According to the bottle this stuff should be amazing. It has been twice voted ‘World Champion Bitter’, three times voted ‘Champion Beer of Britain’ and the winner of many other awards around the globe. In their own words “…ESB is acknowledged as one of the World’s Greatest Beers.

This ale comes in at 5.9% – that’s 3.0 UK units per bottle.

Fuller’s say ESB is “…smooth, full bodied and bursting with flavour, with marmalade fruitiness throughout. ESBs rich malty notes are balanced by a unique blend of Northdown, Target, Challenger and Goldings hops, to give a long satisfying finish”.

So – what is it like? Very nice indeed. I can’t pick up the marmalade fruitiness but it certainly does taste very good. Similar to XB I’d say – but not quite as good… ah – here comes the marmalade. Interesting.

I can see why this ale wins awards. It probably satisfies the majority of ale drinkers out there. Not too strong – not too weak. A good flavour. Quite hoppy and malty but not too much. This ale wins award because they must shift bucket loads of the stuff.

Although it is good, it isn’t going to affect my top 5 – or 6th spot currently held by Adman’s Broadside. But it is a good ale. I wouldn’t be upset if I was given this to drink. Another good ale from Fuller’s.