UPDATED: JAN 31, 2024 $ 4 for 330 ml bottle from 4 Square , Hanmer (16/02/19) : Glorious gold colour , light bead , good frothy head ... pungent passionfruit hopped nose ... good balance of hops & malt , passionfruity up front & lingering onto afterpalate ... a lovelly beer .

UPDATED: APR 5, 2020 Draft. An amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, fruit, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, hops, lemons, other fruits, and spices, leading to a bitter finish.

UPDATED: MAR 22, 2020 Bottle. Chewy, sweetish, very bitter. Biscuits, herbal and earthy bitterness, floral, orange, apricot, light toffee. Flavourful, bold, refreshingly old school sort of mid-Atlantic IPA, despite its pedigree. Amazing stuff!

UPDATED: MAR 14, 2020 Tap at Our Dog Friday in Tekapo, NZ. Slightly translucent copper orange pour. Fine white bubbly head. Aroma is orange, pine, light caramel. Taste is bitter citrus, light biscuit, some light alcohol. Not bad. Not great. Definitely wouldn’t seek out but not a bad option.

UPDATED: MAR 14, 2020 Draught at His Dog Friday in Tekapo. Our first night of the NZ honeymoon, after the Mt Cook Hooker Valley track hike. Appearance: semi-translucent orange-copper with a foamy spotty head and very foamy legs. Aroma: wet hop, lots of malt, crisp. Taste: strong malt, strong hop, wet, crispy, a bit watery at the finish. Palate: medium, quite bitter, crisp.

UPDATED: FEB 28, 2020 Don't know why these Emerson's keep surprising me, should know they are a quality brewer by now. 330ml bottle, big head that quickly shrinks. Pours a golden brown. Nose is hops, flavour is hops hops hops, and bitter. 7.0% so there's a kick, but it's smooth and drinkable. Sipping it with the album by The Verlaines playing in the background. Nice.

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2020 Aroma: Medium-high citrus, orange, pine. Appearance: Clear, amber body, Small, off-white head. good retention. Small bubbles. lacing Flavour: High bitterness on first sip. High pine. Medium-light bready, caramel. Dry finish with pine resin and bitterness. Mouthfeel: Medium body. Medium carbonation. Overall: A powerful hop punch with good malt support. Just what is needed! Very good! 330 ml bottle, poured.

UPDATED: APR 14, 2019 Half a finger white head with good carbonation. The hop aroma is apparent the instant the cap comes off the bottle. Slighly hazy. You can taste the hops before you drink the bier. This bier is a quantum leap, a hop explosion, the nuclear weapon of biers. I still love 1812, but this bier is for special occasions. It makes someone, a bier lover happy to be alive. It is simply my favourite bier at least next to my other total favourites. I simply love this bier.

Bottle shared at Moons in Gore. Bit hazy amber with lasting off white head. Dry caramel malts, grassy and weedy hops, kiwi, light bready, soft white grapes, light dry apricot. Medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with a bit light and dry feel. Classic style.

UPDATED: JUN 16, 2018 Bu en bouteille 50cl. Verre étroit. Tête blanche avec une belle mousse, peu odorante. Au niveau du palais, goût malté pas désagréable mais pas extrêmement prononcé non plus. Forte amertume cependant. Très bon rapport qualité prix