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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

Broad Distribution
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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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 BigBen2120 (688), Derry, New Hampshire, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/520/20
Aug 17, 2009  
500ml brown bottle from Barb’s Beer Emporium in Concord. Pours a translucent copper body with a good inch of off-white head that leaves some good lacing. Caramel and toffee share the aroma with some herbal and floral hops. Caramel, toffee, nut, chocolate, and coffee all jump out initially, with a good amount of herbal, floral grassy hops with just the slightest hints of licorice, banana, and butterscotch. Medium to full in body with moderate carbonation. Super drinkable. One of the best - if not the best - ESB I have ever had. Flavor is so complex and yet complimentary and balanced. I can find almost nothing wrong with this beer - phenomenal.


 deyholla (520), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/104/511/20
Aug 14, 2009  
Bottle. Pours amber with a strong red hue. Aroma is full of toffee and caramel notes. Flavor is very grainy with caramel and toffee notes.


 heavy (835), Split, Croatia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/56/104/514/20
Aug 14, 2009  
06/08 0.5 l bottle from a pub in Tolmin, Slovenia. It poured a bit murky orange body with bigger head. Nose was lemony and caramel, full yeasty and really great. Slightly bitter and dry flavor, but also sweetish sugary and fruity. It’s pleasant brew despite its thin body, which makes it taste watery and lets down a bit after great aroma. Nothing strange for the style though. Still, it has got long, sweetish and pleasant finish. This is a really nice ESB.


 Guinness4Duff (507), Tallahassee (and Poconos, PA), Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Bottle. Clear amber pour with descent white head. Has a nice hopy aroma, very pleasant. Flavor is light with sweet caramel tones up front and follows through with a nice bitter finish. Very good overall.


 madvike (314), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Tap @ the Malt House - Yes, yes, yes. This is what I was looking for. Pours a deep amber with a small white head. Smells sweet and bready with some toffee malt notes. Taste is so smooth, with some nutty, malty, and whiskey flavors. There’s a little hop bitterness on the finish, just enough to balance. About the only thing I can say bad about this beer is the carbonation was jacked up way too high and it attacked my mouth a bit too much. Otherwise, stellar--I could drink ths all night.


 Imperial-John (155), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 2, 2009  
Clear brown with offwhite medium head thins quick. Dried fruit and malt aroma. Distinctive Fullers taste. Creamy, dried fruit malt with an understated bitter hop aftertaste. Very understated bitterness compared to US bitters.


 rosenbergh (870), Helsinki, Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 30, 2009  
500 ml bottle. Finland. Clear copper colour with small off-white head. Sweetish fruity hoppy aroma. Fruity hoppy flavour with dry bitterness. Good but not excellent ESB.


boozah (6), , Australia
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4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 30, 2009  
A true great - starts by looking like beer should - orangey-red, with a nice foaming head. Aroma, like the flavour, is tonnes of fruit, like a glass of orange marmalade on the nose, with added dimensions of kiwi fruit and grapefruit in the mouth, with a good hop bitterness balanced by the roundness of crystal malt. Refreshing mouthfeel. Hail Ale!



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