Conners Best Bitter

Hazy orange amber with a fizzy head. Malty "off" chemical aroma. Tastes like a glass of warm water.

Faint but present hops to the nose with malt and barley. Light amber color with thick, rich frothy tan head with decent lacing... Nice. Flavor is simple yet delivers a satisfying experience. It is a balanced combination of caramelized malts, smokey barley and hops with a bitter-sweet finish... Very nice. Mouthfeel is velvety smooth, perfectly catbonated and refreshing... Very very nice.

Retasted 15/6/06........Bottled: Poured a slightly hazey orange-gold. Nice foamy 1 finger head with modest retention, reduces to a thick surface capping lace. Nose of sweet malts and floral hops...not overstated, Medium carbonation. Starts with a sandy mouthfeel then builds to a medium-light body where the carastan malts balance off against slightly medicinal hopping, The finish is wet and bready with a nice moderate bittering bite to it. An inoffensive english style ESB. Others have said this ale took a dive after Brick took it on from Conners.... However, as good and well rounded as I found this ale to be, there is an oddity to this ale ...it leaves me with a good impression but a nagging feeling that it still lacks a something....possibly more floral hopping or some fruity tones from different yeast.. that could make it a good ESB.... It is still one of the few ESB ales available in bottles in Ontario and I’d never turn one down.....but it lacks some undefinable something to kick it up into the class of ales one would seek out as an ESB .

Bottle-Pours transparent amber/copper with a short lived, white froth. Aromas of faint floral hops and mild candied malt. Taste is semi-sweet with a smidgen of hops bitterness to balance out the act. Pretty standard, but better than a lot of stuff here in Ontario.

Stubby bottle. 4.8%. Pale amber with a short-lived frothy head. Not bad at all. Light bitterness, good balance. Hoppy finish.