As the evening draws to a close (well for me anyway) I thought I’d finish with an ale I’ve never had before – that being Fuller’s Old Winter Ale.

Headlines on the very heavy bottle are ‘… Rich, Warm, Winter Ale.

This ale comes in at 5.3%. Bottle notes say ‘…the crystal malts in the brew give a sweet, nutty character to the beer, whilst the Target, Challenger and Northdown Hop varieties, help balance the strong, satisfying dark ale’.

Fuller’s go on to tell us that this ale would be great with Dark Meats, Game and strong cheeses.

Well I had my dinner ages ago – so I’ll just have it as is.

It has a lovely ruby red colour to it, much like the HSB before, but is much richer and smoother.

It certainly has nutty notes. It is just so rich and full bodied and tasty. This is a mighty fine ale. I’ve been truely spoily today with three very good bottles.

I clearly prefer the more malty ales over the Golden ales, and this Old Winter Ale is certainly an instant hit with me.

I plan on buying loads of these – I absolutely love this. Love at first taste in fact.

On the Ouse scale this would score close to a 5 out of 5 for me. It’s well over 4 anyway.

I wonder if you can get this on tap anywhere !?