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BeerSweden Advent Beer Calendar 2011 – Dec 25
Posted on 25 december 2011.
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Beer Review – Fullers Old Winter Ale
Posted on 16 januari 2011.
An English Strong Ale
From Fuller's, London, UK 5.3% ABV. Systembolaget Article Number 11369. Price 23.50SEK (500ml bottle)
An incandescent copper-brown with a disappointingly short-lived head.
The crystal malts in this beer dominate with rich butterscotch, fresh butter and evoke memories of walking by a street vendor wearing gloves with no fingertips selling caramelised chestnuts on a winters day.
Thick, buttery start followed by the sensation of eating a slice of raisin malt loaf coated in butter and then a welcome blast of bitter orange as the traditional English hops kick in to deliver a surprisingly snappy bitter finish. No discernible alcohol
With its rich, caramel and nut character this beer is a versatile partner with heavier meats dishes like entrecôte and game. Robust enough to take on stronger blue cheeses too, where the slightly burnt sugary notes will contrast nicely with the cheese's tangy salt flavours.
Nerd note
This is Fuller's' take on a classic winter warmer - a malty style of beer that the brewers stop during fermentation before the yeast has finished its work, leaving a legacy of sweet toffee behind. This combines with the crystal malts which have caramelized sugars as a result of kilning that are unfermentable and thus further increase the sweetness of the beer.
Rating
3.6 of 5
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Extra Sigtuna Bitter – To be but not as ESB
Posted on 28 mars 2010.
It wasn’t so much a question as a demand when English brewery Fullers discovered Swedish micro Sigtuna Brygghus had used the acronym ESB on bottles of their new Extra Sigtuna Bitter.
In a letter sent to the Swedish brewer Fullers threatened legal action unless it immediately removed the letters ESB from the front label of Extra Sigtuna Bitter, stating it exclusively owns the ESB trademark in the UK and Europe.
Although Sigtuna agreed to comply with Fullers’ request they had already ordered thousands of labels with ESB printed on them, leaving them little choice but to cross out the offending letters on every single bottle by hand!
Sigtuna told BeerSweden that new labels are on the way but until then you can buy these ‘specially decorated’ bottles of ESB Extra Sigtuna Bitter via the Sytembolaget’s beställningssortiment; Art No. 89968 and 26.90 SEK for a 500ml bottle.
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Sigtuna ESB – Fuller’s Responds
Posted on 05 mars 2010.
A few days ago BeerSweden broke the news that UK brewery Fuller’s had threatened legal action against Swedish microbrewery Sigtuna Brygghus unless it removed the acronym ESB from bottles of its ESB Extra Sigtuna Bitter.
BeerSweden contacted Fuller’s to ask for their side of the story and the brewery’s Export Controller Michael Campbell-Lamerton issued the following statement:
”Fuller’s first launched ESB in 1971 and the beer has become a classic both in the UK and in our export markets. Fuller’s has owned this trademark in both the UK and Europe for many years and naturally, the company will seek to protect it.
”We are grateful to Sigtuna Brygghus for their co-operation in this matter and wish them luck with the beer, whatever alternative name they choose to use.”
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