Bru
Well-Known Member
Can someone explain the difference between ESB and IPA. The recipes are very similar and both have similar gravities. The only obvious difference is the extra hops in the IPA and possibly Vienna malt.
Also if I'm not mistaken most ESB's have a caramel flavor
Fuller's is sweeter, but then all of their beers are. Their yeast is less attenuative (Wyeast 1968). I've had some ESBs that aren't as sweet as theirs. But they always have more crystal from what I've seen. I prefer Ordinary and Best Bitter myself...
And generally, you don't see a lot of the term ESB in the UK that I've seen either.
That's because ESB is trademarked by Fuller's. No other brewery can use the term.
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