Brewery shop hours over 2009 Christmas / New Year break:
The brewery shop will be open for public sales during the holiday period as follows:Mon 21 Dec: 9 am – 5 pm
Tue 22 Dec: 9 am – 5 pm
Wed 23 Dec: 9 am – 5 pm
Thu 24 Dec: 9 am – 1 pm
Fri 25 Dec: Closed
Sat 26 Dec: Closed
Sun 27 Dec: Closed
Mon 28 Dec: Closed
Tue 29 Dec: 10 am – 3 pm
Wed 30 Dec: 10 am – 3 pm
Thu 31 Dec: 10 am – 3 pm
Fri 1 Jan: Closed
Sat 2 Jan: Closed
Sun 3 Jan: Closed
Mon 4 Jan: Closed
Tue 5 Jan: 9 am – 5pm
Wed 6 Jan: 9 am – 5pm
Thu 7 Jan: 9 am – 6pm
Fri 8 Jan: 9 am – 6pm
Sat 9 Jan: Closed
Sun 10 Jan: Closed
From Monday 11 January, normal hours will resume:
Monday – Wednesday: 9 am – 5 pm and Thursday and Friday: 9 am – 6 pm.
New Brewer’s Reserve: The temporary return of an old favourite…
MARIS GOLD December 2009 ReleaseEvery now and then we like to look into the recipe archive and resurrect a beer. This release, Maris Gold was one of those recipes that had to be painfully dropped from the production line-up to free up tank space for the popular Pilsner. Notably there were a few upset Maris Gold fans!
Maris Gold was first brewed at the number two Brewery at 9 Grange Street in October 2000 as a stand in when we couldn’t get any malt for the Pilsner for the summer. There were several changes to the recipe over the years in the “search for the perfect golden beer”
Unlike the original October 2000 recipe with all NZ Cascade hops, we have added American hops as well in the kettle boil and
dry-hopping in the maturation tank. This gives a subtle level of hop flavour complexities while still refreshing as a summer golden ale.
As the warm days are coming, this should be the ideal refreshing beer with moderate alcohol content, a great match for prawns on the barbie!
Alcohol : 4.7% abv
Available from the brewery shop and selected bars only.
Weissbier available now!
Summer must be on the way… Our popular summer wheat beer is now available. On sale November until March. Serve at 4 – 8 C. Delicious accompanied by weisswurst (veal sausages) or with mature Stilton or Kikorangi cheese. Cheers from the team at Emerson’s.Emerson’s Beer and Sausage Tasting
The Bar @ Ombrellos, DunedinWednesday 25th November. 6pm
Come and join us with special guest Richard Emerson as we sample a variety of house-smoked sausages including Ombrellos famous Chorizo sausages! All matched with some stunning Emerson’s beers brewed at New Zealand’s Champion Brewery for 2009!
Hand Pump Pints of London Porter available for one night only!
Tickets are just $15 per person. Available from Ombrellos.
10 Clarendon Street
Dunedin
Ph: 4778773
New Guest artist
Ron Esplin “Barock” Digital art $1200An interpretation of dance, conveyed by multiple images of Barbie dolls. Inspired by the dance project of Barbara Snook, the Otago University Caroline Plummer Fellow 2008.
Multiple photographs were downloaded to a computer and manipulated to produce the ethereal images in the finished work. The unanimity is achieved by accentuating the linearity of each individual image by representing them almost like a platoon of dancers represented in four lines of eight so the work is taller than it is wide. The individuality of dancers is represented by the variety of poses.
www.esplinart.com
Ginger Beer – Brewery shop only
Brewer’s Family Special: GINGER BEERA couple of summers ago we brewed our ginger beer for the staff Christmas party and shop sales. Over subsequent seasons the recipe has been fine tuned with plenty of quality control by Emerson’s staff and families. This recipe passed with flying colours!
It is boiled with chopped root ginger, ground ginger, sugar, lemon juice and clover honey. It is naturally hazy. This is a non-alcoholic ginger beer with no yeast.
Back early for the summer season, by popular demand… Happy summer!
Cheers from the team at Emerson’s.
Retail Prices including GST:
New PET (1.25 ltr) $ 3.50
Refill PET (1.25 ltr) $ 3.20
Refill Green Flagon (2 ltr) $ 5.11
Refill Amber Flagon (2.5 ltr) $ 6.39
Available only from the brewery shop.
Brewer’s Reserve October 2009 Release
EMERSON’S BEWILDEREDThe Summer season is almost upon us and so is our release of Emerson’s bottled Weissbier. As a teaser to our seasonal Weissbier and a celebration of our recent Champion Brewery award at BrewNZ 2009 we have brewed something very special. A Weissbier or hefeweizen brewed for the tap!
Brewer’s Reserves should be something special, and we aim to always ensure that this is so. A selection of three wheat malts, two German, and an Australian wheat have been combined to give a complex pale weissbier with the best traditional flavours of European malt and the lighter, more lemony character of Australian wheat. We have increased the amount of malt to lift the usual ‘weight’ of our Weissbier to 6.0% alcohol by volume enhancing the classic weissbier characters. Enhanced banana, apple, spice, and even hints of pineapple are present in this complex yet refreshing tap Weiss.
We’d like to see this as our Reserve or special Director’s Weissbier – the best thing is that you get to experience it and its not kept to the boardroom!
Unfiltered or ‘mit hefe’ and served in a tall 500 ml Weissbier glass. Who says Beervana happens only once a year?!
Prosit!
The Emersons Brewing Team
Original gravity: 1063
Alcohol : 6.0% vol
Malts : German Pilsner malt, Australian & German Wheat malts
Hops : NZ Hallertau
Emerson’s team thrilled with 2009 BrewNZ results
The annual beer awards in Wellington last night was a hugely successful evening for the Dunedin craft brewery.The company picked up four trophies and five medals including the coveted award for “New Zealand Champion Brewery”.
Now in it’s eighth year, BrewNZ is the premier event for brewers in New Zealand with entries from local and international brewers.
Richard Emerson and the team are thrilled with the outcome of judging by a panel of New Zealand and international judges.
“We’ve spent the last three years getting the small things right. Last nights result was a fantastic reward for our team effort. Ultimately the consumer wins, because as brewer’s we endeavour to improve the quality of our beers every year”.
The celebration of New Zealand beer continues for the next two days with the public able to sample beer from forty New Zealand breweries at Beervana in the Wellington Town Hall.
Emerson’s awards:
Trophy for New Zealand Champion Brewery
Emerson’s Organic Pilsner – Trophy (New Zealand Lager & Premium Lager)
Emerson’s JP 2009 – Trophy (Flavoured & Aged Styles)
Emerson’s BeWITched – Trophy for Festive Brew
Emerson’s Dunkelweiss – Gold (Wheat & Other Grain Styles)
Emerson’s Weizenbock – Gold (Wheat & Other Grain Styles)
Emerson’s Bookbinder – Silver (European Ale Styles)
Emerson’s Southern Clam Stout – Silver (Stouts & Porters)
Emerson’s Taieri George – Bronze (Flavoured & Aged Styles)