Emerson's Brewery

Microbrewery in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Owned by Lion Breweries - NZ
Associated Venue: Emersons Brewery

Established in 1992

Contact
70 Anzac Ave, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottled. A copper colored beer with a huge bubbly orange head. The aroma is sweet and very hoppy giving it notes of grapefruit and spices - very floral. The flavor is quite sweet and with a strong presence of hops, that hits you right from the start at first with notes of grapefruit, which turns more spicy in the middle, before a very bitter grassy end sets in. Nice one.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2007 at 11:18

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle at Coastguard, St Margarets. Hazy pale gold colour with thin lasting white head. Given it’s called a pilsener I wasn’t expecting this. Yeast, passionfruit/tangerine/mango aroma. Lightish in mouth. Some structure. Swallow has more tropical fruit and a good hop bite. Quite drying. An impact lager. Bit too flashy? Maybe. Maybe the fruit is too sweet and cloying to make it drinkable for a session. Creamy in mouth. The drying finish is very pleasant. Good fullness in mouth. In theory I should like it a lot, has all the elements I like, but there is something lacking.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2007 at 07:29

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Cloudy amber color with a average to large frothy good lacing off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy hoppy, cascade, orange, moderate malty. caramel. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration well balance. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Very nice ;o)
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2007 at 17:03

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Light amber / orange color with a average to large frothy good lacing off-white head. Aroma is heavy hoppy, spruce needle, resinous ?? citrus, light pineapple. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2007 at 06:28

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, amber golden with a very lively, off-white head that works its own way out of the bottle - a very heavy carbonation indeed. Fresh, lightly citrusy aroma. Medium body with lightly sweet malt, some citrus and a very dry, hoppy finish. 030107
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2007 at 14:44

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden colour with a white head. Malty grassy hoppy aroma. Smooth malty, grassy hoppy flavor. Dry hoppy finish with some bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2006 at 06:12

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Brown colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light sweet flavor, moderate bitter long finish. Creamy palate.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2006 at 04:54

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is sweet, hop, fruit, citrus. Flavour is sweet, hop, fruit, hay.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2006 at 01:04

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. (BB 060228, no signs of being off.) Hazy, orange-colored lager with a white head. It sort of volcanoed out of the bottle. Fruity aroma with citrus and hops. The flavor is very hoppy for an pilsner, with some malt and grain. Medium body and a fruity and bitter finish. The bitterness in the finish is a bit stinging. Not the typical pilsner, but very nice. Thanx Papsoe, it was a nice one. (060914)
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2006 at 13:10

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Unlike the whiskey, which has settled for a few years, this bottle was relatively fresh and wow what a difference in the character. The bourbon is right in your face. Critize if you want, but I have had enough JD and coke in my life to have a very good idea what it tastes like and it is no insult to this beer whatsoever, but your sure as hell could trick some people to believe its actually JD and coke. The amazing thing is the body is so light, but the ABV is so high. A truely unique beer that should be drank fresh.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2006 at 07:06