Description: ESBs are essentially more aggressive and more balanced Bitters, both in alcohol and hop character, but nothing overpowering. Color range will be similar, though leaning towards the darker end of the scale; dark golds to copper. Low carbonation. Malts tend to be more pronounced, often toasty and fruity, with maybe some notes diacetyl. And despite "bitter" being in its name, ESBs are not really all that bitter. They key to an ESB is balance. Average alcohol by volume (abv) range: 4.0-7.0%   [ ? ]  View the Most Popular: Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)

Style Examples - 51 to 100 (out of 710) - Ordered by # Reviews
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	Name	Brewery	ABV%	rAvg	Revs
	LunaSea ESB	Empyrean Brewing Company	6.30	3.7	87
	Lancaster Bomber	Daniel Thwaites Brewery PLC	4.40	3.41	84
	S.O.B. (Special Old Bitter Ale)	Atlantic Brewing Company	5.50	3.62	83
	Merlin's Ale	Broughton Ales Ltd	4.20	3.63	83
	Minaret Extra Special Bitter	Cigar City Brewing	5.00	3.87	80
	Green Man ESB	Green Man Brewery	5.30	3.71	77
	Theakston XB	T & R Theakston Ltd.	4.60	3.82	74
	Monkman's Slaughter Ale	Cropton Brewery	6.00	3.5	71
	Twist Of Fate Bitter Ale	Moonlight Brewing Company	5.60	4.05	70
	Amber Sun Ale	16 Mile Brewing Company	6.10	3.58	67
	La Vache Folle - ESB	Microbrasserie Charlevoix	6.00	3.86	66
	Extra Special Bitter Ale	Climax Brewing Company	5.50	4.02	64
	Victory ESB	Victory Brewing Company	6.25	3.96	62
	Red Racer ESB (Extra Special Bitter)	Central City Brewing	5.50	4.04	62
	Drake's Amber Ale	Drake's Brewing Co.	5.90	3.84	61
	Arcadia Lake Superior ESB	Arcadia Brewing Company	5.50	3.53	60
	Farmington River Mahogany Ale	Ipswich Ale Brewery	?	3.64	57
	25th Anniversary Ale	Goose Island Beer Co.	6.40	3.78	57
	Elevator Bleeding Buckeye Red Ale	Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus	5.70	3.57	55
	ESB Amber	Saugatuck Brewing Company	5.50	3.46	49
	Portsmouth Hop Harvest #2	Portsmouth Brewery	6.00	4.27	46
	Best Bitter	Picaroons Brewing Co.	5.20	3.75	46
	Old Izaak	Whim Ales	5.00	4	45
	Fegley's ESB	Bethlehem Brew Works	5.40	3.66	45
	Dorothy Goodbody's Our Glass	Wye Valley Brewery	6.00	3.4	45
	Mill Street E.S.B. (Extra Special Bitter)	Mill Street Brew Pub	4.60	3.46	44
	Gem	Bath Ales Ltd	4.80	3.98	44
	Dragonmead Sir William's ESB	Dragonmead Microbrewery	4.80	3.62	44
	Blimey English-Style Pale Ale	Three Heads Brewing	6.00	3.78	43
	Renewale - 2013 Extra Special Bitter	Ninkasi Brewing Company	5.80	3.7	40
	Red Ale	Lumberyard Brewing Company	5.80	3.34	39
	Portsmouth Extra Special Bitter	Portsmouth Brewery	6.00	3.74	38
	Jennings Sneck Lifter	Jennings Brothers PLC	5.10	3.77	38
	Founders Empire Strikes Bitter	Founders Brewing Company	6.20	3.98	38
	Oliver's ESB	Pratt Street Ale House	6.00	4.06	37
	Naughty Hildegard ESB	Driftwood Brewery	6.50	4.25	37
	Seven Giraffes	Williams Brothers Brewing Company	5.10	3.84	36
	Blue Point Extra Special Bitter	Blue Point Brewing Company	5.00	4.24	36
	Stone Cat E.S.B.	Ipswich Ale Brewery	5.60	3.57	35
	Bitter Druid ESB	Sun King Brewing Company	5.80	3.65	34
	Shepherd Neame 1698 Celebration Ale	Shepherd Neame Ltd	6.50	3.52	33
	Russell Blood Alley Bitter	Russell Brewing Company	5.50	3.91	33
	Minnesota Special Bitter	Badger Hill Brewing Company	5.70	3.73	32
	The People's Pint Extra Special Bitter (ESB)	The People's Pint	5.50	3.93	31
	Wilson Creek ESB	Olde Hickory Brewery	?	3.85	30
	Blue Bell Bitter	Magnolia Pub & Brewery	5.40	3.64	30
	Velvet ESB	Hopworks Urban Brewery	5.20	3.71	29
	Marshmellow	Oxfordshire Ales	4.70	3.24	29
	ESB	Real Ale Brewing Company	5.50	3.91	29
	Boréale Cuivrée	Brasseurs Du Nord Inc.	6.90	3.68	29
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