ESB

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

Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular

Score

6.97

ABV: 5.9%

IBU: 35

Ticks: 425

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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6.9

Joe19612 (603) reviewed ESB from Fuller's Brewery 2 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a light brown colour with a thin white head, light hop aroma with hints of caramel, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle from Sainsbury's (Various locations) on 07 Dec 2025 at 16:21

RennyDoig (4553) reviewed ESB from Fuller's Brewery 3 months ago

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

On cask at their Heathrow bar, as "ESB Champion Ale". Pours clear amber with a white head. Nothing on the nose. Flavour has dry crackers, some damp bread crusts, a bit of dry grass. Bitter finish. Fairly underwhelming.

Tried from Cask at London’s Pride (Fuller’s) (Terminal 2) on 14 Oct 2025 at 14:45

Ronncyca (1116) ticked ESB from Fuller's Brewery 6 months ago

Tried on 21 Jul 2025 at 11:15

jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed ESB from Fuller's Brewery 7 months ago

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

Old rating - A bitter I've had a number of times over the years, this time in a West Sussex beach house, brought from Sainsbury's. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2025 at 08:34

Cthulhu (1555) reviewed ESB (Pasteurised) from Fuller's Brewery 8 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Malty /sweet aroma.Amber color and soft carbo.Taste is malty and salty( it tastes a bit like corn chips).

Tried on 05 Jun 2025 at 12:48

Maverick (5074) ticked ESB from Fuller's Brewery 8 months ago

Cant believe I never rated this. Beautiful balance of the bitter and the toffee butterscotch

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:37

caribou43 (2255) reviewed ESB from Fuller's Brewery 9 months ago

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

I drank this beer in Lima and Lausanne. The color is a nice orange red and the taste is bitter and there are some caramels, nice. 12.03.2016

Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2025 at 20:17

gave a cheers!

9.5

Gary (16) ticked ESB from Fuller's Brewery 9 months ago

Cask or bottle - ESB is something worth celebrating ( in bonkers England)

Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2025 at 13:01

6.6

tnkw01 (4059) reviewed ESB (Pasteurised) from Fuller's Brewery 10 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Amber, gold color. Good head with some lace. Aroma is just a touch sweet with plum and almond. Taste is wonderfully balanced.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 05:11

midovark (6747) reviewed ESB (Pasteurised) from Fuller's Brewery 10 months ago

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

0.5 l bottle. Pours copper colour with off-white head. It has biscuits and malts in aroma, combined with some bitterness. Its taste is just lake the aroma, well combined malts and hops result is bittersweetness. It has a relatively long, bitter finish, soft carbonation and light to medium body. Exactly like I imagine an ESB.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:05

gave a cheers!