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Brewed by Fuller’s
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
London, England
Serve in English pint

bottled
common

on tap
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RATINGS: 2154   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.62   EST. CALORIES: 177   ABV: 5.9%
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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.


most recent ratings

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
b3shine (2453) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - APR 17, 2013
Draft to taster. Looks solid; a transparent gold with foamy (almost creamy) head that dissipates into lacing. Smells and tastes bittersweet with notes of dough and hops. Average on the palate. Meh; kind of bland for my liking.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
langeveld12 (105) - NETHERLANDS - APR 17, 2013
Pours an average creamy head that mostly diminishes. Body is clear amber, sparkles are visible. Aroma contains light bread, hay, roasted malts, molasses, citrus fruits, banana, grape, raisin, plum, toffee and spices. Flavor is light acidic going to sweet and bitter with a malty finish. Body is medium, texture oily and carbonation soft. It tastes allright in the beginning, the malty finish is not my thing.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
VictorStr (406) - Helsingborg, SWEDEN - APR 14, 2013
Lite rödaktig med minimalt skum. Hade inga höga förväntningar och kanske hade jag dömt ut ölen på förhand, men den var inte bra.

1.3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 2/20
Psytron (888) - Turku, FINLAND - APR 13, 2013
From tap. Smell of soap. Golden colour, cream-coloured and creamy head. Aroma of alcohol, soap. Stinging sour-ish taste. Palate follows nastiness of taste. Big disappointment.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
tampierre (388) - Pilsen, CZECH REPUBLIC - APR 13, 2013
Bottled ; Devon ; UK ; Malt,caramel and fruit aroma ; Amber color with smaller head ; Medium sweet taste and bitter finish ; Pleasant ESB.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
solidfunk (1919) - Ontario, CANADA - APR 11, 2013
Pretty damn good for style. Pours blond with some head and lacing. Well balanced malt with slight aroma of hops. carbonation slightly above average. On tap at Village Idiot.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
JamesChamp (112) - Canada, Ontario, CANADA - APR 11, 2013
Great beer and can find it in many stores in London by the bottle and some pubs on tap. In Canada LCBO sometimes sells it, in Oakville can get it on tap locally at Niblick pub!

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
NikkTwist (965) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - APR 11, 2013
UPDATED: APR 19, 2013 Draft at Fado in Philly. Medium dark clear orange pour with a large pillowy head that took a while to settle. Nice aroma. Clean malt backing some solid hop notes. Good juicy body. No rough edges. Almost too perfected. Great ESB.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
NeoHippie2 (474) - Louisville, Kentucky, USA - APR 9, 2013
This is a really great balance of malty flavors and bitter notes. Nice copper hue with small white head. Just a solid, well-balanced beer.

3.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
hens (235) - Tallinn, Estonia, ESTONIA - APR 9, 2013
0,5L bottle. Soft fruity aroma, rather orange. Good and enjoyable bitter grapefruit and very little malt, hop, yeast mixed. Such a nice fruit and bitter harsh melts on mouth. Fresh finish with bitter lasting taste. Good stuff.


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