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

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1528	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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Guinness4Duff (507), Tallahassee (and Poconos, PA), Florida, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Aug 8, 2009

Bottle. Clear amber pour with descent white head. Has a nice hopy aroma, very pleasant. Flavor is light with sweet caramel tones up front and follows through with a nice bitter finish. Very good overall.

madvike (343), Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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

Aug 8, 2009

Tap @ the Malt House - Yes, yes, yes. This is what I was looking for. Pours a deep amber with a small white head. Smells sweet and bready with some toffee malt notes. Taste is so smooth, with some nutty, malty, and whiskey flavors. There’s a little hop bitterness on the finish, just enough to balance. About the only thing I can say bad about this beer is the carbonation was jacked up way too high and it attacked my mouth a bit too much. Otherwise, stellar--I could drink ths all night.

Imperial-John (166), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

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

Aug 2, 2009

Clear brown with offwhite medium head thins quick. Dried fruit and malt aroma. Distinctive Fullers taste. Creamy, dried fruit malt with an understated bitter hop aftertaste. Very understated bitterness compared to US bitters.

rosenbergh (933), Helsinki, Finland

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jul 30, 2009

500 ml bottle. Finland. Clear copper colour with small off-white head. Sweetish fruity hoppy aroma. Fruity hoppy flavour with dry bitterness. Good but not excellent ESB.

boozah (6), , Australia
does not count

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Jul 30, 2009

A true great - starts by looking like beer should - orangey-red, with a nice foaming head. Aroma, like the flavour, is tonnes of fruit, like a glass of orange marmalade on the nose, with added dimensions of kiwi fruit and grapefruit in the mouth, with a good hop bitterness balanced by the roundness of crystal malt. Refreshing mouthfeel. Hail Ale!

Beer Snob (382), Ontario, Canada

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Jul 29, 2009

My life is so much better now that this is a regular feature at my Liquor Store. A nice clear brown colour with a small head. It smells just like an ale should - hint of fruit and a nice maltiness. Tastes even better than it looks, easy drinking maltiness with a bit of fruit and a nice bitter kick at the end. Taste is clean and this is a very refreshing ale.

lithy (1750), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jul 28, 2009

Clear amber orange with a off white orange tinged head. Aroma is grassy hops, crisp sweet caramels, biscuits, bready malts. Taste is sweet caramels, fruity toffee, biscuit malt, then a nice grassy finish.

chrisv10 (366), Denmark

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	5/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Jul 27, 2009

50 cl can. Clear red/amber body with medium size of-white head. Flavour is malt, caramel and some bitterness.

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