The Fuller's ESB is an ale, more specifically an extra special/strong bitter. It's brewed by Fuller's Brewery, a medium-sized British independent brewery located in Chiswick, London. The company was founded in 1845 and currently produces about 26 million liters annually. The beer was launched in 1971 and has won three CAMRA Beer of the Year awards, two World Champion Beer awards, and numerous other gold medals. Sounds really promising!
Taste: The Fuller's ESB offers a very varied and mature medium-bodied taste. It offers aromas of sweet malt, fruits and berries, nuts, some toffee and caramel. The beer then moves on to deliver the characteristic bitterness which is quite smooth and round, and then finishes with a herbal, faintly citric hoppiness.
Overall, the Fuller's ESB is a very sophisticated bitter with quite easy drinkability. It's very easy to enjoy and it can basically be used as the benchmark of what a bitter should taste like. It succeeds in delivering all the qualities expected in a bitter, and does it in a very enjoyable manner. If you're into bitters and haven't tried this one out, do it now! I'm not giving the beer a full score since I'm personally not that much into bitters and because the aromas could perhaps be a bit stronger (although this would decrease the drinkability of the beer). I haven't given a top score to any IPA because I'm still looking for the perfect one, and the same goes with bitters, although the Fuller's ESB gets quite close!
90 Exceptional
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