CloakedDagger (37568) reviewed DBA from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle 50 cl) In a blind tasting I would never ever have guessed this to be a brown ale. The beer has a dry, sourish tone that rather takes after a Flemish Oud Bruin. Amber coloured with some impurities. Very lively and bubbly carbonation that really fills the mouth. Very unusual. 211204
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed DBA from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A hazy red-brown beer with a disappearing orange head - the haze disappears after a while. The aroma is sweet with notes of roasted bread and prunes. The flavor is sweet with notes of prunes, wood, roasted bread, and a nicely hoppy end.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed DBA from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dark amber color with a ruby hue; creamy head. An Ale with quite enough malt, good body structure, a hint of liquorice; mostly lingering on the caramel notes, but also with some good (hidden) hop touch. It’s maybe too mature.
omhper (45152) reviewed DBA from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Dark amber, rich head. Grassy nose. Generously malty with soft, light mouthfeel and some caramel flavour. Bitter grassy finish. A very drinkable malt accented ale.
omhper (45152) reviewed Pilsner (Organic) from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Golden colour, creamy head. Grapefruity hop aroma. Firm, rounded malt character with casacde hops on top of it. Medium bitterness. A good, untraditional pilsener.
MiP (20379) reviewed Pilsner (Organic) from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Slightly cloudy yellow colour. OK stable white head. Very fruity aroma for a pilsner. Also quite fruity flavour with a very nice bitter finish.
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Old 95 from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Hazy amber beer; faintly amberish head, quite stable. Vanilla, and a bit of ice cream with sweet chocolate, whiff of caramely hops (do those exist?) There’s a hop flavour struggling to get out, but the caramely, toffee (with a dash of brandy) taste gets the better of it. Hop venges itself by shaping a bitterish finish, nearly metallic. Fruity character, oranges, figs, and "bitter melons" (but very, very little of those). A bit sharp MF, well bodied; certain slickness, appropriate to an old ale. Another good one from this NZL brewery. However, making a great old ale is a lot easier than making a great Pilsener. Easy on the hops, boys, not all has to taste like IPA.
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Pilsner (Organic) from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Huge, just yellow-tinted head, collapsing with confluent bubbles; yellow-golden beer. Lunaria, unripe nectarines, bit of grass in the nose; further dusty hops of absolute top quality, grapey, grapefruit. Excellent. Again beautiful hopstaste, slightly citric quality, grapefruit. Fleeting vanilla-sweet impression. Finishes just slightly toasted. Beer gives more a hoppier, rather than bitter impression, but is quite bitter all the same. Absolutely refreshing, even when the hops convey some dusty flavour. What?? A Pilsener with 8/10 - sure that must be a mistake? Am I loosing my marbles - or is somebody in NZL doing a terrific job?
Oakes (33770) reviewed Maris Gold from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hazy golden straw colour. Honeyed malts, grassy hops and phenolic undertones in the aroma. Flavour has sunny malts and a hint of bread.
Sigmund (14673) reviewed 1812 Hoppy Pale Ale from Emerson's Brewery 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(500 ml bottle conditioned, thanks to JensenTaster). Deep golden / amber colour, large & lingering fluffy head. Lovely flowery and grapefruity aroma, all from the hops, no doubt. Flavour is dominated by the grapefruity and resiny hoppy bitterness, which is a tad too rough for me in the finish. Long lasting aftertaste. A beer well above average.