London Pride is a smooth and astonishingly complex beer, which has a distinctive malty base complemented by a rich balance of well developed hop flavours from the target, challenger and northdown varieties in the brew. At 4.1% a.b.v in cask London Pride is an ideal session-strength premium ale.
Its flavour has been likened by Stephen Cox, beer writer and former campaigns director at CAMRA, to 'the sensation of angels dancing on the tongue...'!
Awards
Winner of numerous awards London Pride is Fuller's flagship brand. London Pride has twice been awarded Champion Best Bitter at the CAMRA Great British Beer Festival in 1979 and 1995 and achieved the ultimate accolade of Beer of the Year in 1979.
London Pride was crowned Supreme Champion at the 2000 International Beer and Cider competition and was awarded gold medal at the 2001 and 2002 International Beer and Cider competition.
Most recently, London Pride has been awarded the bronze medal at the 2002 Great British Beer Festival in the Best Bitter category.
First brewed in 1971, ESB is unrivalled in terms of its flavour and balance. A powerful 5.5% a.b.v. in cask, it is brewed from Pale Ale and Crystal malts, and from Target, Challenger, Northdown and Goldings hops. But don't ask us for the actual recipe - that's a closely guarded secret.
Andrew Jefford, the respected UK drinks critic, sums up ESB's flavour thus: ''an ample, grainy-nutty aroma and a broad, authoritative flavour, with lashings of dry marmalade-like bitters'', whilst 'Beer Supremo' Roger Protz describes ''an enormous attack of rich malt, tangy fruit and spicy hops in the mouth, with a profound Goldings peppery note in the long finish and hints of orange, lemon and gooseberry fruit''.
Awards
ESB's reputation as the best British beer around is borne out by the amazing number of awards it has won. No beer has won more CAMRA awards - ESB has been named Best Strong Ale in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1991, and went on to be crowned Champion Beer of Britain 3 times - in 1978, 1981 and 1985. Meanwhile, the US Beverage Tasting Institute named ESB 'World Champion Bitter' in 1997 and 1998.
Most recently ESB has won a Gold Medal in the Premium Ales category of the 2003 International Beer Competition. This follows on from a Silver medal in the 2002 event, and another Silver in the Strong Bitter category at the 2002 Great British Beer Festival.