Fuller's Brewery Vintage Ale 2002

Vintage Ale 2002

 

Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
7.44
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 40 Ticks: 49
Limited to 50,000 Bottles. As the year of the Golden Jubilee the golden theme was applied to this special commemorative Vintage Ale. Goldings hops and Golden Promise malt were used to produce this copper coloured ale with a fruity, orange peel aroma and a spicy, satisfying taste.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Very malty, brown sugar, dark, roasty cereals, light candied cherry. Nice mouth feel, solid carb. Medium hitter, sweet cherry, apple skins, brown sugar and sweet, bready malts. Less Hops than previous years sweeter and more malt forward.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:42


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle online from the source. The earliest of the 12 Vintages of Xmas released by Fullers in late 2023. Pours near clear chestnut with an orange tinge, beige foam. Aroma: liquid christmas cake. Big raisin vibe. Caramel, toffee, figs, dates, pretty much the whole cake. Taste: moderate sweet with similar bitterness, similar to aroma, brown sugar, dried & dark fruits. Rich & boozy. Medium body with soft carbonation. For a 22yo beer with a crown cap it's lasted remarkably well.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2024 at 13:42


9.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

One of those days at work and the question of, why don't I just drink this thing, I'm not going to be buried with it! And I was supposed to drink this as my 1,000th. Good pour with some lacing so I know it's alive. Gorgeous colour in the glass with a huge nose of toffee and vanilla. The taste is sweet toffee and a huge hit of vanilla, really huge and I love it. Maybe some oxidation, but not enough to cause trouble. Really rich mouthfeel and I can't taste the alcohol. This is really, really good.

Tried from Can on 24 Sep 2024 at 17:22


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured an amber with a creamy beige head. Aroma is alcohol, dark fruits, malts, hints of sugar. Taste is boosty, dark fruits, raisins, rich malts, sugars.

Tried on 21 Sep 2024 at 01:05


7

Tried on 28 Aug 2024 at 20:48


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks. A hazed brown coloured pour with a lasting orange coloured pour with a a halo of white head. Aroma is semi sweet. Jammy raisin, raisin white grape. Woody balsa. Palate is semi sweet z cola w. Brown sugars, dired fruits cake. Palate is semi sweet, juice.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2024 at 20:34


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Ravfarga, klar, lite skum. Aroma av plommer, marsipan, sigarkasse, honning. Smak av marmelade, sitrus, eikefat. Generøs gåve frå Jan Magnus på rating m J, AL, EO.

Tried on 26 Aug 2024 at 20:14


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Norrie's. Pours clear amber, nose is toffee, caramel, oak, raisin, taste is meaty, brown bread, sweet, sugary. --- Beer merged from original tick of Vintage Ale (2002) on 03 Jul 2021 at 14:18 - Score: 7

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2021 at 13:35


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Dark amber color. Sherry, raisin and oak in the aroma. Sewer. Also sewer in the flavor. Raisin.. Sherry. Candied fruit. Some remaining hopbitterness and toffee. Alcohol. The old age is showing. Still enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:06


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

30.03.2019, 0,55l bottle (#23232/50000) @ Akkurat:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet mineraly, raisins, hay, fruit stones, toffee, toast, grass, "knekk", buttercookies, dried dark fruits, bark, alcohol. Taste is slightly sweet mineraly, fruit stones, raisins, grass, bark, toast, minerals, berry skin, "knekk", alcohol, soil, weeds, old cellar. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly dry fruity mouthfeel. Nice enough.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2019 at 18:34