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Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg) 3.63 1537

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
15373.63/5.03.63/5.05.9%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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 Archibaldo de la Cruz (419), Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Apr 22, 2009  
Bottle. Copper colour with a small white head. Malty aroma with notes of toffee and caramel. The flavour is malty and fruity with toffee notes. Medium to full-bodied and slightly bitter finish.


 Papillon (200), Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/59/20
Apr 19, 2009  
500 mL Can. Bronze body with a frothy white head that settles to a thin foamy layer. Aroma is malt, grains, and hops with an estery character about it and very faint hints of honey and pine. Flavor is smooth sweet malt with a bitter astringent hop aftertaste and a syrupy caramel finish, although a bit sweet for my liking. Smooth mouth feel.


 l1br4r14n (297), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Apr 19, 2009  
Pours a clear bronze with a medium white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is hops, flavor is flowery hops, leaning bitter with a little malt to balance it out. Finish is dry and slightly bitter, yet refreshing. Not my favorite from Fuller’s but a nice beer.


 VeloVampire (491), Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Apr 19, 2009  
500 ml can - pours a clear copper with a medium white head that settles to a small layer but lasts throughout the entire pint. Lovely earthy/orangey aroma, a bit of yeast and citrus. Flavour quite full, perfectly balanced bitterness with quality malting. A more full-bodied London Pride. Delicious, and a benchmark for the style.


 GJF (515), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 18, 2009  
Good beer. Pours a clear gold, full white head. Lots of bright flavors, a bit of citrus, clean finish.


 danielyabu (297), União da Vitória, Brazil
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/513/20
Apr 13, 2009  
Espuma aerada e branca, média formação de colarinho, corpo claro e âmbar. Aroma de frutas vermelhas, médio malte, caramelo, toffee e madeira, lembrando barril. No paladar, um corpo médio, de textura cremosa, média carbonatação e final adstringente e metálico. O amargor balanceia harmonicamente com o leve dulçor. No paladar, de média duração, há leve dulçor e moderado amargor, com gosto de caramelo, café e malte caramelo tostado.


 KingofCastle (202), London, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/57/20
Apr 11, 2009  
can: Nowhere near 92nd percentile! I love Fuller’s beer, but at 5.9% the alcohol overwhelms anything going on with this beer in terms of flavours. I think the British should pride themselves on fully flavoured beers under 5% to teach all the North American yahoos how awful so much of our light beer is. This is a good quality beer but not enjoyable to drink.


 smcolw (373), Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/514/20
Apr 10, 2009  
Smell-- Very strong caramel aroma; a slight estery aroma is also present. Surprisingly little hop aroma. Appearance-- Clear, deep bronze with a cream colored head. A continual stream of champagne-like bubbles cascade upward from the bottom of the glass. Taste-- Strong malt up front with a weak hop flavor in the end. Comes across much more like a mild than a ESB. The aftertaste has a more pronounced hop (flowery) bitterness. Mouthfeel-- a rich beer with a full body, very "round" ale feel Drinkability-- This is neither extra special nor overly bitter. Despite being slightly off style, this is a pleasant beer that is easily consumed.



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