Fullers Discovery (4.5%) is an ale primarily aimed at converting lager drinkers to ale and has been brewed by Fullers since 2004.The ale is carbonated and looks like a typical pale golden lager. There is a total lack of visible yeast and no head whatsoever. It has a slightly sweet citrus aroma however this is very feint and has little else going on. A real dead ale.
The taste is a cross between Flowers and Carling, and that is no good thing. It is too carbonated, too malty and is almost absent of hops.
As a lager drinker, even I cannot condone this as appealing to lager drinkers, there is nothing spectacular about putting an ale (and not a very good one at that) through the soda stream and trying to get lager drinkers to accept it.
Unfortunately Fullers Discovery is trying to be all things to all people and it does not deliver in any category. As an ale is has little quality and not complex enough to enjoy a good tasting. As a lager it has no qualities other then the apperance and the carbonation. It is as I expected, right in the middle of medeocrity. It is certainly a step in the right direction to get us lager louts to try ale. It ticks the boxes for innovation and a good idea but in my opinion is executed poorly.
I am giving Fullers Discovery a 2/5, the only thing saving it from a 1/5 is the fact that it is trying to broaden appeal in the right direction and hopefully it will develop the beverage into something better.
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