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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hirigalzkar (563), Stockholm, Sweden

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 20, 2008

Bottle. Smells malt. Tastes caramel. Nice bitter aftertaste. Well balanced.

finol (486), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 20, 2008

Bottle from Systembolaget. This is a good beer but it has kind of a macro feel to it. Good for thirst quenching or with fish n chips or other food that does not taste so much.

Butters (1637), Virginia, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	11/20

Dec 18, 2008

Pours a clear bubbly brilliant amber with small white ring of head. Nose is earthy light hop and malt balance. Flavor is a little toasted and buttery. Lightly bitter easy finish. Alright I guess, but Overpriced though.

jochild (1), Denver, Colorado, USA
does not count

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

Dec 18, 2008

On tap at British Bulldog in denver, not much head on my pour, good lacing, lightly carbonated. Malty aroma, and slighly bitter finish. A very refreshing beer

JesseM (664), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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

Dec 17, 2008 Updated: Apr 29, 2009

On tap at the Golden Kiwi in Galt, Cambridge Ontario. Taps a brilliant ruby red with a rich tan head. Aroma is an equally brilliant British hop bouquet, as well as a lot of fruity esters. The flavour follows suit, but is so much more! Awesome malt body backs up and balances all the ESB hoppiness you could possibly want. Very smooth and elegant, drinks very easily. I can not believe I have passed this one up on a number of occasions until this evening. A quintessential example of this style, and one I am glad to have found a regular home of in my area.

Travlr (727), Washington, Washington DC, USA

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

Dec 13, 2008

Deep golden color with white head. Aroma of figs and malt. Nice full body with a bitter finish. Good one.

DTM (541), Winters, California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 11, 2008

Bottle from Nugget Market in Vacaville, CA. Pours a copper color with a good sized head. Tasted of carmel with a well balanced bitterness. For quality to price this is one of the best beers out there.

Dastrn (115), Warsaw, Indiana, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 8, 2008

Poured a light brown/amber from a 1pt 0.9oz bottle, with a 1 finger tan head. Smells of caramel malts, cherry, light hops and toffee. The taste was a light mix of caramel malt, peppery hops, grapefruit and bread. It turns into a smooth bitter in the back. The palate was medium-bodied and slightly flat. All around a good beer, but not really my style.

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