Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg)

	Percentile
	93
	overall

Brewed by Fullers
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
London, England

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1523	3.63/5.0	3.62/5.0	5.9%	99	English pint

Commercial Description:
Bottle & keg (USA); Pasteurised.
First brewed in 1971. Ingredients: Pale Ale malt, Crystal malt and Maize; Target, Challenger, Northdown and Goldings hops.
Brewed at 5.5% ABV in cask and 5.9% ABV in bottle, ESB is a true liquid legend, and should be savoured as such.
ESB has a wonderful rich mahogany appearance. Taking in the nose, the beer is bursting with cherry and orange, balanced by soft malty toffee and caramel notes. The flavour delivers everything you would expect from such a full-bodied ale. The unique blend of Northdown, Target, Challenger and Goldings hops imparts grassy, peppery notes on the tongue along with intense citrus fruit characters of grapefruits, oranges and lemons. The blend of Pale Ale and Crystal malts in the brew give a biscuity, toffee element to the beer. A smooth, mellow bitterness lingers on the palate to give a superbly satisfying finish.

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jimmay (203), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

Nov 21, 2009

500 ml can. Pours skarkling copper in colour, with decent amost white head. Aroma is grassy, slightly bitter. Taste is slightly sweet, biscuity, with a citrusy hop finish. Good ESB!

PWheatley (19), , Quebec, Canada

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	6/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Nov 20, 2009

50 cl bottle stored at cellar temp (13C). Pours with a nice head which quickly dissipated. The aroma is malt and little hops. Taste is nice with a tasty bitter finish. No lacing, but that could be the glass. I will be buying this one more often.

Slokop (94), Tilburg, Netherlands

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	12/20

Nov 16, 2009

Golden to amber, opaque clearness, almost no head as usual with this beer type? Smells malty, tastes a bit sweet. Strong and spicy bitters. Hints of earl grey tea (bergamot oil). Sticky mouth feel. Evolving after taste from bitter to roasted pine nuts. A very complex palate. But hey. I’m new to this beer type.

gyllenbock (244), Stockholm, Sweden

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Nov 16, 2009

Bottle. Fluid was amber, the foam was creamy but disappeared rather quickly. The aroma offered nuts, bread and some citrus. Felt pretty fresh and inviting. The flavor contained toffee, bread and nuts, almonds, maybe? Mild and easy to drink with a decent bitterness. Not exactly advanced, but reliable.

halfonit (446), Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	15/20

Nov 15, 2009

Clear dark golden color. Aroma is full of malts, earth, caramel, and hops. Taste is very malty with some hops and citrus in the back end. Has a nice bitter finish.

DenisLD (7), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
does not count

4.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.5	9/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	19/20

Nov 14, 2009

500ml can poured into a nonic pint glass. Dark copper in colour, with a fluffy off-white head (which dissipates after some time). The aroma bursts with fruity malts (hints of orange and apple), and some nice floral and pine hops. The flavour starts with a nice hop bite (for American hop-heads it may seem mild, but in my opinion it’s very good), balanced with nice fruitiness and some caramel sweetness. The finish is moderately dry and bitter, with some breadiness and biscuit maltness. This is the world’s original ESB, so it deserves to be rated high, for all the other ESB’s were modelled after it.

Cletus (5048), Connecticut, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Nov 11, 2009

Pours copper with a white head. Smells earthy with some tea and a peppery hint. Tastes of tea, earth, some rosey hints. Decent.

turboespresso (68), Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Nov 10, 2009

Bottle. Clear and copper with a little foam, not much head or lacing evident. Inital aroma and taste is good, with tangy, citrusy hops evident. That fades quicky, and the taste and aroma become sort of floral, with a mild bitterness in the finish. Some honey taste. This beer perplexed me, how it could change so quickly after the carbonation subsided a little. Maybe I should try another bottle?

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