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Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg)

Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg) - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 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 
15143.63/5.03.63/5.05.9%99English pint
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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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 JediMindTricks (239), Hampton, Virginia, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/510/20
May 7, 2009  
Pours amber with a small white head. Aromas of sweet fruits. Lots of hops and light alcohol finish dry and crisp...it is what it is...


 fidelis83 (707), Clinton, Iowa, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
May 5, 2009  
Pours a crisp translucent medium amber with a 3-4 finger off white-tan head that has great retention and leaves nice lacing. Aroma is sweet malt, light caramel, sweet flowers, raw nuts, butterscotch, cinamon, mixed berries, grass, toffee and sweet hay. Flavor is toasted grain, burnt orange, grass, wild berries, toffee, apple blossoms and some light wood notes. Finish is fruity, nutty, slightly bitter and sweet caramel. Palate is medium thickness, neutral feel and a slightly dry finish. Good stuff, if it weren’t for the price tag ($11/6er) I would probably drink this alot.


 Joakgust (320), Stockholm, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 5, 2009  
Bottle, 50cl - Amber colored beer with a small head. Aroma is malty with notes of caramel. Flavor is sweet with nice hints of nuts, caramel and fruits. Very nice full-bodied ESB. Nice!


 JohnBarleycorn (390), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/105/514/20
May 2, 2009  
Can. Deep amber. Nice, rich body and very full flavoured, with malt and molasses dominating both aroma and flavour. Perfectly carbonated. Good stuff.


 Slipstream (734), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
May 1, 2009  
Fullers say they have been doing this since 1645, and that their ESB is the world’s original and the one by which others are judged. Fizzy amber pour with an impressive, but fading, head. Average label. Spicy hop aroma that is pretty snappy for a British brew. Unfortunately it gets metallic after a while. Soft on the palate with a pleasantly spicy and mildly sweet flavor. There are touches of apple, cloves, and caramel in with the mellow malt and lively hops. A very good brew, and one of the better widely available English bottles.


 pintocb (508), Darsville, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Apr 29, 2009  
caramel color. sweet hoppy aroma. dark fruits and grassy hops. nice. stronger than I would have thought.


 Tweety (337), Vancouver, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Apr 28, 2009  
I mean, what is there to say about this beer? This beer defines the style. Pleasantly citruisy with great malty body, just a spectacular all-around beer.


SmallOne (79), Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 26, 2009  
Amber/copper in color with a thin head. Aroma of caramel. Taste of caramel and a grapelike citrus taste. Stays awhile in the mouth with a long bitter finish.



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