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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JCastner (102), New York, USA

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

Oct 18, 2008

Pours a dark amber with a consistent white head. Aroma is of caramel, brown sugar, and fruit with a slight bit of grassy English hops. Taste is caramel in the front, followed by some tart fruit and finished off with a sudden quick burst of bitterness in the finish. An ESB with wonderful malt complexity. Excellent!

kfl (71), Denmark

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

Oct 17, 2008

Bottle 50 cL. Pours clear redish brown with an off-white head. Nice malty aroma. Sweet flavor of malts, caramel, fruits. Mild bitter finish. Better than London Pride.

Rciesla (3580), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA

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

Oct 14, 2008

Bottle. Pours an amber brown body with with an off white head. Caramel malt, toffee, brown sugar, and some honey. Really good. Cherries and orange, pepper and grassy notes. Very well balanced. Great beer.

dkachur (2349), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Oct 12, 2008

11.2 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville, best by 9 May 09. Reddish pour with a one-finger head. Very malty aroma with brown sugar and dark fruit notes with just a touch of bitterness. Caramel, brown sugar and raisin notes in the taste with a finish of citrus hops. Medium bodied.

gotohelunc (473), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Oct 12, 2008

Bottle. Clear amber color, small white head. Not a big aroma, hints of swet malts and faint hops. Good blend of bitterness and malty sweetness with a clean, sharp finish. Not remarkable though very well balanced.

KnN (716), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	10/20

Oct 11, 2008

Pours a nice amber color. Not much in the way of head. A little carbonation. Aroma is malty with a hint of hops. Kind of sweet smelling as well. A little alcohol on the nose? Flavor is good. Nice and smooth with just enough bitter kick at the end. The malt and hops play nicely together. Good beer. Nice ESB.

blipp (1638), Newark, New Jersey, USA

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	6/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	10/20

Oct 10, 2008

Bottle. Pours clear amber with an off white head. Sweet caramel malt aroma with a touch of hops. The flavor is sweet caramel/honey/toffee. This beer relies way to much on general malt sweetness, but doesn’t have much going on otherwise. A little too sweet for my tastes.

Whiskeyjack (10), , Massachusetts, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	7/10	2/5	5/10	4/5	12/20

Oct 4, 2008

A sweet floral aroma. Clear amber red. Very minimal head. Mild hop flavor, some earth tones & a slight bitter aftertaste. An uncomplicated version of an ESB, lacks the potency I expect with extra special bitter.

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