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Fullers ESB (Cask)

Percentile
80
overall
Brewed by Fullers
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

London, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1513.4/5.03.37/5.05.5%90.5English pint
Commercial Description:
Cask; Regular.
First brewed in 1969 as Winter Bitter - renamed Extra Special Bitter in 1971.
Ingredients: Pale Ale and Crystal malts; Target, Challenger, Northdown and Goldings hops. Dry hopped in the brewery.
CAMRA Supreme Champion 1978, 1981 and 1985.
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.

NOTE: Most Fuller's beer in the US is served by handpump kegs and not a cask. Ask your server.
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 Ungstrup (15250), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Mar 16, 2005  
[Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen] The new recipe. A hazy amber beer with a small off-white head. The aroma is faint, but of malt and hops. The flavor is quite sweet with notes of caramel and malt. Not as powerful as the old version - I liked the old one better.


 omhper (12229), Stockholm, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Feb 26, 2008    Updated: Apr 25, 2008
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Amber colour. Resiny piney hops up front. Shows off the trademark Fuller’s dense, rounded and solid malt character, but resiny hops still domintes. Throughout a well balanced, flavourful beer with marked piney bitterness.


 yespr (12175), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 18, 2008  
From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange to brown with a bubbly white head. Mild spiced and malty aroma. Flavour is light spiced, mild hoppy and towards dry. Finish is mild malty and a subtle spiced.


 fonefan (11630), VestJylland, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Jan 4, 2007  
Cask (handpump) @ The Victoria, W2, London. Deep copper amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma is malty, fruity with notes of hops. Flaovr is sweet and warm, fruity with some spiceness in the end. Duration is good. Full body.


 MiP (9090), Sønderborg, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/512/20
Sep 26, 2004  
Cask. Malty, peppery flavour.


 oh6gdx (8839), Vasa, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/511/20
Jul 19, 2005  
Casked. Dark copper coloured, big bubbly head. Flowery and fruity aroma. Bittersweet fruitish flavour. Hoppy fruitish aroma with sticky palate and bitter finish.


 joergen (8610), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
May 5, 2005  
Cask at Charlie’s Bar. Orange colour with a white head. Malty aroma with notes of apricots. Malty flavour with notes of apricots.


 Oakes (8093), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 20, 2005  
Cask at the Star of Belgravia

Having been expecting a world classic and been thoroughly disappointed, I spent my second night in London seeking out some serious Fuller’s ESB. The cask version has a fuller, more complex flavour than either keg or bottle. The yeast is especially dominant, but also the malts come through with much more clarity. On cask, you can see where the reputation comes from, even if you don’t entirely agree with it.



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