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Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg) 3.62 1533

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
15333.63/5.03.62/5.05.9%99.1English 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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 bblack99 (214), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/512/20
May 17, 2009  
Bottle said best served by March 2007, which may account for some of the oddities in this rating. The aroma still brought forth the caramel and butterscotch mentioned by others, but this ESB poured quite flat, with almost no head atop the amber-brown traslucent liquid. Not as bitter as some others in the style, this had a nice mellow maltiness about it, and really subtle sweetness to balance out the bite. I may need to re-rate if I can get one that’s a bit more fresh!


 Ryan82SM (268), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/59/20
May 10, 2009  
On tap at Ramsey’s in Louisville. Aroma of light caramel and perhaps a little orange. Appearance is dark caramel with small head. Flavor had some caramel, toffee and light hops in the finish. The palate was creamy. This beer suffers because of overpasteurization and perhaps a bad pour, but it just tastes like almost any other English ale I’ve had, just not as sweet.


 FishManLA (300), Abita Springs, Louisiana, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
May 9, 2009  
Pours a rich clear copper color with a medium sized off white head. Nose is rich with sweet pale malt and some fruity notes. Flavor is rich and extremely well balanced consisting of rich-yet-mild sweet malt, notes of caramel, and just the right balance of slightly bitter hop. The bitterness lingers a bit longer than the sweetness to form the finish. Why hadn’t I tried this one yet?! An absolutely classic ale! Everything about it is "just right". None of the flavors try to stand out to much, they all blend beautifully. A beer symphony in your mouth!


 JediMindTricks (240), Hampton, Virginia, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/510/20
May 7, 2009  
Pours amber with a small white head. Aromas of sweet fruits. Lots of hops and light alcohol finish dry and crisp...it is what it is...


 fidelis83 (729), Clinton, Iowa, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
May 5, 2009  
Pours a crisp translucent medium amber with a 3-4 finger off white-tan head that has great retention and leaves nice lacing. Aroma is sweet malt, light caramel, sweet flowers, raw nuts, butterscotch, cinamon, mixed berries, grass, toffee and sweet hay. Flavor is toasted grain, burnt orange, grass, wild berries, toffee, apple blossoms and some light wood notes. Finish is fruity, nutty, slightly bitter and sweet caramel. Palate is medium thickness, neutral feel and a slightly dry finish. Good stuff, if it weren’t for the price tag ($11/6er) I would probably drink this alot.


 Joakgust (337), Stockholm, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 5, 2009  
Bottle, 50cl - Amber colored beer with a small head. Aroma is malty with notes of caramel. Flavor is sweet with nice hints of nuts, caramel and fruits. Very nice full-bodied ESB. Nice!


 JohnBarleycorn (394), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/105/514/20
May 2, 2009  
Can. Deep amber. Nice, rich body and very full flavoured, with malt and molasses dominating both aroma and flavour. Perfectly carbonated. Good stuff.


 Slipstream (780), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
May 1, 2009  
Fullers say they have been doing this since 1645, and that their ESB is the world’s original and the one by which others are judged. Fizzy amber pour with an impressive, but fading, head. Average label. Spicy hop aroma that is pretty snappy for a British brew. Unfortunately it gets metallic after a while. Soft on the palate with a pleasantly spicy and mildly sweet flavor. There are touches of apple, cloves, and caramel in with the mellow malt and lively hops. A very good brew, and one of the better widely available English bottles.



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