ESB
Fuller's Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.98
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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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9/10
Tried
on 07 Aug 2022
at 14:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle - Pours a clear dark orange amber colour with a small off-white head. The aroma is biscuity malts, toffee and caramel with sweet fruity notes. A moderately sweet taste, caramel, sweet biscuit malt, toffee and sweet dried fruit flavours with a smooth bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2022
at 19:42
6/10
Mostly clear amber body small foamy off white head. Sweet caramel aroma. Bready caramel toffee flavor. Medium body moderately low carbonation. 7/3/6/3/12 3.1
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jan 2022
at 20:02
8/10
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2021
at 15:33
7/10
Bottle from Waitrose. Pours a clear amber colour with a thin soapy looking white head. Aromas of oranges, tangerines, marmalade, honey and tea. Taste again has notes of oranges, marmalade, honey and tea with some added caramel. Sweet finish. Medium to full body with a smooth oily mouthfeel. Very sessionable for the strength. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2021
at 20:01
7/10
Tried
on 08 Jul 2021
at 17:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Old historic backlog rating of a pasteurised 500ml 5.9% bottle. Supermarket purchase, Sainsbury's I think. Poured clear dark amber with a small frothy off-white head. Nice malty, toffee, fruity aroma. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2021
at 21:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Putting rating here as mine is 5.9% alcohol. I don't see any mention of this being unpasteurized or not Smell-weak malt, hops, roast. Foam- thin, malty, bitter, roast, citrus, hops. Head is small, white in color with a brown tint. Appearance- beer bottle cap and bottle specific to brewery, neat.Clear orange-brown medium-dark color, weak carbonation. From - snifter Taste - malty, bitter, roast, citrus, hops. Refreshing. A fine beer I must say, perfectly drinkable. Bitter-lasting aftertaste. Feels like it would be great cold on a hot summer day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2021
at 16:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from an online shop. Medium red amber, small head. Hardly any distinguishable nose, maybe it was three hours of cooking intense chili that did my nose one for. Flavor is smooth, lightly malty sweet, clean and nutty, low carbonation, mild astringency and spicy lemony-citrus hop character. Very nice and better than I was expecting!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2021
at 21:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Nice clear, amber pint with a white head. Appetizer during Diageos Special Release Launch
Tried
on 23 Nov 2020
at 21:45