145/3495) Home: Vintage Ale (2006) by Fuller's Brewery of England: *****; 8.5%; brewed with floor malted Optic malt; hopped with Fuggles and Slovenian Super Styrian hops; pours a very dark reddish brown; nose of sherry, caramel; I let this sit for a moment and was rewarded with notes of caramel, toffee, dried fruit, marmalade, sherry, fruitcake - I am thinkin here of my late brother-in-law's outlandishly boozy fruitcake - and raisins; bottle 39,548 of 100,000;
The best before date is the end of 2009. This was purchased at the beerbistro. It was their oldest, which means I did one better than the beerbistro. I have stated that possibly 8 to 13 years is the peak aging time but I gave this 5 of 5 so who knows? This one goes for U$318 or approximately C$397.
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