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Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg)

Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg) - Premium Bitter/ESB

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 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 
15143.63/5.03.63/5.05.9%99English pint
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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.
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 Swalden28 (1439), McKinney, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 15, 2008  
Very good beer!....Pored a nice deep clear amber with semi off white head, with decient retention. Aroma of malt, hops, with nice fruity notes, but it seemed a little too light....flavor has very nice maltiness, hoppiness, and not very strong bitter...very nice. Body was well balanced with medium carbonation.....Very tasty beer!


 Veer (355), Landskrona, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/513/20
Feb 14, 2008  
Aroma: very nice, floral hops with just a hint of grapefruit and pine. Sweet, caramel malt underneath. There is (unfortunately) also a vague chemical tone of green apple. Some liquorice, musty.
Flavour: reasonably full.bodied, bitter and sweet. Grassy. Lots of toffee and caramel malt. Decent bitter aftertaste. All in all not very complex but very drinkable. Pretty sweet for an ESB.
Appearance: Clear copper body with yellowtinted, creamy head leaving some irregular lacing.
Palate: quite slimy, however not heavy. A bit oily and fluffy.


 BitchesBrew (710), Berkeley, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 6, 2008  
[WBA Styles Tasting] Dark copper color, clear. Caramel malt aroma, with a high hop presence. Interesting raisin and prune esters. Bitterness is substantial, but well blended with some medium sweetness. Medium bodied. Not bad at all.


thebeamer (1), Göteborg, Sweden
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3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 4, 2008  
a good ale, perfekt with food, spec. steaws och steaks with roasted vegetables. nice creamy beer.


 Edmoe (126), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 3, 2008  
Copper color with off-white head and decent lacing. Aroma is malty with a subtle hop character. Flavor is more of the same but a little more on the malty side. Very drinkable. A good session beer. Decent body. Finishes clean.


 milljam (562), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/103/517/20
Feb 3, 2008  
Nicely balanced.....good malt flavor, paired with an equal amount hoppiness. An easy beer to drink, nothing too in your face, but very enjoyable.


 jeff789 (359), Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Feb 1, 2008  
Clear amber with a thin whiteish head... Aroma is slightly bready with a sweetness... Taste is only slightly bitter up front with a good bitterness to the finish


 moseslikesbeer (183), conestoga, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/516/20
Jan 28, 2008  
bottle. this is a good drinkable beer. kind of a brown/gold color. small head that stayed the entire time. smelled of faint caramel. has a very bitter after thought. I recomend this beer to people who like a smooth lager.



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