Emersons Piny Stout

Formerly brewed at Emersons Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Dunedin, New Zealand

Serve in English pint

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Pours black with ruby edges. Aromas of hops, some toffee and malt. Initial flavour is quite fruity probably from the pinot, hops and chocolate come in after. Theres quite a strong alcohol flavour for a 5% A nice variation on stout.

500ml bottle from Beervana. Inky black, reddish hues and good persistent lacing in the head. In the mough it’s tannins with faint char hints and a sourness that wants to sweeten at the finish but can’t quite make it. A grape juice type feel in the nose like a cheap Presbyterian Church Communion. Aged wood and musty carpets abound, just need the sermon and a Hymn to finish

Bottle, pours a near-black dark brown with a frothy beige head. Sweet, toffeeish aroma, raisins, and a finishing whiff of chocolate. A decent amount of Oatmeal Stout chocolate on the palate, and slightly nutty. A good amount of the raisiny pinot comes through in the swallow, and a good hop bitterness. A like the way the 4 months in the Pinot Noir barrels brings a sweet and fruity contrast to the Oatmeal Stout (always one of my favourite Emersons brews).

UPDATED: SEP 16, 2008 Really fruity nose....from the barrels obviously but the flavour is lost on the palate, its a bit dry and woody and slightly tart, thin palate....