Fuller's India Pale Ale - Fuller Smith & Turner PLC

Jason

Massachusetts

4.28/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Presentation: Slender raised glass brown bottle with a “Best Before” date on the back label.

Appearance: Very bright copper hue with a healthy off white lace, appetizing in appearance.

Smell: Sweet caramel from the crystal malt and an earthy hop aroma from the Goldings Hops. Clean to the nose with a faint touch of buttery diacetyl. Caramel apple?

Taste: Medium in body, bitter sweet palate from a perfect marriage of malt and hops. Malt profile is clean and slightly sweet with hints of biscuit and cracker to a mild husk in the end. Hops are lightly oily with an even steady hand of clean bitterness that cuts through the beer. Pear like fruitiness help to round out the brew. Earthy / leafy, oily and sweet flavour from the hops lingers into far into the after taste with a hint of steely crystal malt.

Notes: Following in the greatness of the ESB, this is a great beer but definitely a modern day English IPA. A beer I’d prefer to see in my fridge more often.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2001 12:34:00 | More by Jason

apanloco

Sweden

4/5  rDev +1.5%

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innominat

Ireland

3/5  rDev -23.9%

04-07-2013 14:51:33 | More by innominat

BGsWo22

New York

3.25/5  rDev -17.5%

03-20-2013 22:36:24 | More by BGsWo22

Beerman1977

Austria

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

03-19-2013 08:57:44 | More by Beerman1977

Herky21

Iowa

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

03-11-2013 23:58:18 | More by Herky21

spycow

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

03-10-2013 20:41:06 | More by spycow

Ciocanelu

Romania

4/5  rDev +1.5%

03-03-2013 21:38:54 | More by Ciocanelu

KingSlayer

Mexico

4/5  rDev +1.5%

02-28-2013 18:56:59 | More by KingSlayer

Poupae

Thailand

5/5  rDev +26.9%

02-25-2013 11:25:58 | More by Poupae

bigred89

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

02-25-2013 01:22:49 | More by bigred89

matjack85

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

01-31-2013 21:51:03 | More by matjack85

DmanGTR

New York

4/5  rDev +1.5%

01-29-2013 13:03:58 | More by DmanGTR

Mattias

Sweden

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

01-26-2013 22:32:46 | More by Mattias

BeerLover99

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

01-25-2013 21:50:02 | More by BeerLover99

triskadekaphobia

Ireland

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

01-15-2013 16:55:14 | More by triskadekaphobia

Hultkrantz

Sweden

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

01-14-2013 23:54:29 | More by Hultkrantz

BILF

Israel

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

01-14-2013 16:39:09 | More by BILF

mndlssphlsphr

Washington

4.13/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

The brown color with an orange twist has a spark of flavor right from the start. The smell was refreshing and happily hoppy. I had a nice mouthful of the brew to refresh my lack of a quality IPA given my location, and it is cheaper to buy here (Panama) than it is back home in Her Majesty's kingdom.

Serving type: bottle

01-14-2013 13:13:38 | More by mndlssphlsphr

TubaManJack

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

12-28-2012 02:22:41 | More by TubaManJack

cfalovo97

Ontario (Canada)

3/5  rDev -23.9%

11-11-2012 01:13:42 | More by cfalovo97

pin

Australia

4/5  rDev +1.5%

10-28-2012 11:18:59 | More by pin

schopenhauerale

British Columbia (Canada)

4/5  rDev +1.5%

10-20-2012 23:36:12 | More by schopenhauerale

Jimboe

4/5  rDev +1.5%

10-10-2012 18:46:54 | More by Jimboe

MacarthurParker

Ethiopia

3.25/5  rDev -17.5%

09-27-2012 23:12:22 | More by MacarthurParker