Fullers ESB (Cask)

Brewed by Fullers
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
London, England

What a wounderfull and refreshing beer, clean and bitter with some grape like sweetness at the begining, full body, dry finish, my bitter of choise, addicting stuff.

Aroma gives fruit and malt but not overpowering a bit of floural hops also. Taste is similar, a bit or spicey really fruity but really well balanced and in top condition too. One of my favourate beers from sweden.

I stopped at Quips Pub in Lancaster and had this beer on-cask along side a traditional Fish-n-Chips dinner. What an enjoyable experience. This beer tastes very clean and a bit light but not overly thin. Just cool and refreshing. It is a mild beer and it was a good choice to accompany my dinner. On the breakdown Appearance: Served in a pint glass. The bar was dimly lit but it looked like it was a light amber brown, semi translucent, and it had a small creamy head. It remained nice and frothy the entire duration of the beer. Smell: I did not get much smell (it was served to me cold and I assume based on the tatse that there was probably more aroma possible if it had warmed up more). I did get a little bit of smooth hop and a gentle malty sort of thickness in the nose. Taste: Beautifully balanced bitter and mild sweet flavors. The slight bitter hop is so gentle that I would not call it a bite, only an attribute. There were clear suggestions of the sugars beside the hops. The aftertaste was malty sweet and only mildly bitter. Mouthfeel: Very smooth and full of flavor with a big body. Still, it is crisp on the swallow and very refreshing. Drinkability: This beer is so mild on the palate and so well balanced it is as drinkable of a beer if this style, as I’ve ever had. It is very sessionable. It stands well on it’s own and also, because it is so balanced it doesn’t impair your palate to enjoy your dinner either. Very good choice. I highly recommend Fuller’s ESB. Hope this is helpful. Cheers!

[draught at Bishops arms] Soft malty notes of caramel, some floral hop notes ,fruit and yeast. full body, dry bitter finish.

Cask at Charlie’s Pub, Copenhagen
Amber color. The main characteristic is a malty flavor and a soft and full mouthfeel; also with a good bitterness.

Cask at Fuller’s Ale and Pie House, Southwark, London. This one has a heavier flavor than Pride, driven by generous piles of brown sugar and molasses, accented by citrusy hops that are most noticeable in the aroma (more or less killed by the malt on the tongue.) For some reason the ESB doesn’t stand up to London Pride for me...it seems to reach for a complexity of flavor that it doesn’t quite achieve, lost in an unbalanced muddle.

Deep amber in colour with quite a malty/toffee aroma. The palate is well balanced and shows more fruit than the bottled version. Its a nice complex beer, and I enjoyed the different dimension from the cask. The finish, like the bottle is a little sweet and not so bitter.

Dark amber in colour, fruity (orange)/malty/hoppy aroma, wellbalanced malt & hop flavour with some roast bitterness in the finish