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Fullers ESB (Cask) 3.37 152

Fullers ESB (Cask)

Percentile
79
overall
Brewed by Fullers
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB

London, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1523.4/5.03.37/5.05.5%89.8English 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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Chrispski (1), England
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4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/519/20
Nov 14, 2005  
THE ESB - My favourite beer of all time. The Kings Head, Stoke Road, Guildford serves one of the best examples of this fine pint....and I have done extensive research!


 kempicus (350), Wellington, New Zealand
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
May 4, 2009  
On cask at the princess head in Richmond. This always surprises me how light the colour is in the glass but i find that incredibly becoming. Great beer, bags of the orangey character you usually get but my only complaint about this was a touch of hot alcohol on the palate, never mind it went down well with my bangers and mash!


Daredevil (77), Bern, Switzerland
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Nov 26, 2007  
had this one to go with a lunch in a City pub .... the food (battered cod and chips) wasn’t worth the mention, however the brew was .... a medium to full bodied strongly flavored ale, with quite strong bitterness ... quite strong in alcohol too, which you will not feel while drinking, perhaps afterwards ...


Tobias10 (99), London, Bedfordshire, England
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Dec 14, 2005  
Cask : The Star, Belgravia. Really fruity(orange)/malty with an oily mouthfeel. Good long finnish with quite a hop kick. A really good beer!


 Shadallion (526), Sacramento, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Aug 19, 2001  
Finally had this from the cask, and boy does that make a difference. Guess the bottle I had before was bad, because this is a very good ale. Similar to their London Pride, just slightly more intense and amped up. Very good.


 kwik-lime (226), London, England
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Really like this. Slight fruitiness and pleasant sweetness to the beer with hints of toffee, caramel and roasty sugar. Slightly floral as well, great beer.


 Joeh (1908), Buckinghamshire, England
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 28, 2002    Updated: Oct 23, 2004
Cask Conditioned. The Bell, High Wycombe. General Havelock, Loudwater. Queens Head, Wallingford. Not too bitter and with a good flavour. Tastes strong but not unpleasantly so. This review taken from notes written a couple of years ago, I have had it many times since and will write a better review when I can.


 fly (1333), austin, Tejas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 26, 2005  
From my cak conditioned campaign. This is a beer I’ve enjoyed. Not as much as I used to with all the IPA’s and whatnot, but this one was very pleasant. My girlfriend ordered the pint and had to give it up after I kept going back to it.



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