 KingofCastle (202), London, Ontario, Canada
Apr 11, 2009 can: Nowhere near 92nd percentile! I love Fuller’s beer, but at 5.9% the alcohol overwhelms anything going on with this beer in terms of flavours. I think the British should pride themselves on fully flavoured beers under 5% to teach all the North American yahoos how awful so much of our light beer is. This is a good quality beer but not enjoyable to drink.
smcolw (314), Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
Apr 10, 2009 Smell-- Very strong caramel aroma; a slight estery aroma is also present. Surprisingly little hop aroma.
Appearance-- Clear, deep bronze with a cream colored head. A continual stream of champagne-like bubbles cascade upward from the bottom of the glass.
Taste-- Strong malt up front with a weak hop flavor in the end. Comes across much more like a mild than a ESB. The aftertaste has a more pronounced hop (flowery) bitterness.
Mouthfeel-- a rich beer with a full body, very "round" ale feel
Drinkability-- This is neither extra special nor overly bitter. Despite being slightly off style, this is a pleasant beer that is easily consumed.
MitchWayne (264), Kokkola, Finland
Apr 8, 2009 The ESB, always works for me and never gets boring really. I wish they had this in every bar here.
PaulHegedus (458), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Apr 7, 2009 Draught at the Shepherd’s Crook, Georgetown. This is copper in colour with a thin, creamy white head. There is plenty of caramel in the aroma with some subtle hops. I taste a bit of dark fruitiness in with the caramel malt leading to some subtle British hopping, light bitterness in the finish.
jkm (189), Australia
Apr 5, 2009 Pours a clear dark reddish amber with s large frothy off white head. Medium bodied and low/medium carbonation. Strong malt /caramel flavours. Moderate bitter finish. - 500 ml bottle - A nice beer.
Cybercat (778), Georgia, USA
Apr 4, 2009 Pours a dark, hazy, opaque, coppery brown with a decent fine-bubbled beige head. Aroma is spicy, slightly smoky, slightly hoppy, with a strong undertone of lemon, calling for at least a taste. Sharp, zingy flavor is fairly bitter but not fiercely so, and has undertones of lemon, cloves and yeast. Texture is full and glass-smooth, edgy and lively.
bedainedebiere (274), Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
Apr 1, 2009 Toute une bière, que la SAQ a la bonne idée d’offrir dans quelques succursales. Peut-être la meilleure Bitter facilement disponible au Québec. Un gout intense et recherché de houblons avec des subtilités qui doivent épater des papilles bien plus snobes que les miennes. Agrumes, surtout pamplemousse, très doux, petites notes caramélisées, texture onctueuse et encore cette amertume, beaucoup plus rafinée qu’intense, qui laisse un arrière-gout qui pourrait augmenter le taux d.alcoolisme au Québec si cette bière était plus connue.
asheft (1374), Marburg, Germany
Mar 29, 2009 [bottle]
Floral hops aroma with plenty of toasty toffee; lemon and apple notes. Clear chestnut appearance with a lasting, off-white flanel blanket on top that laces the glass. Nutty toffee/caramel flavour that is kind of complex, with a bitterness that comes in hard and the dissipates to let through more caramel and then finishing with floral and citrusy hops. Medium body, moderate carbonation, almost clean--just a touch of bitter nuts in the end.
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