
at 05:01
7/10
Cloudy brown sugar brown tan head. Heavy bready malt, sweet brown sugar and a little maple. Vanilla, creamy carbs. Solid
Tried
on 02 Oct 2021
at 22:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear chestnut, large creamy beige head, long lasting, nice lacing. Aroma is malty, dark sugars, toffee, tobacco. Flavor is medium sweet, medium bitter. Medium body, finishing heat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2021
at 04:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
55 cl bottle @ home. Rated on 5.6.2021. Bottle #109960, BBE 31.12.2030 Aroma has ripe fruits, vanilla, berries and mild resin. Flavour has berry juice, some resin, minerals and toffee. Quite what I expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2021
at 07:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from The Gull, North Vancouver
Beautiful amber colour, clean, with creamy tan head. Mild aroma of toasted bread, nuts. Full bodied, smooth, moderately sweet; the malt flavour is partially nutty, honey; there is some alcohol warmth.
Pleasant.
Beautiful amber colour, clean, with creamy tan head. Mild aroma of toasted bread, nuts. Full bodied, smooth, moderately sweet; the malt flavour is partially nutty, honey; there is some alcohol warmth.
Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2021
at 05:59