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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changeup45 (788), Orlando, Florida, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Apr 11, 2008 Updated: Aug 10, 2008

At first I wasn’t overly impressed, but as I worked my way through the pint bottle I had I began to enjoy it more and more. Amber colored with a medium foamy head, but it lasts throughout the entire beer and forms a nice amount of lace. Somewhat malty aroma, and a little fruity. Malty flavor with crisp hoppy bitterness. Pretty well balanced and good.

Acknud (772), Morganfield, Kentucky, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	6/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	13/20

Apr 11, 2008

Pours amber with a medium head. Aroma is malty with some citrus notes. Taste brings on malt with some hop bitterness. Finishes dry.

Holtguy (25), Michigan, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	8/10	5/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Apr 11, 2008

Dark amber in color. Fruity flavor, orange I think, with soft malt notes. Very full bodied. It’s a little bit bitter, with some notes of citrus near the end. There are more flavors here than I can describe. A great and complex beer.

liinis (714), Helsinki, Finland

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Apr 11, 2008

Orange copper with medium head. Lovely crisp bitterness with citrus, but quite flat in mouth. delicious hops in aroma.

travita (1887), Frisco, Texas, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Apr 8, 2008

Copper in color with a good head. Fruits and hops in the aromas. Taste is light and crisp, slightly bitter that goes down easy. Some fruits as well. Still left me wanting something different.

chimplechamp (463), Oslo, Norway

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	2/5	17/20

Apr 7, 2008

bottle- pours amber, golden brown with a light grayish beige head. smells hoppy orange biscuits and caramel. mouthfeel is flat, lacking carbonation, but that matches the taste quite well. orangel peel and caramel long clean lemony finish.

ElGaucho56 (390), USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Apr 6, 2008

Pours a lovely clear bronze with small but persistent eggshell white cap and nice beading. Nose has a zesty citrus character with malty bready undertones. Pretty full on the palate, with a decent roasted character for such a drinkable beer, with rich light honeyed malts balanced wonderfully by slightly peppery, grassy hops in a long smooth finish. About all you could ask for in an ESB.

Taverner (837), San Ramon, California, USA

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

Apr 6, 2008 Updated: Nov 30, 2008

Balanced. Sweet. Bitter. Tan, rested and ready. Pours a medium amber with minimal head. Nose is all malt, with hints of molasses. The hops really take second state to the malts, but that works here. It’s a decent ESB. Seems more to be a English Pale Ale than an ESB.

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