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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TURDFERGUSON (1597), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

May 4, 2008

Bottle. Pours a bright, clear, amber with hardly any head or lace. Nose is biscuit malts, bitter hops. Flavor is mild, malty, and bitter. Not my favorite style but I find this to be a nice, very sessionable beer on a sunday afternoon.

KimJohansen (6806), Copenhagen V, Denmark

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

May 4, 2008

Clear amber with medium off white head. Sweet aroma with fruity and hoppy notes. Flavor is somewhat malty with caramel and hoppy notes. Mild bitter finish.

evilsoc (191), Wales

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

May 3, 2008

Clear brown and well lacing white head. Spicy and floral german-hop like aroma with caramel malt. really well balanced. Reminds me of Sam Adams Boston lager. finishes nice and dry with a subtle but pleasent hop flavour.

daknole (2882), Plantation, Florida, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

May 2, 2008

This reminds me of a Newcastle with a lot of hops. I usually am not a huge fan of bitters, but this one is pretty damn good.

carruthm (1121), Seattle, Washington, USA

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

May 2, 2008 Updated: Dec 6, 2008

This flavor has a nice bite to it, similar to a brown ale but obviously with much less malt and much more bitter.

tlind2 (560), Helsinki, Finland

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	6/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

May 2, 2008

Draught & Bottle. Deep copper color, medium head. Pleasant aroma of sweet malts and fruit. The taste has excellent bitterness balanced against juicy hops. Very pleasing bitter indeed.

jbuzz (659), South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	5/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

May 2, 2008

Almost clear brown color, white head and only slightly bitter. almost light. the easiest Bitter i have had. Bottle went down way way to fast !

davidpl (435), Santiago, Chile

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

May 1, 2008

Appearance: amber copper color. Medium, compact, and lasting beer with ivory color. Aroma: caramel malts note and an exquisite fruity touch like apricots and peaches jam and inclusive papayas. A floral and complex hoppy aroma, for the variety of these. Chamomile’s and daisy’s reminiscences, also some banana. Flavor: caramel malts start, some sweet but not sickly and ephemeral. Quickly dominated for the fruitiness similar to peaches and apricots jam. Some nutty. A complex, with medium intensity, nice, some astringent and lasting dryness for the variety of hops, with some stone-peaches reminiscences. Chamomile and red-tea notes. Palate: medium body, smooth texture and light to medium carbonation. Remark: nice fruit jam note, but the best is the complex and captivating hoppiness. Balanced and very advisable beer.

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