Old Winter Ale
(has 6 batches)
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Strong Ale - English Winter|
Score
6.73
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Deep amber in colour, Old Winter Ale is a strong beer with a malt, cookie and liquorice aroma. The prominent Crystal malts add sweet, nutty flavours, balanced by floral notes from Target, Challenger and Northdown hops.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Bottle) Dark amber colour with frothy, beige head leaving traces of lacing. Malty, nutty nose with dark fruit, caramel, dark rye bread, orange peel and a hint of chocolate. Malty, nutty taste with toffee, chocolate, dark rye bread, dark fruit and a touch of orange and earthy hops in the finish. Lovely balance. Slightly above medium body, smooth mouthfeel, balanced sweetness. Nice beer. In short: toffee, nuts, chocolate and orange in harmony.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2008
at 16:36
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Appearance: Redish brown. Just a little bit of head. Aroma: Malt and burnt caramel. Taste: Malt and some caramel. Slightly bitter. Warming. Info: 500ml bottle, 29/11-2007
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2008
at 08:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Re-rate, cask at Gallows Bird, 20170106) The beer dark brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, toasted malts and caramel. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were grass, earth, malts, caramel and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A pleasant malty brew with English hops.
(Old rating: Cask at Gallows Bird on 2008-01-26) A red-brownish colour. Medium head. Roasted malts in taste. Nothing special. Rating: 6-3-7-3-12
(Old rating: Cask at Gallows Bird on 2008-01-26) A red-brownish colour. Medium head. Roasted malts in taste. Nothing special. Rating: 6-3-7-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2008
at 03:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cL bottle. Pours slight cloudy and deep amber with a lacing off-white head. Fruity and malt driven aroma. Flavour is roasted malt with a light acidic touch and a light toffee malt note. Fruity and bitter hoppy flavours following before a more breadish malt flavour re-conquers the palate. Ends medium dry and bitter. Nice and light malt spice English ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2008
at 14:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, Thomas Rigbys, Liverpool. Dense amber colour. Malty caramel aroma. Very rich and heavy. Almost christmas puddingesque. Pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Mar 2008
at 17:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask. Deep amber colour with mediumsized slightly off-white head. Lacing. Aroma is sweet malts, some roast, caramel, mild spices, nectar and wood. Flavour is the same with some mild licorice and dry dark fruits. Wellbalanced and pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Feb 2008
at 03:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ The Old Joint Stock, Birmingham B2, UK. Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dark fruits, moderate hoppy, earth, peat, light licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (120108)
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2008
at 16:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home ... copper / ruby ... little sweet and a hop thats not for me ... little nutty quite a bit of juice malt but in the end there just a hop in the background thats not for me. not bad just not for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2008
at 13:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[i] Bottle picked up at Sainsburys, Kidlington, 0812-07 [/i] Pours brown in colour with some ruby highlights topped off with an off white head. Great fruity flavour, bit tangy, bit malty but lovely full flavour, there are nuts there as well and some caramel, really nice beer (suprised that I hadn’t rated this one before)
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2007
at 08:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Chestnut coloured with a slight white head. Aroma of toffee, molasses and mincemeat. Flavour was of Christmas cake with plenty of nuts. Finish was bitter to offset all the sweetness. Very enjoyable.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2007
at 17:04