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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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
15233.63/5.03.62/5.05.9%99English 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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imawayforapint (17), , Alberta, Canada
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/105/520/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Beautiful. A mouthful of malt. Toffee and biscuit. No foamy wishy washy ale, but a real mouth filler. Well balanced with english hops (no aggressive citrusy piny stuff here). Low carbonation as is ideal for this style. Despite it’s strength a beer you can really get stuck into.


 BelgiskOlklub (401), Viby J, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 8, 2008  
Bottle. Average size creamy white head with a clear orange body. Nice malt aroma and citrus aroma from the hop. Good balanced flavor and a nice bitter finish.


 Floback (333), Naples, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Aug 7, 2008  
On tap at the incredibly hard to find English Pub in Naples, FL. Orange/amber body and a fingernail of off-white head. Good-looking lacing and a very fruity aroma of cherries. Flavors are almost candy-like with strawberry, subtle hops, grains, and biscuits. Medium body, and very, very low carbonation, the bartender (who’s from England) explained that the British love beer with low carbonation. Explains how they can drink ten pints in an hour.


Fruitfly (59), , Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/59/103/517/20
Aug 6, 2008  
35.5 cl bottle. Pours a deep copper with basically no head. Looks thick and hop oily. Aroma is very sweet; first with caramelled malts and toffee, then citrus. It’s well balanced and only slightly bitter. Very smooth and low carbonation. I only really note the bitterness in the very pleasantly drawn out finish. My first special bitter makes me want to try more.


 kempicus (350), Wellington, New Zealand
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/104/515/20
Aug 3, 2008  
I’ve had this many times on cask but have decided to rate this after a pint of it on keg at a wonderfully dingy bar in Wellington on the other side of the world to its home. Looks pretty good in the glass, perhaps a slight chill haze but it was served at about -2 degrees….not much nose to speak of but I think my memory was fitting in the blanks, oranges and biscuity malt yum! Flavours are all about oranges and peppery hops with a huge blast of malt, just a slight boiled vege flavour from the long journey but it tastes pretty damn good over here!


Alasdair (76), New Zealand
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/105/514/20
Aug 2, 2008  
caramel matl aroma, with a hint of golden syrup. Amber with a lingering head. Delicate malt and caramel flavour, with a gentle bitterness, and alcohol note, and touch of honey to finish. Wonderful smooth mouthfeel with gentel carbonation.


 DrDavid (957), Johnson, Vermont, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 30, 2008    Updated: Jul 31, 2008
(Bottle). Aroma is Indistinct, rather cardboardish, Color a lovely reddish copper. Small, off white, rapidly dissipating head. Flavor very pleasant, mild, smooth, with some fruity notes. Finish is pleasing, with a slight bitterness. Excellent drinkability.


 gameface23 (131), Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 28, 2008  
Pours copper with a frothy head that last for a minute or two. Smells malty and tastes creamy and like a muted sweet caramel with small amounts of carbonation.



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