All of our Vintage Ales are very special bottle conditioned beers. We’ve created a new recipe every year since 1997, picking the best ingredients at the time, to make a strong beer with a complex character.
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Extra Dark Crystal
Overall rating: 4.8994412 / 5 from 358 reviews.
The Fuller's Vintage Ale 2025 bottle is beautifully presented and well-received as a gift. The beer is praised for its complex character, vibrant flavor, and excellent taste. The packaging is superb and screams class, making it a great gift option. Delivery is quick and secure, and the service is excellent.
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"The 2025 vintage ale has a really deep rounded flavour with hints of resinous fruit and a slight taste of hazelnut on the aftertaste. This is a lovely ale and as usual I bought a second bottle to keep for a couple of years time so that I can see how the flavours develop."
"The 2025 vintage ale has an excellent flavour with fruit and a slight taste of hazelnut on the aftertaste. It is ready to drink but well worth standing a few in a cool dark store for a few years,"
"It's difficult to express how delicious this pokey 8.5% Vintage Ale is. A great brown glow greets the drinker from the glass, and the warmth of that first sip explodes with flavour with a good balance of hops and malt. This is a sitting down at home beer! One should be enough, but two certainly are! I've just finished the 2024 case - which improved in depth even in the short while it resided in my cupboard. The 2025 is just as good, of course, so I've bought 2 cases!"
"The vintage ale is simply wonderful. A rich, tasty beer that satisfies with each and every sip. The label says that it will be at its best in a couple of years time. But there’s no chance of it lasting that long!"
"Very attractive aroma and flavourful ale to be sipped and savoured rather than gulped, of course. On my pallet, slightly more bitter than Golden Pride which is my favourite though ESB is a strong contender as an alternative lighter ale accompanying the evening meal."
"Every vintage is a little bit different from the last one and 2025's is full bodied and very moreish."
"I can’t rate this ale highly enough. Expensive yes but in my opinion worth the extra cost."
"I haven’t tasted it yet as you recommend saving it until 2029. As with the 2026 Vintage, saved until 2030."
"2025 was a good year! But it while you can, it's so worth it!"
"These vintage beer's from Fullers are great."
