Brewery: Fuller’s (England)
Beer: Old Winter Ale, 5.3% ABV, 500ml bottle
Listed Ingredients: Crystal Malts, Target, Challenger, and Northdown Hops
Style: Winter Ale/Bitter
Rating: 4/5
Vegan Friendly

Fuller's Old Winter Ale

Appearance
Copper/amber. Pours a moderately thick head.

Aroma
Caramel sweetness, malt, toffee.

Taste
Starts as a typical English Bitter, but a toffee-like sweetness overwhelms quickly. Tastes like an English winter by the fireplace! There’s plenty of hops lingering about too, the mixture of different hops creates a nice balance.

Overall
I’ve missed beers like this, I tended to drink much more of pretty standard English bitters when I lived in the UK, but much less so since I moved back to Finland (and in the US), for obvious reasons. Not that this is a standard bitter; it has a more complex hops profile and the crystal malts create a lot of sweetness, appropriate for a Winter/Christmas Ale.