Emersons Brewers Reserve Flanders Fling

Brewed by Emersons Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Dunedin, New Zealand

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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(Plastic handbottle 130 cl) Courtesy of yalnikim. Pours a clear, amber golden with an off-white head. Fresh, peachy aroma hops in the nose. Medium body with notes of yeast, caramel and a little fruit. Astringent finish with lots of diacetyl. The start is promising but the end result is rather confusing. 160208

Pint @ Zymergy ChCh Feb 08. Amber reddish colour. Aromas of stonefruit (peach / nectarine) phenols & for some reason my Grandads tobacco (bizarre 30 year flashback!). Nice malt base but the phenol/spicey zing defies description. Interesting but not a favourite.

Big Malty/biscut aroma. Dark orange in colour with no head. Big malt flavours but hops coming through inthe end. Also hint of corriander and frutiness.

Tasted 16/02/2008. Rigger from Regional Wines and Spirits. Pours a reddish amber. Airy off-white head. Aroma throws off a combination of stonefruit hops (peach and apricot), caramel malts and phenolic spice. On the palate the caramel malts nicely support everything else... but the ’everything else’ it is a bit muddled - the fruity hops and phenolic charcter don’t sit quite right with me. Mild bittereness, medium carbonation. I’m not sure which "Monastery’ yeast was used but my first nose made me think of Westmalle. Interesting experimental session ale but it’s not yelling at me to come back for more. Warmer ferments and less flavour hops next time, please ;-)