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Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg)

Percentile
93
overall
Brewed by Fullers
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

London, England

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
15233.63/5.03.62/5.05.9%99English 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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 Miksu (2215), Jyväskylä, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 23, 2008  
0.5 l bottle. Amber color with small head. Caramelly and candyish aroma with perfumed hops, fruity esters and marmelade. Bittersweet, caramelly, candyish and biscuity flavor with notes of fruity esters and resiny english hops. Too much candy for me but this is still very tasty.


 NJJereme (263), Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 21, 2008  
Pours an amber color with a nice, fluffy head. Nice balance b/w the malts and hops. Pretty easy on the palate.


 JohnnyOS (646), Golden, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/514/20
Jan 20, 2008  
Pours dark amber with light brown head. Light hoppy aroma with yeast a bit o citrus and nutty malt. Flavor is a milder version of the aroma... very balanced and very drinkable... although seems to be missing the "B" in ESB.


emerson430 (87), Lakewood, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/516/20
Jan 19, 2008  
I really wish I had this on a cask ... nice nutty malty flavor with a well balanced hop nose. This thing could win a gymnastics competition based on its balance alone.


 conor23 (110), Elgin, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/102/511/20
Jan 19, 2008  
Bready/yeasty aroma with a hint of fruit. Taste is sweet at first with lingering bitterness. Slight metallic aftertaste.


blackbock (35), Australia
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/51/102/53/20
Jan 15, 2008  
(bottle). Considering how much I paid for this beer, I thought it was pretty ordinary. I was expecting big things from all of those English hop varieties; Sadly all I could taste was Goldings and crystal malt. Yawn.


 gam (1092), brisbane, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 13, 2008    Updated: Jul 10, 2008
Very dark amber colour light brown head,very good carb.Aroma hoppy and breadlike,citric.Flavour slight bland fruit flavour malt at finish. Not as good as I hoped.


 pforei (338), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 6, 2008    Updated: Mar 16, 2008
Bronze amber, aggressive pour yields decent but quickly evaporating head. Bready caramel malt aroma with slight grassy hop. Taste is similar with very slight lemon zest and spicy/pepperiness. Finish is bitter and dry. Thin to medium body.



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