Fullers ESB (Bottle/Keg) 3.63 1538

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
1538	3.63/5.0	3.63/5.0	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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Powertrip (202), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	8/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	12/20

Dec 29, 2007

What a nose! A collection of ginger, cinnamon and buttermilk pancakes all wrapped in a blanket of caramel. That caramel blanket is evident to the eye in the beers appearence. Again, caramel and hops are the dominant flavours, while some fresh cream comes through in the middle. A faint hint of mushrooms at the end. Quite a bitter but short finish.

xnoxhatex (1305), Grand Rapids/Chicago, Michigan, USA

2.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.6	5/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	10/20

Dec 28, 2007

Bottle from Gf’s family. Light amber with light beige head. Slight caramel and spicy nobel hops. Rather boring nut and caramel flavor with slight hop spice. Medium body. Okay, but pretty boring, especially put side by side with Alsmith’s Anvil ESB.

cryfreedmb (113), Ocean, New Jersey, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	5/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 23, 2007

Bottle at Stuff Yer Face. Pour was a light amber with a small diminishing head. Flavor was very malty, a bit of caramal with spicy hops at the end. Good session brew. I’m fairly new to this style so I’m still learning. With that said I liked this beer. But not in love with it.

themightyomega (82), New York, USA

4.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.5	8/10	5/5	9/10	5/5	18/20

Dec 21, 2007

Bottle: Pours very nice brown with tan head. Aromas of malt with some hops. Tastes well balanced malt up front, with pleasant bitterness on the tail end. Excellent!

wxman (592), O’Fallon, Illinois, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 19, 2007

Pours a clear pale amber with a decent, small bead, off-white head that lingers. Bready aroma with some spice. Sweet toasted malt taste with caramel, some citrus notes, and grassiness. Fairly well balanced flavors with some assertive hoppiness at the end. Very good.

Laegraid (37), Oslo, Norway

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

Dec 18, 2007

A nice and perfectly balanced beer, that said its not mine type off beer. The aroma has notes off grain, caramel and some citrus. Most off the aromas I also found in the flavor profil.

mazfln (84), Florianópolis, Brazil, Brazil

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	18/20

Dec 18, 2007

One of my new favorite styles, this beer is very beautiful. Nice head, wonderful hop caramel and aroma. Bitter taste, with caramel and alcohol also present. Very nice "British" flavour. A very nice beer.

jasonlends (15), Louisville, Kentucky, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 16, 2007

Pours Amber with a one finger off white head that quickly dissipates. Not a whole lot of lacing. Aroma is wonderfully malty with caramel and fresh fruit. medium bodied with nice carbonation. A nice balance of sweetness, fruit with a balancing bitterness staying from beginning to end. There is a tinge of alcohol that showed up in the finish which I wasn’t expecting. A delicious drinkable beer.

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