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Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg) 3.62 1528

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
15283.63/5.03.62/5.05.9%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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 joekfsu (138), Boardman, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jan 24, 2008  
11.2 oz bottle. Pours copper/amber with a 2 to 3 cm white head that is quickly diminishing. Aroma is very light, mostly caramel. Flavor is balanced between malts and hops, aftertaste is slightly bitter but lasting. Great lacing, no noted carbonation, no hints of alcohol. Very drinkable, but I would prefer the London Pride over this selection.


 BeerGestapo (740), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 24, 2008  
(English) Med-Amber color, with nice Hoppy smell. Med-Head, with kind of Bitter aftertaste. But recommended!!!!


MWS (10), Central, Illinois, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/510/105/519/20
Jan 23, 2008  
Liquid crack. Body, flavor, and appearance are all spectacular. This beer defines "balance." No particular flavor grabs or jars, but the overall impression is magnificent.


 afireinside96 (838), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Jan 23, 2008  
bottle. nice amber color with a medium off white head that lasts throughout the entire glass leaving a nice trail of lace behind it. smells of sweet caramelized malts. drinks very smooth with a long bitter finish. doesn’t grab you by the cojones but is a very nice drinkable beer.


 mullet2007 (206), St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/516/20
Jan 23, 2008  
Pours a beautiful deep amber to light copper color with a nice long lasting slightly off white head that leaves tons of lacing. Smells like delicious caramel malts, but not too sickeningly sweet, just pleasant. There’s also some fruity kind of hops. Together it sort of smells like raisins or something along those lines. Taste is a bit like a dumbed down barley wine. Very fruity, dark fruits though, sort of like raisins and plums and the like. Lots of caramel, and a nice bitter finish. Carbonation is a bit low for personal preference, but it’s creamy as it could possibly want to be.


 Miksu (2232), Jyväskylä, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 23, 2008  
0.5 l bottle. Amber color with small head. Caramelly and candyish aroma with perfumed hops, fruity esters and marmelade. Bittersweet, caramelly, candyish and biscuity flavor with notes of fruity esters and resiny english hops. Too much candy for me but this is still very tasty.


 NJJereme (272), Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 21, 2008  
Pours an amber color with a nice, fluffy head. Nice balance b/w the malts and hops. Pretty easy on the palate.


 JohnnyOS (646), Golden, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/514/20
Jan 20, 2008  
Pours dark amber with light brown head. Light hoppy aroma with yeast a bit o citrus and nutty malt. Flavor is a milder version of the aroma... very balanced and very drinkable... although seems to be missing the "B" in ESB.



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