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Top Rated Beers: Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)

Arguably the best beers within the Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB) style. | Style Info

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	Sorted by weighted rank (not shown).	Ratings	Avg	You
1	Naughty Hildegard ESB Driftwood Brewery	147	4.23
2	Extra Special Bitter Blue Point Brewing Company	40	4.23
3	ESB (Extra Special Bitter) Hillman Beer	18	4.31
4	ESB Fuller's	3,153	4.06
5	E.S.B. Broad Ripple Brew Pub	38	4.13
6	ESB Ferment Brewing Company	17	4.16
7	Thatch Whistler Roaring Table Brewing Company	10	4.18
8	Young's Special London Ale Eagle Brewery	460	3.95
9	Mitchell's Extra Special Bitter Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub & Guesthouse	37	3.97
10	*14 ESB** Bent Paddle Brewing Co.	197	3.9
11	ESB Perennial Artisan Ales	23	3.96
12	Örebro Bitter Närke Kulturbryggeri AB	37	3.93
13	Can't Find A Bitter Man Begyle Brewing Company	15	3.99
14	Velvet Hand Kane Brewing Company	16	3.98
15	Anvil ESB - All English AleSmith Brewing Company	22	3.95
16	Middling Earth Kings County Brewers Collective (KCBC)	16	3.96
17	Ploosh Marlowe Artisanal Ales	28	3.92
18	Young's Special Eagle Brewery	61	3.89
19	Old Man Tree House Brewing Company	389	3.87
20	Extra Special Bitter (ESB) Propeller Brewing Co	163	3.87
21	Chin Wag Hogshead Brewery	44	3.89
22	The Tower Bull & Bush Brewery	54	3.88
23	Batemans XXXB George Bateman & Son / Batemans Brewery	147	3.86
24	La Vache Folle - ESB Microbrasserie Charlevoix	116	3.86
25	East Street Bitter Good Measure Brewing Co.	11	3.96
26	The World Is Flat Threes Brewing	19	3.91
27	Harvest Ale Southern Tier Brewing Company	1,799	3.84
28	Out Of Focus Threes Brewing	11	3.94
29	ESB The Civil Life Brewing Company	22	3.87
30	ESB Tributary Brewing Co.	10	3.92
31	Bridge Brew Ale Bridge Brew Works LLC	19	3.87
32	Jail Ale Dartmoor Brewery	17	3.86
33	Winter Storm Heavy Seas Beer	1,098	3.8
34	English Sporting Beer Midwest Coast Brewing Company	20	3.83
35	Deep Roots Three Weavers Brewing Company	44	3.81
36	ESB Art History Brewing	12	3.85
37	Broken Paddle ESB Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery	35	3.81
38	London Gentleman Lucky Hare Brewing Company	13	3.84
39	ESB Block 15 Restaurant & Brewery	10	3.85
40	Extra Special Sichuan Edmund's Oast Brewing Company	12	3.83
41	Bombardier Amber Beer Eagle Brewery	1,060	3.78
42	Angry Elk Amber Ale Lariat Lodge Brewing Company	11	3.83
43	New School ESB Old Schoolhouse Brewery	13	3.82
44	Bitter Peace Holy Mountain Brewing Company	13	3.82
45	Jack The Sipper Southern Prohibition Brewing	141	3.78
46	Battle Axe Rudgate Brewery Limited	10	3.82
47	The Whole Cone Autumn Ale Silver City Brewery & Taproom	10	3.82
48	The Angel and The Sword The Civil Life Brewing Company	52	3.78
49	Gem Bath Ales Ltd	97	3.77
50	Redcoat ESB Molly Pitcher Brewing Company	15	3.79
51	Voyageur Des Brumes Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!	51	3.77
52	Hobgoblin Ruby Wychwood Brewery Company Ltd	2,764	3.76
53	Uncle Luther Dry Ground Brewing Co.	11	3.78
54	FSB (FreeWheel Special Bitter) FreeWheel Brewing Company	11	3.78
55	Rockaway ESB Rockaway Brewing Company	70	3.75
56	Williams Red Williams Brothers Brewing Company	29	3.75
57	Otter Ale Otter Brewery Ltd	16	3.75
58	Appleton's Finest British Ale Hoyne Brewing Co.	16	3.75
59	Amber Ale Drake's Brewing Co.	116	3.74
60	Colorado Kind Ale Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery	64	3.74
61	Postiljon Jämtlands Bryggeri AB	17	3.74
62	XB T & R Theakston Ltd.	124	3.73
63	Henderson's Best Henderson Brewing Company	37	3.73
64	Extra Special Bitter Wild River Brewery & Pizza Company	10	3.72
65	Milepost 652 Old Black Bear Brewing Company	27	3.72
66	Puddlers Row ESB Conshohocken Brewing Company	84	3.72
67	ESB Green Man Brewery	493	3.72
68	Extra Special Ale (ESA) Yards Brewing Co.	650	3.72
69	Sawtooth Left Hand Brewing Company	2,199	3.72
70	Don't Panic Carton Brewing Company	14	3.71
71	E.at S.leep B.ike Crank Arm Brewing	13	3.7
72	Bitterroot ESB Flagstaff Brewing Company	20	3.7
73	Old Hooky Hook Norton Brewery Co. Ltd.	130	3.7
74	Ale Black Sheep Brewery PLC	590	3.7
75	Everards Original Everards Brewery Ltd.	15	3.67
76	Extra Sinful Bitter (ESB) Helltown Brewing	34	3.68
77	Best Bitter Picaroons Traditional Ales	86	3.68
78	Merriweather ESB Medusa Brewing Company	11	3.65
79	Swordfish Wadworth and Company Ltd.	13	3.65
80	Old Bob T.D.Ridley & Sons Limited	37	3.67
81	Santiam Spitfire ESB Santiam Brewing Company	11	3.64
82	Extra Easy Tennessee Brew Works	65	3.67
83	Wicket Awesome Eureka Heights Brewing Company	28	3.66
84	Prose Vs. Poetry The Courtyard Brewery	10	3.63
85	Rolands ESB Asheville Pizza and Brewing Co.	11	3.62
86	Amberjack ESB Front Street Brewery	21	3.64
87	LunaSea ESB Empyrean Brewing Company	131	3.66
88	ESB (Extra Sexy Bitter) One World Brewing	14	3.62
89	Bishops Finger Shepherd Neame Ltd	321	3.66
90	Adnams Broadside 4.7% Adnams plc, Sole Bay Brewery	19	3.63
91	Abbot Ale Greene King / Morland Brewery	725	3.66
92	Fresh Roasted Lancaster Brewing Company	16	3.62
93	Velvet ESB Hopworks Urban Brewery	74	3.65
94	Trooper: Day of the Dead Robinsons Family Brewers	23	3.63
95	Smittytown Temperance Beer Co.	83	3.65
96	Sea Fury Sharp's Brewery	18	3.61
97	1698 Kentish Strong Ale Shepherd Neame Ltd	110	3.64
98	Echo Sierra Bravo ESB Old Rail Brewing Company	17	3.6
99	Explorer ESB New English Brewing Co.	20	3.58
100	Scarlet Lady Ale Stoudts Brewing Co.	680	3.62

Top Rated Beers: Extra Special / Strong Bitter (ESB)

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