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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sneagrams3 (1738), St. Louis, Missouri, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 28, 2008

Tasted 3/7/08. 12oz bottle. Filtered with a copper hue. Spotty off-white head. Citrus fruity aromas. Touch bready. Medium bodied and bitter. Dry finish. Good amount of hops. Slight raspberry swwet/tart flavor. Touch rye bitterness. Slight cookie malt flavor. Smooth and really tasty. Slight effervescence. Lingering dryness. Totally solid example of an ESB and great drinking.

wacohoover (100), Garland, Texas, USA

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

Mar 28, 2008

What’s not to love? More malty than many ales, a lot more smooth than a typical Bitter. You can really taste the hops starting in the middle of a sip until the end. Slightly dry finish, but leaves a fruity taste. Excellent.

Oxymoron (104), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 27, 2008

Pours a cloudy amber to a darker red color. A good pour with ample head retention and lace that remains through the glass. The smell is more of a malty English style with bready tendencies. The flavor is a little surprising for an ESB. Expecting more bite from hops, really what I got was a nice blend of caramel and toffee but more on the drier side. The hops are very (I mean very) smooth and slides down easily. Easy drinking beer. I would like to see more of a bit on the hops flavor especially at the beginning and with bit, but still good to drink

porterhouse (1152), Alna, Maine, USA

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

Mar 26, 2008

(330 ml bottle (best before 5/17/08) from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/massachusetts/w target=blank>Julio’s Liquors) Gosh this was nice...Pours clear coppery amber with three fingers of a sturdy biscuit head. Nice-looking. Aroma of caramel, egg, vanilla and a light touch of hops. Mouthfeel smooth with a nice bit of heft. Thick well-defined rings of lacing. Flavor is quite malty with all of the elements noted in the aroma. Bitterness seems quite low for the style - just a nice light bitter bite on top of everything and providing a little pinch in the finish. You probably could have fooled me into thinking this was an Oktoberfest or Vienna. Very tasty and well put together. I am impressed with Fuller’s.

saxo (3561), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Mar 24, 2008

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, and fruits.

rcweir (121), Massachusetts, USA

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

Mar 23, 2008

Pours a medium/dark copper, crystal clear, with thin head, receding quickly. Low carbonation. Malta fruity aroma. Taste brings malty profile forward, with a some lingering hops bitterness. Nicely balanced.

albertane (376), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Mar 22, 2008

Bottled. This amber beer has an enjoyable complex flavour, with biscuity malt, caramel, pepper and orange zest. However, like London Pride, I’m sure it’s better from the cask, and would likely be preferable if it were bottle conditioned.

Bullit (1334), Glasgow, Scotland

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 21, 2008

Clear copper-brown colour, off-white head. Aroma has some spices and malts. Flavour has hops and caramel malts. Classic bitter!

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