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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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 MrRoss (617), Delta, British Columbia, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 16, 2009  
This one poured a well-carbonated clear, dark copper colour with a modest foamy tan head. The head had an all to short life, and left just a hint of lacing as it departed. Aroma was barely detectable, with perhaps an inkling of malt. Taste was much more to my liking, with some nice malting evident. A nice, refreshing beer.


 Hopper (295), San Antonio, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 16, 2009  
Pours amber with not much head. The aroma is fruity & nice. The taste is slight fruit & a nice bitter taste. A nice balance between malt & hops.


 Listigovers (101), Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/514/20
Jul 11, 2009  
500ml can. Pours a medium brown, and crystal clear. Moderate head. Sweet aroma with malt and fruit. Boring mouthfeel, very flat and smooth. Very nice long and slightly bitter aftertaste. Medium body. Well balanced, and with a deep and fairly complex flavour. Wish I had this in a bottle instead of a can... Could probably push from very good to great. Glad I picked it up despite the lack of bottles at the store.


 Quack-Duck (3167), Bodensee/Schwarzwald, Germany
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 10, 2009  
bottle, Waitrose Sidford. Clear copper orange colour with a quickly collapsing mid-sized head. Medium-bodied, malty background with interesting flavours of walnut, liquorice, caramel, bitter chocolate, old wood and coffee. Very slightly fruity, lingering hoppy finish.


 Ughsmash (3999), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 9, 2009  
Bottled. Poured clear lighter orange with a short-lived cap of white head. The aroma picked up sweet caramel, lighter fruit, and English toffee topped by a mild array of hops (floral and orange).. sweet overall. The flavor was also on the sweet side with biscuity notes and caramel at the core.. spicy floral, earth, and fruity bitterness surrounded.. finished with toasty sweetness and light bitters. Light-medium-bodied and sweeter than expected on the palate, also with less bitterness than expected.. still a decent beer. Maybe I had an old bottle...


 Pawola22 (709), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 9, 2009  
On tap at the Flying Saucer in KC. Pours a clear copper body with a creamy, beige, finger-width head that dissipates quickly and leaves a light lacing. Aroma is fainter with mostly deep caramels and a bit of fruit and hop bitterness. Flavor is much nicer. Very full malted and balanced. Deep caramels with some crystal toffees. A good amount of even hop bitterness that still goes well with the big malt body. Some fruits and a light chocolate. Finishes smooth and creamy with a slightly chewy malt before slowly drying and leaving a malty, light fruit bitterness with a medium duration. Overall, a simple, but tasty ESB. Malty with a satisfying bitterness. Nothing too crazy, but well done and solid.


 Bigsilky (322), Charleston, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 7, 2009  
A very bright malty nose that is not drawn down but leather, or paper. This is a fresh bottle. Classic ESB malty comforts of light toffee and crystal malt with a touch of hop greeness. Velvety mouthfeel never gains too much sweetness as a honeyed toast flavour un winds and dries out. Leaving a touch of hop capsicum and a desire for another. World class. 92, freshness does count.


 Bragesnak (2257), Aarhus, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 7, 2009  
Bottled. Golden with white head. Aroma of malt and spices. Flavor is malt with pepper and fruit notes.



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