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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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 DownsouthGav (602), Greater London, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Pours a clear copper brew, Nice frothy head. Rich aroma of fruits and nuts. Smooth creamy mouthfeel with malt and hops evident. The finish is refreshingly bitter. Another great Fullers beer.


 oteyj (745), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/105/517/20
Sep 30, 2007  
An excellent bitter and session ale. Definitely one of Fuller’s better ales. Poured with white, slowly dissapating head. Aroma smalled of nuts and apricot. Medium body with decent carbonation. Flavors of nut, fruits, and spice. Very clean finish and overall very satisfactory.


 Goodgrief (1149), Middletown, Delaware, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Nov 2005 - Beer poured dark amber color with moderate head. Not much aroma. Flavor was of caramelly malts with a nice hop twang finish. Overall a good beer. Gave me a wicked headache, though.


 shrubber85 (2886), Wallhalben, Germany
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/516/20
Sep 28, 2007  
Bottle. Dried fruit and caramel malt aroma. Amber with larger tan head and nice lacing. Molasses malt and moderate hops - well blended.


 beerinmarch (2781), Alabama, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 27, 2007  
This is a really nice ESB, big malt character like a true ESB, all the PNW types are hop monsters. Big caramel flavor, bready and toasty in the finish. Hops provide a good balance but don’t try to take over the show. Very smooth on the palate. The aroma showcases more of a fruity malt nose. Great all around beer.


 stefanje (939), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/516/20
Sep 25, 2007  
Pint Bottle from Bevmo. Poured a rich copper color with an ample off white head that faded slowly. Aroma was light with malts and some thyme. Flavor was soapy, with bread, peanuts and apricots; the hops were distinct but not particularly biter. Unfortunately, I prefer much more distinctly biter hops in my ESB’s. Mouthfeel started out as fairly watery but developed into a full effect. Carbonation was ample and prickly. The finish was short and clean with a bit of soapy hops. Overall this is a very session-able brew. Recommended.


 Jonte (816), Gothenburg, Sweden
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 24, 2007    Updated: Jul 28, 2008
On-Tap. Red/copper color with a white head that is fluffy at first but then shrinks. Decent lacing. Smells of biscuits,caramel/toffee, bittersweet fruit, some nuts. Tastes of biscuits, toffee, butterscotch, some butter, caramel, grapefruit, orange-peel, apricots, some nuts. Lasting bitterness. Complex and balanced taste. Medium body and a bit creamy. Medium carbonation. A very good ESB and one of my favorite beers so far. Even better on tap, and I would really like to try it on cask.


 Dacrza (252), Great Meadows, New Jersey, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/102/59/105/519/20
Sep 23, 2007  
Revisiting a personal favorite before the PSU Brew Fest...solid amber body with spotty head in a nonick--almost iced tea in appearance (I’m not sure why, but this beer just doesn’t impress the eye--like a stodgy old Brit?)....beautiful malt presence--an mistakeable bitter...smooth malt mouthfeel, nearly perfect in the simplicity of presentation and experience...roasted and bitter--direct but with character...an all-night ale...like the Urquell, tough to offer anything new but praise for an original...sadly beers like this remind me that in a quest to sample everything in the store, I miss out on some consistent winners...



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