UPDATED: APR 22, 2021 This is a backlog rating from 2007 from a bottle, from notes. When I had this beer it was average to below average for the style and not something I wanted to have again or I just didn't get back to my notes because of my technology at the time, work and/or family. Words to describe this beer are caramel, toffee, dark fruits, good.

UPDATED: SEP 21, 2020 500ml bottle from Waitrose, Rickmansworth and drunk on 02/12/2010. This version was big on the caramel and sweet dried fruit notes. A little booze on the nose. Biscuity and pretty sweet flavours. Some rum hints and vanilla in there.

UPDATED: APR 11, 2020 Fuller's Vintage Ale 2007: Aroma; dried plum, carabark flum, caramel, vanilla, cinnamon, prune, clove, toffee. Look; fawn-beige head, deep golden to rosewood clear body. Taste; dried plums, apricot jam, caramel, clove, carabark, cinnamon, prune, toffee fudge, and finishes sweet wellbodied. Feel; solid body, soft co², dry notes. Overall; yummy tasty ale. [50cl. embossed bottle N°19164 8.5% BBF°2017 B@Vinmonopolet Tromsø]

Opens with a little pfff, so still a good amount of carbonation left. Pours cloudy dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of caramel, soft bready malt, tiny oxidation despite the full decade. Tiny vinous note on top of the barley. Slight bitterness in the aftertaste along with mineral yeasty notes and more caramel. Mouthfeel is medium rich with soft carbonation. Held up extremely well but maybe not as complex as I had hoped.

500ml bottle. No. 45765. Brown amber colour with a reddish-orange tinge, tan foam head leaving some lacing and aroma of toffee, malt, dried fruits, leather, vanilla, orangey citrus. Taste is sweetish malty, caramel, toffee, molasses, dried fruits, figs, leathery, nutty, woody, boozy, port, with candied orange citrus hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry nutty earthy tangy citrusy bitter finish. Very drinkable.

UPDATED: DEC 1, 2017 Bottle #91181 poured into a nonic pint to celebrate passing my doctoral defense. Cloudy caramel pour with a tiny of white head. Aroma is apples, plums, and caramel malts. Initial taste is lots of dark fruits, figs, biscuit, some oakiness, and a little alcohol. Aftertaste is light and continues the flavors already mentioned. Very full bodied with light, but active carbonation. I wasn't sure what to expect with this since it was brewed ten years ago, but it has aged well! I believe it's a bit higher than 8.5% now too. Great memories of my last trip to London.

50cl bottle. A hazy deep amber beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of oxidized red malt, red fruits. Taste of caramelish malt, sweet malt, red fruits, oxidized fruits.

Bottle from my cellar, No. 55846. Deep round smooth nose. The beer starts intense with alcoholic parts. Sticky fruity, yellow fruits. Long intense deep aftertaste with alcoholic parts. Round and refreshing, dry, caramel, round and smooth. Nice.

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Bottle, vintage 2007, no 56030, ten years after bottling. Pours clear mahogany, with a big head receding to finger thickness. Aroma is hops with grass and earthy notes, as well as roasted malts with dark bread, caramel, muscovado, prunes and dark fruits. Medium to full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is earthy hops with herbs and grassy notes, as well as roasted malts with caramel, kandi, bread and dark fruits.

Bottle @ Sdr. Borup, Birthday party. Pours dark golden with a small offwhite head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, wood, toffee, some oxidation, dried fruit. Flavor is light sweet, malty, caramel, wood, light oxidation, dried fruit, dates, light alcohol. Medium body, soft carbonation, sweet finish with little warming alcohol. 120717