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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altonbrownd (1888), Amsterdam, Netherlands

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 24, 2009

Bottle in London. Light brown body, okay head. Sweet nose. Taste of caramel, malt, fruits, and grass. Very smooth and well-balanced.

elihapa (1051), Honolulu, California, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Jan 24, 2009

Bottle, $2 at Manchester Wine in CT. Pours light brown and amber with an average head. Aroma is a mellow caramelly sweet, with light fragrant esters; classic English-style anything, IMO. Palate starts and finishes more creamy than I expected, and it achieves a medium-bodied mouthfeel. Flavor of sweeter fruit (ripe pear?), malt, and some wood. A handsome brew, but alas, it bored me by the last few sips.

hobbersr (393), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	14/20

Jan 24, 2009

Pours a dark orange with hardly any head. Aroma of citrus, biscuity malt, spice, banana, and some floral notes. Flavor is fairly grassy, biscuity malt, some grapefruit pith, white pepper, and caramel. Super drinkable bitter, smooth and refreshing.

riversideAK (2669), Shoreline, Washington, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 19, 2009

On darught. What a wonderful color this one pours a bright red orange with a great creamy head. The aroma is hoppier than expected with notes of flowers, pepper, and earth. Underlying malty sweetness and a pleasant fruity backdrop of sweet oranges. The flavor has more fruity citrus notes initially, some ale sweetness is then followed by a nice floral, citrus, and peppery hop finish. Did not expect much as I usually am not a huge ESB guy, but this was nice.

wheresthepath (534), Buckinghamshire, England

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Jan 9, 2009

[500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s, Reading] 50p off thanks to voucher in CAMRA magazine - cheers! Pours deep amber-orange with a medium foamy off-white head. Tastes sweet, rich, mellow and malty with overtones of orange, honey and earth. Finish is possibly a little sticky, but this is a very relaxing and enjoyable winter beer, and a British classic. My favourite Fuller’s product so far, and (as seems to be common with Fullers) better than the cask.

naivepegasus (183), USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Jan 5, 2009

Pours a rich caramel color with about a finger of off-white head. Heavy odor of sweet roasted malts. Surprisingly light mouthfeel, with a soft sweet slight caramel flavor, which ends in a really nice toasty bitterness. This is pretty good, and really drinkable.

joe19612 (688), camberley, Surrey, England

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 4, 2009

Bottle. A real fine beer. This is probably the ultimate ’pub’ beer. Always good & even better on draught.

timfoolery (484), California, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 3, 2009

16.9oz Bottle. This brew is a malt-lovers dream with all the carmel and toffee notes to boot. The palate is very refined and smooth with extreme drinkability. Nice beer.

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