ESB

Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular

Score

7.01

ABV: 5.9%

IBU: 35

Ticks: 119

By the time ESB launched in 1971, breweries had long been in the habit of producing an ‘ordinary’ bitter and a ‘special’. Our special was the irreplaceable London Pride so we broke the mould and added a pioneering third style: an extra special bitter, brewed to a stronger 5.5% ABV. Since then, ESB has gone on to become a recognised beer style, imitated in breweries right across the world.

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7.5

shrubber (14989) reviewed ESB from Fuller's Brewery 8 months ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Toffee malt and hay aroma. Dark amber wtih nice head. Moderately sweet nutty toffee malt and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body.

Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2023 at 00:20

7.5

arvidspiny (3588) ticked ESB from Fuller's Brewery 10 months ago

Tried on 11 Jun 2023 at 17:48

Mrf33n3y (4668) ticked ESB from Fuller's Brewery 1 year ago

Can’t believe I’ve never had this one. Also can’t believe I found it on cask in Minnesota eh.

Tried from Cask on 27 Aug 2022 at 23:58

7.1

Wendigo (4608) reviewed ESB from Fuller's Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Malty aroma and taste, caramel, earthy notes, medium bitter. Medium body, malty bitter finish. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2020 at 19:37

9.2

rozsoma (2241) reviewed ESB from Fuller's Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

nehéz ezzel a sörrel vitatkozni, főleg ha szóhoz se jutsz a folytalan ivástól.

Tried on 26 May 2020 at 13:44

Fruitsalad (2292) ticked ESB from Fuller's Brewery 4 years ago

Tried on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48

5.6

Deanf (9819) reviewed ESB from Fuller's Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Clesr rubyish brown body and modest foam, sweet malt and mellow hops on the nose. Flavour is sweet malt and caramel, a little boozy and rough. Medium on the mouth but a bit of lingering sugar. Comes across as artificial, some elements need to be pulled back to feel more natural.

Tried on 18 Nov 2019 at 11:40

6.3

Klimaet (3586) reviewed ESB (Pasteurised) from Fuller's Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours copper-ish brown with a small white head. Aromas of nuts, hay, bread, old hops, citrus. Taste is about the same, slightly bitter. Meh.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 17:19

6.8

Bierkoning (17781) reviewed ESB (Pasteurised) from Fuller's Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

My favorite beer in the early 80's. Thin frothy head. Strong malty hoppy buttery aroma. Relatively full bodied bitter with hops, some alcohol, butter and caramel in the flavor. A good example of how taste evoluates through the years. Sorry my love, I still like you, but I have an other sweetheart brew now!

Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07

7.2

danlo (11000) reviewed ESB from Fuller's Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle, unpasteurised version, from Morrisons, Darlington. The previous pasteurised version was the first beer I ever rated on ratebeer, so very interested to try this one. Pours an orange amber colour, with an off-white tan foam head leaving alittle lacing and toffee treacle marlamade aroma. Taste is malt, toffee, molasses, with orange marmalade and some earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft to medium carbonatiom, dry bitter finish. Nicely drinkable. Not as spicy and a slightly lower score than the pasteurised version.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2019 at 21:02