7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Chriso’s Fullers-Gales Tasting. 1996 bottle 5159 (thanks to Leighton) - pours deep brown with no head. The nose is gingerbread, vinous, vinegar, tangy dark fruit (red grape and prune) and Christmas cake. The taste is very fruity indeed - prune, date, sloeberry and blueberry, varnish, hint of spice, sherry-like qualities, alcohol warmth and delicious tartness. Medium-full body and no carbonation. Great balance of sweet and sour, 4/5. 2005 bottle (thanks to chriso) - mouldy, musty, oxidised nose. The taste has a lot less fruit and is much boozier, 3.1/5. 2006 bottle (thanks to chriso) - this is a return to the more fruity, sweet-sour flavours of the 96 bottle. Good tart fruit and spice. Better carbonation, 3.9/4.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2012
at 07:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Chriso FullersGales Tasting. 2006. Thanks to Scopey from the Fullers brewery. Toffee sweetness aroma. Less bitter. Some vinous fruit. Has some sharp raspberry pippiness. Yes some good red fruits. Some sweetness. Some harsh pepper bitterness. Compared with Harvest Ale not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2012
at 07:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Chriso FullersGales Tasting. 1996 bottle 5159. Slightly cloudy mid brown beer. Musty aroma. Some alcohol. No carbonation. Touch of puke. Some old ale musty fruity intense fruit. Distilled fruits. Sweet and sour. Good intense flavours but maybe a bit too musty for me. 2005 vintage woody less fruity some sherry notes. Very sherry. Very aged. Not what i was expecting and not really very good. 2.3/5 2006 bottle thanks chris. Clear lovely beer. Less musty more fruit led. Very bitter lovely port flavours very decent. Still a bit weird frankly. Strong alcohol. Very warming on end. Better fruit. 3.6/5
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2012
at 07:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 9.8fl.oz. [ Vintage 2002 ]. [ Courtesy of Ungstrup ]. Clear medium to dark amber colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, dried berry, oxidide, raisin, plums. Flavour is light heavy sweet with a long duration, alcohol, dried berry - fruit, malt, oxidide, vintage, raisin - plum. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20111216]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2012
at 10:21
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
shared by ungstrup at my us beer tasting. clear brown, no head. caramelly and malty aronma, licorice. flavor is caramelly, slightly soursih, raisins, very nice. complex barley wine. has aged well.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2011
at 05:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample from 33 cl. bottle. 2002 Vintage. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Clear, brown colour with no head. Strong, sweet aroma with light notes of ripe fruits. Full bodied. No carbonation. Finish is sweet and lasting - coffee, chocolate, toffee and light caramel. An old beer still with some enjoyment.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2011
at 05:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
1982 Vintage 275 ml. bottle served in a lambic basket @ Kulminator: A: clear sherry/pomegranate ruby with no head, only some brief bubbles - S: medicinal syrup, musty cherries, sherry & candy sugar – T: follows in suit, tart & musty cherries, cobwebs, syrup, medicinal, cough syrup, plenty of sherry, cork, oxidated, caramel, touch liquor – B: cherry syrup – an odd one, can’t say if it is the age or not but I am guessing that it plays a major factor – interesting but not overly impressive – I have seen an equal and odd taste evolution as here in the Andhrímnir
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2011
at 05:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
A bottle from barley wine shared with Petrus. No head, no carb, still promissing nose with lots of honey, plums and figs. But the tast is a bit flat and sour. misstored or to old? Still drinkable but not as good as expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2011
at 08:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
275ml Bottle - Hazy copper in colour. Leather, vinous fruits, caramel and mince pies in the aroma. Rich, fruity and slightly spicy taste with notes of mince pies, Christmas pudding, marzipan and nuts. In good condition after all these years and another reason to lament the closure of Gale’s.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2011
at 02:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Smakade på en gammal flaska, minns inte årtalet hösten 2008 som hade fantastiska honungs- och marsipantoner, torkad frukt, portvin. Jag är svag för denna typ av öl, därav det höga betyget.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2011
at 07:23