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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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 thornecb (1751), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Pours amber into an English pint. Bright white head recedes to skim the surface. Cookie and malt aromas. Crisp and fruity with a lasting grapefruit rind finish.


ontheroad (25), Buffalo, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Pours a hearty brown color with a fair head. Has a citrus flavor with malt and a nice amount of bitterness in the finish. Very drinkable.


 fonefan (11003), VestJylland, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 14, 2008  
Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (180508)


 Indulgence (141), Ajo, Arizona, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 13, 2008    Updated: Jul 18, 2008
18oz bottle: Aroma of sweet caramel malts and dried fruits and some nice bittering of hops, nice color of burnt orange with some effervesence, finishes with the final touch bitter. The only thing that kept me from rating higher is the tiny 1 finger and mild lacing. Overall, very nice will continue to drink this well made beer.


 HighlanderOne (541), Somewherein, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 12, 2008  
Poured from bottle 7/2008. Aroma of malt and fruit. Dark amber with rugged persistent head. Roasted malt and plenty of hops here. Toffee notes really noticed about midway through. Finished quite nicely too. Good stuff.


 DrnkMcDermott (1845), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Half-liter bottle. Too warm for anything darker than this malty little number Malt’s the first thing I smell when I pop and pour, sweet with a touch of caramel. Dark, rich brown color, bubbly head that settles to a thin top layer. Taste is "sweet on the outside, dry in the middle." Some spice and a little apple cider in the malt, equalled by a light and thready All-England hop. Watery taste at the tip of the lip. Nice malt impression stays as I travel down the glass. Thin carbonation attempted to replicate mouthfeel of a cask pour, but it doesn’t quite match that texture here


 Bradrcr (779), Renton, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/104/510/20
Jul 5, 2008  
6/10/08 On draught at the Dog & Pony, Renton, Wa. Aroma is malt forward, heavy on the caramel, with slight sourness and no hop flora. Appearance is hazy copper with a well maintained white head. Flavor is sour malt forward with moderate/low bittering of British hops. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a very low carb texture. Overall, the sourness is just too dominant, I wonder if this is an older keg.


kriggins (6), , Florida, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg) does not count
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/59/104/517/20
Jul 2, 2008  
Small head that quickly dissipates. Slight alcohol and hints of banana pudding and oak aromas. Very clear amber/oaky color. It’s the flavor that brings this one home. Beautiful sweet, malty, vanilla notes to begin, with slight roasted caramel toward the end. Alcohol appears toward middle. Hops are apparent yet subtle. Mouthfeel is medium and drinkable. Overall impression is......yummy!



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