Emersons Pilsner

Bottle at Brew on Quay in downtown Auckland. Pours a pale, slightly cloudy, yellow-gold with a huge white head and a lot of visible carbonation. Embodies its ’organic’ label well, with a very earthy aroma of hops, malt, and straw. The flavor starts earthy, too, with straw and wood chips, and then finishes sweet and almost tangy with a little bit of a bite. Crisp, light-bodied, and bubbly in the mouth from such active carbonation. I was thrilled to see this rated so highly in class because it’s the best pilsner I’ve ever had.

Pours light cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma is malt, hoppy, citrus and blackberries. Flavour is light malt, grape, citrus and blackberries. Nice.

A very good pilsner and perfect summer drinking. Nice hoppy nose, lots of things happening. Mouthfeel is a little fizzy, but smooth and well balanced. Goes down really well. Top stuff.

can’t believe I havent rated this one yet! one of the best all year beers in NZ, for beergeeks and laymen alike. rumor has it in NZ that this is actually top fermented, but I’m not sure I agree, there is definitely some sulphur in the aroma along with malt and passionfruit. The flavor is malty with some passionfruit again. kinda sweet but perfectly balanced with the bitterness.

Bottle, first tried at Cafe Pravda. pale golden and slightly hazy. Flavour and aroma are dominated by passionfruit hops. Very nice.

Crystal clear pale amber pour with a small head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is very floral and grassy with some sweet peach and pale malts in the background. Some faint diacetyl later on. Flavours are mostly green floral hops, sweet biscuity malts and and assertive hoppy bitterness. Carbonation is slightly too high but otherwise mouthfeel is fine. An excellent example of the style.

Pours golden, complex nose of honey, biscuits, passionfruit and spring onion (which is odd but nice all at once). RIch bitterness with more spring onion from the riwaka and a nice palate cleansing sweetness.

Bottle, 50cl. Pours a pale yellow beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is hops, blackberries and citrus. The flavor is malt, blackberries and citrus. The palate is bitterness with a little fruit. Overall this beer is good, and with a lot aromahops.