Bookbinder
Emerson's Brewery in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Bitter Regular|
Score
6.46
|
|
Iznogud (14911) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Chamois Bar & Grill, Mount Cook Village. Dark orange to amber with white head. Malty, caramel, toasted, touch of fruit, nice dry bitterish finish.
TedE (2776) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle into pint glass. Nose of smoky malt and fruit. Light brown beer with big fluffy white head which clings a little. Medium carbonation. Light body, a bit fizzy. Taste is light smoky malts. Finish is bit sour with a touch of drying bitterness. Very English, bog standard Bitter.
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4
330ml bottle. Toasted hazelnuts, toffee, apple, toast. Thin, far too carbonated body. The carbonation takes over the flavour a bit too. Honestly a bit of a mess. As an Englishman, I find it outrageous that this is rated higher than bitters back home, despite being completely out of style and really not that pleasant. Perhaps the Kiwi palate is more easily pleased. Hard pass.
SimonF (3374) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
(bottle) Poured slightly hazy copper coloured with a ridiculous amount of head (even carefully poured). Aroma is a pleasant malty caramel with orange hints. Light body, overly fizzy. Flavour is straightforward malt to hops bitter. It’s no frills, not much else going on, but decent quality. Overall a no frills basic but reasonable beer.
TimE (11144) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep copper color. Subtle malty backbone with some soft hoppy notes. A bit heavy for a bitter but enjoyable.
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt as well as a light note of hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as a light touch of straw.
DreamAudit (3935) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From a 500ml bottle on 17/1/2011. Has a distinct floral, perfumey, malty, fruity aroma. Flavours are fruit, honey and sweet malt, with some wine like notes. Has along finish with a slightly sour bitterness. Has quite a light body. Has masses of character for a beer that only 3.7%. A very good bitter.
Davros (5303) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours dark amber with a small head.Nose shows spicy, herbaceous and floral hops in abundance. Underneath is plenty of sweet malt with toffee characters.Similar flavours although the hops fade a little, revealing nutty, toasty malt, along with the aforementioned toffee.Good moderate carbonation works well, although the body seems a bit watery.
hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Clear amber, 1/2 cm beige head. Savoury aroma floral and grassy hops with earth and caramel underneath. Delicate mouthfeel. A little malt sweetness with some fruit and hop firmness. Medium length mild bitter finish. A little too much fizz. Probably would be very good on tap. As it is, it’s a pretty good bottled bitter and very pleasant, easy-going drop. I have to admit I was hoping for more from Emerson’s here, but great bitter is elusive.
CloakedDagger (37568) reviewed Bookbinder from Emerson's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(On tap) Clear, warm, amber golden with an off-white head. Lightly nutty nose. Light-bodied yet still with a fairly solid malt base. Notes of caramel and nuts. Short, dry finish. A neat session Bitter. 240108