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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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 Ungstrup (15037), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/58/102/515/20
Oct 24, 2002  
An amber beer with a small but OK head. It doesn’t have much aroma. The feel is a little bit flat, but the flavor is fantastic of a great malt blend with an OK bitterness yet only slight. A great beer.


 Papsoe (14838), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Nov 23, 2005  
(Bottle 50 cl) Deep nutty brown with a reddish hue and a small, creamy head. Very full-bodied and surprisingly strong. Malty and spicy with a nutty character and a certain sweetness. Impressive hop composition. 200301


 omhper (12172), Stockholm, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Jan 31, 2002  
Dark amber. Malty, chewy somewhat sweetish. One of th emore bitter British beers. The first ever ESB I tried, and still the one that defines the style for me.


 yespr (11906), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 12, 2008  
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and deep golden orange with a lacing white head. Dense caramel malt aroma, light chocolate touch. Flavour is sweet caramel malt with a light edge towards the finish. Mild dry bitterness following this to give a nice and smooth balance into the finish. Light fruity touch in the far finish. Nice one.


 fonefan (11003), VestJylland, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 14, 2008  
Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (180508)


 MiP (9025), Sønderborg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 13, 2007  
Bottle, 5.9%. Sweet, spicy hop aroma. Clear brown colour, small white head. Nicely malty flavour, medium bitterness. Caramelly aftertaste.


 oh6gdx (8840), Vasa, Finland
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/57/103/512/20
Feb 21, 2005  
Bottled. Reddish brown, decent white foamy head. Mainly malty aroma with hints of fruit. Fruity sweet taste which turns bitter. This one has a nice long bitter aftertaste.


 joergen (8464), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jan 24, 2006  
Bottle. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized off white head. Sweet aroma of malts and caramel with notes of hops and fruits. Sweet flavour of malts and caramel with notes of hops. Hoppy finish.



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