Gale's Prize Old Ale
(has 2 batches)
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
7.11
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Each bottle of Prize Old Ale is cork-finished, sealed, and numbered. Prize Old Ale is unfiltered and unpasteurized. It is brewed from floor malted Maris Otter and minute amounts of black malt. Hops are Fuggles, Goldings and Challenger. It is reddish in color with hops and apple fruit on the nose, spicy and malty in the mouth, and a dry, even tart fruity finish with hints of raisins and apple.
The slow work of the yeast in the bottle may increase the alcohol content to 12% or even more. After several years of aging Prize Old Ale gains a more complex palate with Calvados like character. It is said that Prize Old Ale is at its best after 20 years of maturing. e hop flavors and fruity estery flavors to predominate.
The slow work of the yeast in the bottle may increase the alcohol content to 12% or even more. After several years of aging Prize Old Ale gains a more complex palate with Calvados like character. It is said that Prize Old Ale is at its best after 20 years of maturing. e hop flavors and fruity estery flavors to predominate.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Chriso’s Fullers-Gales Tasting. It pours deep red-brown, with a thick beige head. The nose is sherry, toffee, caramel, spice and malt vinegar. The taste is malt vinegar, tart berry (particularly raspberry), jam, red wine, leather and wood, with a sour finish. Alcohol is well hidden by the tartness. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A significantly different beer to 06 and 08. Still has that sweet-sour aspect, but a lot more tartness, which I like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2012
at 07:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Chriso FullersGales Tasting. Good condition. Lasting beige head. Some sherry some soy sauce some maltiness. I like this version. I like the fruit upfront jammy flavour. So different to the others. Sour finish. Like a Flemish brune. Its good. Drinkable for 9%.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2012
at 08:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Dark red amber colour. Heavy malty and light hoppy aroma. Nice candis notes. Moderate bitter light sweet flavor. Some surprisingly fruity notes. Long moderate bitter wiónderfull finish. Creamy palate. Really nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2012
at 11:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottles at home ... colins tastings ... 2007 ... dark brown ... thin lacing ... deep dark sherry malt ... grape nose ... sour front ... red grape... dark malts ... soft toffee roast ... light vanilla creamy malts ... 4.0 bottle at home ... deep brown ... thin off white head .. sof sweet fruits ... soft toffee fruit nose ...soft seett malts ... light sour tone .. zezty lemon .. fizzy lemon cola ... 3.7
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2011
at 05:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
07/05 0.5 l bottle (2008) courtesy of Marko I guess, thanks for sharing! It poured dark red brownish body with smaller ivory head. Malty aroma of dried fruits and a bit caramel with touch of alcohol. Doesn’t lack complexity but flavor got it more. Whole palette of darker malt is encountered, from dried fruits which mostly dominate, through caramel, chocolate, to coffee and some wood. Slight acidity is also shown, mostly like sour cherries. Not very full in body though. Sweet, long and very nice finish. Slightly warming. It was quite strange at moments, but it’s definitely a fine beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2011
at 12:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2008 bottle at home and more recently at Chriso’s Fullers-Gales Tasting. It pours clear red-brown with a thin, foamy white head. The nose is wood, varnish, spice, fig, cherry, dried berry and a hint of tartness. The taste is very fruity - blueberry, cherry, raspberry, fig, currant, raisin, fruit cake, jam and a touch of malt vinegar, with quite a lot of alcohol in the finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A nice beer for sure, but I would like to see some more of that 2007 tartness in it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2011
at 13:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 500ml. - from the London Pride store in Ljubljana, shared with Marko and heavy. Vintage 2008.
Amber/brown coloured, small off-white head, malty alcoholic nose with notes of overriped fruits. Sweet malty, dried fruits (prunes and raisins) and quite alcoholic with port like sweet finish. Very good Gales.
Amber/brown coloured, small off-white head, malty alcoholic nose with notes of overriped fruits. Sweet malty, dried fruits (prunes and raisins) and quite alcoholic with port like sweet finish. Very good Gales.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2011
at 13:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle (2008), Kris Wines, London. Seeing as I haven’t been lucky enough to snaffle an aged bottle of this thus far, I was grateful to give this relatively young version a try. Poured a dark ruby colour with an impressive nose that had plenty of sweet, dark fruit with notes of brandy sodden christmas cake, nuts, demerara sugar and dark chocolate. Flavour had similar elements with a rich malty profile and a warming booze hit. .Finish revealed some sourness together with some peppery hop bitterness. Very enjoyable stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2010
at 04:57