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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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1533	3.63/5.0	3.62/5.0	5.9%	99.1	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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DTM (541), Winters, California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 11, 2008

Bottle from Nugget Market in Vacaville, CA. Pours a copper color with a good sized head. Tasted of carmel with a well balanced bitterness. For quality to price this is one of the best beers out there.

Dastrn (115), Warsaw, Indiana, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 8, 2008

Poured a light brown/amber from a 1pt 0.9oz bottle, with a 1 finger tan head. Smells of caramel malts, cherry, light hops and toffee. The taste was a light mix of caramel malt, peppery hops, grapefruit and bread. It turns into a smooth bitter in the back. The palate was medium-bodied and slightly flat. All around a good beer, but not really my style.

esjaygee (1578), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Dec 7, 2008

Golden yellow with no head. Aroma of caramel, fruit and mild hops. Taste is smooth and semi bland with caramel, fruits and mild hops. Mild bitterness that does not linger.

SeanMacGC (255), Dublin, Ireland

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Dec 5, 2008

Bottle, 550ml. Pours a copper-bronze, with initially promising quarter-finger deep slightly off-white head, which goes rather too quickly. No lacing. Rich aroma of fruity malt, and sweet on the palate, with a decent mouthfeel. Slightly perceptible caramel notes on the tongue. Decent enough ale.

esox (270), Oulu, Finland

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 29, 2008

Orange to copper beer with a thin white head. Aroma is hoppy, piney aromatic with fruity tones( grape fruit, lemon and some berries). Malts are toffy and caramelly. Dryish flavor with a long, bitter finish, Medium bodied, soft palate. Sticky bitter and tongue numbing in the finish.

puggy211 (591), cordova, Tennessee, USA

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	4/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	13/20

Nov 28, 2008

Amber bodied, head not too thick, clean flavor, slightly hoppy and pleasantly bitter. It has a slight fruity aftertaste that goes over well, and has no glaring weaknesses, but it’s not overwhelmingly impressive either.

barleynhops (82), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	4/10	3/5	6/10	5/5	12/20

Nov 28, 2008

12 ounce bottle: poured an amber color with minor lacing. Very smooth in taste, a little malty, with little or no hops aftertaste; very full bodied though.

502Flavors (629), Louisville, Kentucky, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 27, 2008

On tap. Very well balanced. Medium hop bitterness with a medium doughy malt character that work really well with each other. I really want to try this on cask.

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