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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danielst (138), Vienna, Austria

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 10, 2009 Updated: Sep 11, 2009

The aroma is spicy, earthy, even leathery and grassy - truely "british" hop profile. A nice ale fruitiness with light butterscotch and alcohol overtones. Copper golden appearance with a vanishing head. The flavour is earthy, overall hoppy, but mostly toffeeish and sometimes caramelly. Rather dry but not actually bitter - a bit watery too, otherwise creamy mouthfeel. Nice, but not as nice as the London Pride.

Nekronos (2263), Xalapa, Mexico

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	11/20

Sep 6, 2009

Strange flavour, it is like somehting is sour and not bitter. Also that beer was creamy and nice dak amber colour.

AlcoholForMe (16), Dorset, England

2.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.3	5/10	4/5	5/10	4/5	5/20

Aug 31, 2009

Utterly bad beer i think its just because i like nothing from the fullers range so i am biased.

jbye4334 (658), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	5/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	11/20

Aug 28, 2009

(bottle). Clear copper color. Medium off white head, which is mostly diminisihing. Light hop and metallic aroma. Moderate hop flavor. Avg duration. Smooth, slightly bitter finish. Slick texture. Soft carbonation. Spare lacing. Tasted almost identical to Fullers Londons Pride Pale Ale.

strowlands8 (76), Ontario, Canada

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	7/10	2/5	14/20

Aug 23, 2009

Aroma is sweet, with lots of malt and a bit of hops. In the flavour there is good balance between sweetness and bitterness. Maybe something was a little off in the sample I had but it felt flat and boring in my mouth. Still a good offering, I’d like to try it again to see if it is again the case.

Cole (282), , Alberta, Canada

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

Aug 22, 2009

Pours deep amber tall white head. Sweet malty, slightly hoppy aroma. Full rich flavour, lots of goldings. Not bad at all.

drowland (1380), Tallahassee, Florida, USA

2.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.6	5/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	10/20

Aug 20, 2009

Single bottle into an English pint glass. I really wasn’t impressed by this one, even for the style and reputation of the brewer.

Avengedpoet (325), Mesa, Arizona, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	3/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Aug 20, 2009

This has been a favorite of mine for quite awhile. Pours a dark chestnut color with minimal head, due to lower carbonation. Aroma is definite crystal sweetness, some malt complexity, and a minor note of corn (maize). Taste is extremely smooth, very well balanced, and a beautiful marriage of sweet crystal malts, English malts, and British hops. This is an extremely impressive feat, given how far it had to travel to get to me, and the time on the shelf. A tour de force of the style.

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