Vintage Ale 2016
Fuller's
- From:
- Fuller's
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Old Ale
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 11, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 11, 2025
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Every year since 1997, we’ve picked out the year's finest hops and malts to make a special Vintage Ale. In 2016, alongside classic British hops, we elected to use the aromatic Nelson Sauvin variety from New Zealand – and it instantly makes its presence felt alongside the warming alcohols and rich malt character long associated with the series.
The result is a smooth, rich, and deliciously different Vintage Ale – a successful union of home-grown and far-flung ingredients.
The result is a smooth, rich, and deliciously different Vintage Ale – a successful union of home-grown and far-flung ingredients.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.73/5 rDev 0%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 2 | overall: 4.25
3.73/5 rDev 0%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 2 | overall: 4.25
Copenhagen 11/10 2019. 50 cl bottle from Meny, Southamptongade Nordhavn. Usual Vintage get up with a fancy box and a little booklet going through all the splendid Vintage beers produced since 1997.
Pours unclear amber with a big off-white head. Settls as thin, ptchy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. Clinging to the sides of the glass. Very moderate lacing.
Aroma is fairly intense with a solid, sweet, malty backbone and some distinct bitter sour, hoppy notes. Caramel, grains, light odor of candy, crystallized sugar. Sharp lightly citric sourness rummaging in the background.
Light carbonation. Thin, oily, almost flat texture. A little bit sticky.
Flavor has a quite strong sweetness. Followed by a medium strong but distinct bitterness. Aftertaste is quite bitter with a sweet undercurrent peeking in to the finish. Lingering.
Fine English Ale with a surprisingly strong bitterness. And I am a sucker for beer I get in a little box with a lot of useless bling to make me feel important.
Nov 11, 2025Pours unclear amber with a big off-white head. Settls as thin, ptchy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. Clinging to the sides of the glass. Very moderate lacing.
Aroma is fairly intense with a solid, sweet, malty backbone and some distinct bitter sour, hoppy notes. Caramel, grains, light odor of candy, crystallized sugar. Sharp lightly citric sourness rummaging in the background.
Light carbonation. Thin, oily, almost flat texture. A little bit sticky.
Flavor has a quite strong sweetness. Followed by a medium strong but distinct bitterness. Aftertaste is quite bitter with a sweet undercurrent peeking in to the finish. Lingering.
Fine English Ale with a surprisingly strong bitterness. And I am a sucker for beer I get in a little box with a lot of useless bling to make me feel important.
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