Vintage Ale 2004
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.25
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95,000 bottles were produced for 2004’s Vintage, which once again employed a traditional approach, this time brewed with Goldings hops and Maris Otter malt. Distinctive cherry notes are evident, before a warming finish that mellows with age. Also limited availability in the Cask, mainly in the London area.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Deep mahogany coloured body to a shiny surface. Smell of dried fruits and bready malts. Malt-covered raisin, apricot and prunes in flavour along with hints of spices. Dry hopped bitter end. Full bodied, vinous and warming. Very pleasing, however, rather sweet in the long run. Bottle 0,5l, vintage 2004, No. 22398, shared with Finn at White Horse, London 5 Oct 10.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2010
at 13:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flaske 0,5l på White Horse, Parsons Green 5 Okt 10. Flaske nr. 22398 - påspandert av Rune henimot slutten på vår ukelange studietur til England. Dyp mahogny på farge. Lavt kremskum. Behagelig vinøs sherry-aroma. Plommer & svisker. Eikepreg. Fyldig smak: Plommer, rosiner & sherry. Eikepreg i avslutningen. Smakene er godt integrert. Uklar siste kvell.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2010
at 08:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle number 85320 consumed August 2010. Pours a transparent, muddy amber with a clumpy, white head. Smells of figs, raisins, rum, brown sugar, caramel, a little port, just a touch oxidized. Flavor is cinnamon cake icing, brown sugar, vanilla, cardamon, raisins, figs, candied orange zest, port, sherry, sweet sugary icing, cherry cough drops. Finish is full bodied and still a touch sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2010
at 09:18
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle #21825: Hazy, foxy-brown, lacy off-white head; solid sweet fruity aroma (dried fruits) with a robust "english" hoppy backbone and a tinge of marzipan; solid, very solid bitter-sweet flavour, medium to full bodied; increasing hoppiness in the fruity (some liquorice, too and a tinge of alcohol) and toasty finish. Lovely thirst quencher......
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2010
at 09:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(bottle, # 21825) Hazy, chestnut-brown colour with a beige and dense medium-sized foamy head. Sweet roast-malty aroma with notes of caramel, cacao, dried figs, liquorice and a tinge of resiny and slightly woody hops. Sweet flavour, full bodied with a very smoth carbonation. Toasty and chocolatey malty taste with notes of dried fruits, caramel, liquorice and lighter hoppy spices; moderately sweet and toasty malty finish with subtle fruity and hoppy notes. The finish seems to be a bit shorter than that of the 2006 edition I had before. 24.III.10
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2010
at 15:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bouteille 500ml (2004 no 39456), courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur brune et voilée. Nez fruité (raisins, moyen de figues et de prunes, notes de dates, traces de poires), malté de toffee et de caramel butterscotch avec des notes rôties et terreuses, moyen d’alcool liquoreux, légèrement boisé (fût de chêne) et avec des notes de noix et des traces d’épices (poivre doux). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement bas et une texture légèrement liquoreuse. Goût fruité (raisins, moyen dates et de figues, léger de prunes rouges, présent toute la gorgée), légèrement boisé (fût de chêne) et avec des notes de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût malté de toffee bien sucré, moyen de butterscotch avec des notes rôties et terreuses, léger de biscuits ainsi que des traces de chocolat. Parralèlement, l’on retrouve un goût d’alcool liquoreux doux légèrement réchauffantes jusqu’en finale où l’on y retrouve également des notes d’épices (poivre doux), de houblon herbeux et de noix. Post-goût moyen-long, moyennement amer d’alcool avec des notes de rôti ainsi qu’un goût fruité (moût de raisins aux petites notes vineuses), léger de fût de chêne avec des notes de noix.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2009
at 20:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
4th August 2008. Bottle 94057. Very complex aged ale. Caramel dominates the start but there is also a nice sherry flavour. A little milk chocolate in the mid plus red fruit you would find in a decent vintage port. Sumptuous and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2009
at 16:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-08-29) Deep reddish brown and clear. Small white head. Raisin, malts, dried plum and sweetness in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate with medium carbonation. Malts, raisin, lightly sweetness, bitterness, hint of roastedness and dried plum in taste. Malty, dry and bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2009
at 05:32
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle #92711:
Deep copper coloured body with strong ruby highlights and a very thin tan head that fades very fast. Aroma of malt, toffee, yeast, light hops, alcohol, oak, vanilla and a bit of honeysuckle. Medium-bodied; Strong sweet flavour that goes down like a mellow barley wine, with large cherry flavours really coming through. Aftertaste has a bunch of complexity from oak, vanilla, yeast, toffee and a lot of mellow alcohol flavours. Overall, a nice and rather refreshing potent beer - definitely worth picking up a bottle and keeping it for a few years! I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased in late 2006 at Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia, aged for three more years, then sampled at home in Washington on 19-June-2009.
Deep copper coloured body with strong ruby highlights and a very thin tan head that fades very fast. Aroma of malt, toffee, yeast, light hops, alcohol, oak, vanilla and a bit of honeysuckle. Medium-bodied; Strong sweet flavour that goes down like a mellow barley wine, with large cherry flavours really coming through. Aftertaste has a bunch of complexity from oak, vanilla, yeast, toffee and a lot of mellow alcohol flavours. Overall, a nice and rather refreshing potent beer - definitely worth picking up a bottle and keeping it for a few years! I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased in late 2006 at Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia, aged for three more years, then sampled at home in Washington on 19-June-2009.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2009
at 01:05