Vintage Ale 2024
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Series|
Score
7.66
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All of our Vintage Ales are very special beers. We've created a new recipe every year since 1997, picking the best ingredients at the time, to make a strong beer with a complex character. This version is brewed with Pilot, CF299 & Target hops and Pale Ale & Extra Dark Crystal malts.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark copper, medium off white head. Super malty, sherry notes, hardly any hops, low bitterness. It's not old but it tastes old? New brew but it tastes oxidized? This is not great, and these have gone down hill significantly in the past few years.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:55
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
0,5l bottle from Waitrose & Partners, 1 Wharf Road, London N1C 4BZ, United Kingdom.
F: medium, tan, good retention.
C: dark coppery, hazy.
A: malty, toast, citrus, biscuits, red berries, toffee, vanilla, spicy.
T: full malty base, biscuits, caramel, toast, toffee, bit berries, dried fruits, spicy, marmalade, raisins, decent bitterness to balance the malty base out, medium carbonation, for 6£ not bad at all, fully enjoyed as my last beer on RateBeer.
F: medium, tan, good retention.
C: dark coppery, hazy.
A: malty, toast, citrus, biscuits, red berries, toffee, vanilla, spicy.
T: full malty base, biscuits, caramel, toast, toffee, bit berries, dried fruits, spicy, marmalade, raisins, decent bitterness to balance the malty base out, medium carbonation, for 6£ not bad at all, fully enjoyed as my last beer on RateBeer.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 31 Jan 2025
at 20:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
25/1/2025. Bottle at the ITFC vintage and rare Saturday share part 1. From Fuller’s online store courtesy of ITFCDan. Bottle #065765. Pours clear dark amber/mid-brown with a foamy off-white head. Aroma started with a soapy burst, which faded, and aroma improved. Orange rind, toffee, lightly woody, sherry, citrus, spice. Soapiness returned. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Moderate body, quite smooth, average carbonation. A bit underwhelming. Have another bottle to mature. Hope it will improve with age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2025
at 19:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle in cardboard box, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 8.4%. Beautiful clear chestnut colour, large to moderate off-white to beige head. Aroma of dark dried fruits (particularly figs and raisins), also toffee, fruit cake and caramel. Medium sweet flavour with the same elements, moderate bitterness. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore)
on 18 Jan 2025
at 20:54
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Waitrose on Oxford Street. Pours a fetching clear copper-ruby with a frothy, light khaki topping. Medium sweet flavour with lovely semi-ripe and stewed fruits, berries, toffee, bready malts, a nip of butterscotch, faint leafy bitterness. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation toon. Balanced finish, minimal booze to bite, more berries, lightly toasted malts, rich bready-toffee character. Excellent. My final Fuller’s Vintage rating on RB and it’s a great one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2025
at 20:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sweet and toasted malty with layers of sweet caramel and toffee, fudge, dried fruit shred and a little marmalade like citrus rind, hoppy backing bringing some nice peachy notes, medium body, lightly spiced lingering malty finish. Great vintage this year. --- Beer merged from original tick of Vintage Ale (2024) on 26 Mar 2025 at 12:24 - Score: 8. Original review text: Sweet and toasted malty with layers of sweet caramel and toffee, fudge, dried fruit shred and a little marmalade like citrus rind, hoppy backing bringing some nice peachy notes, medium body, lightly spiced lingering malty finish. Great vintage this year.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Systembolaget Hansa (Malmö)
on 03 Jan 2025
at 17:40