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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Beer Snob (380), Ontario, Canada

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Jul 29, 2009

My life is so much better now that this is a regular feature at my Liquor Store. A nice clear brown colour with a small head. It smells just like an ale should - hint of fruit and a nice maltiness. Tastes even better than it looks, easy drinking maltiness with a bit of fruit and a nice bitter kick at the end. Taste is clean and this is a very refreshing ale.

lithy (1650), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jul 28, 2009

Clear amber orange with a off white orange tinged head. Aroma is grassy hops, crisp sweet caramels, biscuits, bready malts. Taste is sweet caramels, fruity toffee, biscuit malt, then a nice grassy finish.

chrisv10 (349), Denmark

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	5/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Jul 27, 2009

50 cl can. Clear red/amber body with medium size of-white head. Flavour is malt, caramel and some bitterness.

ben4321 (988), Rockville, Maryland, USA

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

Jul 24, 2009

Location: I’d been meaning to rate this beer, but since I hadn’t had it for a while, I picked up an 11.2 oz bottle from Gilly’s, and drank it 7/24/09

Aroma: Caramel malt aroma, a bit bready too
Appearance: Clear amber color, thin white head, light lacing
Flavor: Taste is mostly the sweet caramel malts, bit of fruit, late hop bitterness
Palate: Medium body, dry
Overall Impression: Decent, but not great. I like it, but I just do not have a lot else to say in description of this one.

fredthecat (186), Canada

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

Jul 23, 2009

light cherry smell, cherry taste with brown bread . its dark amber with a white head, mouthfeel is fullers smooothness.. hits the spot like all fullers products.. mmm 6% feels nonexistant

PJClarke (620), London, Greater London, England

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	7/10	3/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Jul 20, 2009

Bottle: Sweet kiwi aromas, with some almost lagery malts. Huge cherry, Smooth malty delicious notes of honey, cherry and gooseberry with pine sweetness. balsa wood and slight oily dryness. Fuckin phenomenal.

probstk (1027), Nepean, Ontario, Canada

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	14/20

Jul 19, 2009

500 ml can from LCBO, served at cellar temperature in a goblet. JL19/09.

App.: Deep copper and clear with a so-so off-white head. Aroma: Inviting caramel and toffee with slight earthy tones, lightly fruity, toast, a little nutty, quite inviting. Palate: Medium-ish body, fairly sparse carbonation. Flav.: Burnt sugar, nutty, slightly fruity, not as sweet as the nose, some nice green and peppery hop aromas; dry with some bitterness and lingering light brown sugar.

I enjoy this on tap as well and would like to compare can to keg. Guess I’ll have to sneak a can into the bar sometime...

Ferociousaurus (35), Louisville, Kentucky, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Jul 18, 2009

Pour is a red amber with little head and lacing to speak of. Smell is fruity with a good, understated malt presence. Taste is very malty with a little bit of hop kick that is quite pleasant. Roasty and delicious. I’m a fan.

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