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Brewed by Emersons Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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RATINGS: 4   MEAN: 3.42/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.02   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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Your feedback asked for more variety on the Brewer’s Reserve taps. The brewing team has come up with a plan to brew more variety more often. There will be six themes throughout the year, within each theme will be variations on the first release beer – a real exploration of the beer style we are enjoying at the time!

Hoppiest Indian is the first in a series of beers that we have themed Red IPA’s – a NZ first maybe? NZ Pale malt, along with Munich, CaraRed and CaraMunich form the malt base. A high alpha NZ hop and US Centennial flip flop their way through the boil with both hops used in large quantity in a series of warm and cold dry hopping. We’ve gone out on a limb – we maxed the hops out to really explore how two high alpha acid hops from two hemispheres work together. Some may say it’s out of balance – we say its ’well hopped’ and get a life. It follows no style guideline and why should it – it’s an Emerson’s Brewer’s Reserve, made for the brewers by the brewers – you’re just lucky to have it on a tap near you.

The malt hangs in there – just, but it’s the big alpha hops that dominate, on the nose from the dry hopping and again on the finish.

Tune in for the Hoppiest Indian part deux... a little more alcohol, a little more malt ... or maybe not ...

Cheers
The Brew Crew

Original gravity: 1053
Alcohol: 5.0% abv
Malts: NZ Ale malt, Munich, CaraRed, and CaraMunich
Hops: High Alpha NZ, US Centennial


3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
donfardz64 (538) - Wellington, New Zealand, - JUN 22, 2010
Nice amber colour, great head retention and lacing. Malty, estery somewhat english nose. Complimented by some nice grapefruity hops.
Hop flavours get quite intense after a few glasses, carried by a nice malt backbone. The flavours are all good and it is sessionable but there needs to be more to give it the ’wow’.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Wombata (210) - Kobe, JAPAN - APR 12, 2012
On Draft. Aroma: Notes of tangerine, orange blossom, not highly aromatic (not opened recently) Palate: Flavor: Tangerine, orange, medium roasted grain. Finishes with gentle but persistent bitterness. Comments: Good initial attack holds through the finish. IPA with some NZ hops. Supposedly Three Boys IPA is more of a British style.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
TheGrandMaster (2313) - Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - SEP 2, 2010
Draught at Galbraiths (Auckland). Perhaps because I’ve had this a bit later than its release, the hops are not as dominating as I was expecting. But this works in its favour I think, I like the balance and the biscuity malt. Went down very easily for an IPA.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
sdriessen (318) - Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND - JUN 22, 2010
Lovely hue (not exactly red, though) Nutty, fruity aroma. Quite pleasant. Smells sweet. Less flavoursome than aromas led me to believe. Quite nice, though. A good bitterness, with some citrusy hops. Biscuity malt. Not too bad, but nothing spectacular. A good session beer.


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