Fuller's - Vintage Ale

Considered globally to be one of the finest beers ever brewed, it gives us great pleasure to announce the arrival of Vintage Ale 2005. Like each of our vintages, this beer has been in the making for over five months and is not expected to last long. Perfect for those who appreciate the finer things in life, Vintage Ale 2005 is rated best beer to have ever come from UK soil – as declared by ratebeer.com.

Since 1997, Vintage Ale has been the crème de la crème for Fuller’s. It has won a many awards around the world and given us recognition for being a World-Class Brewer. This year, we have released only 1,600 cases to North America - each bottle is numbered.

Though Vintage Ale 2005 is good for drinking today, it is also ready to lie down in your cellar reaching peak condition in three or four years. We recommend Vintage Ale 2005 be consumed at cellar temperature or 52ºF or 10ºC. Pour it slowly into a Cognac balloon and allow the beer to breathe. Then sip it on its own or with a fine cheese and feel the warmth of the season come upon you.

Vintage Ale 2005: Relax, enjoy and savor one of life’s greatest pleasures.

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Where to find Vintage Ale
Vintage Ale is available in the US at many British, Irish and American pubs and at other bars and dining establishments catering to serious beer aficionados. You can also find Vintage Ale at finer liquor stores.

Tasting Notes
Because each year produces a unique vintage, Vintage Ale's flavor complexities vary annually. Being bottle conditioned, it is after bottling that the flavors truly begin to develop and continue to do so well beyond the best-before date that we are obliged to state. Here at Fuller's, we recently opened (in the interests of research, of course) a bottle of the 1998 Vintage. It tasted better than ever! So stock up on 2005 Vintage Ale now. You'll be glad you did, even in years to come.