Otago Flavours Partner for Heavenly Match
Dunedin’s Emerson’s Brewery will be heading to Beervana and the BrewNZ Beer Awards in Wellington taking with them a truly original brew that celebrates a fusion of Otago flavours. The new, limited edition, big velvety stout has been brewed with locally harvested Blueskin Bay clams and it’s being hailed as a heavenly match.‘Emerson’s Southern Clam Stout’ was inspired by brewery owner Richard Emerson who enthused Roger Belton from Southern Clams about the concept. Both are excited about the extraordinary flavour chararcteristics of this special stout. Richard Emerson says, “Beer devotees have enjoyed oyster stout since the late 1930’s, I couldn’t see any reason why we couldn’t produce a brew equally as heavenly with our own local clams and we’ve done it. It’s incredibly satisfying to produce an original stout of this quality and fantastic to do it with local produce.”
Emerson says the Southern Clam Stout has a dark tawny brown head and subtle creamy roated aroma with a hint of vanilla and ocean briny characters. “ We’ve modelled it on the big export style stouts of yesteryear. We’ve combined chocolate and roasted barley malts to provide a beautiful dark edge. The briny notes become more prominent the more you sup.”
Emerson’s are committed to ensuring that locals will be the first to savour the stout before they showcase it at a Trade Luncheon in Wellington on 26 August. Following the official launch it is available on tap at The Inch Bar, Tonic, Starfish, Eureka, Albar and the brewery shop. Southern Clams are also offering the bars the opportunity to serve up clams with the stout.
Roger Belton is quick to hand praise to Emerson’s for their innovation and entrepreneurship. “What Richard has done is such a positive example of how Otago businesses can cut a national profile by embracing opportunities on their own doorstep”.
Roger is so delighted with the brew that he’s organised a christening at sea. “We are planning a ceremonial toast over the clam beds in the middle banks of the harbour. Next month Southern Clams will begin commercially harvesting from these beds so it will be a double celebration for us.”
Photo: Courtesy of The Otago Daily Times.
Emerson’s Southern Clam Stout is a very limited release brew and is available for a short time on tap at the Brewery Shop, and the following Dunedin bars: The Inch Bar, Tonic, Starfish, Eureka, Albar.
Artist of the month
Brendan Bransgrove Don’t you wish you could be a fly on the wall?
A sneaky little
creepy little
fly on the wall
Acrylic, oil-polyurathane, canvas.
Keep your eyes and ears peeled for “Delicatessen”, Brendan’s new exhibition soon.
Contact details: C/o The Emerson Brewing Company
August Brewer's Reserve
HOPPY2PORTERAre we nearly there…are we nearly there…?
Well…we are pleased to say, “Yes!”
The first Hoppy Porter was very popular, yet the Brew Crew wasn’t sure that all the flavour balance was there. So, we looked hard at the recipe to see where we could get the ingredients to the perfect balance.
We made two changes; another choice of yeast to assist with the mouthfeel, and of course, more of Richard’s favourite sticky green stuff…yes heaps more!
The result is an awesome wall of floral tropical fruit hop aroma clambering out of the beer glass, hitting the nose with sensory pleasure…mmm. Followed by a subtle smokey malt mouthfeel that really complements the hop profile.
Now the question begs, do we sit outside in the sunshine and enjoy this lovely “black Pilsner” or revel in the sunny flavours at the bar in the dark evening?
Cheers
The Emerson’s Brewing Team
Original gravity: 1055
Alcohol: 5.2% vol
Malts: Lager, crystal, chocolate, roast barley, roast wheat and some smoke malt
Hops: NZ Cascade and Nelson Sauvin
Yeast: Wyeast English Ale
Brewers Reserve
CALAMITY JANE July 2009 Release
Remember the DBA label back in 9 Grange Street days? For those young lads, the label stood for “Dunedin Brown Ale”. This was a delicious malty brew with plenty of German speciality malts balanced with just enough hops to allow the malt sweetness to be in tune.The DBA had a good set of devotees that took a shine to the beer until Emerson’s set about registering the trademark name… A gentle tap on the shoulder from a big brewer’s lawyer put a stop to the future of this fine recipe. It doesn’t take much of a guess who that was…
We have resurrected the spirit of the DBA recipe with this malt monster, loaded with plenty of speciality malts and high gravity generosity from the brew crew for this beer to weigh in at 1070 original gravity. The choice of an English Ale yeast has left the beer with a wonderful malty and full bodied beer with a sneaky 6.4% abv.
Take care, as this is a deceptive wee number with the alcohol hidden among the huge malt flavours with ‘just the right bitterness’ to balance things out. Remember the way home!
Try pairing this brew with some smoked foods, tell us your favourite match!
Cheers
The Emersons Brewing Team
Original gravity: 1070
Alcohol : 6.4% vol
Malts : Pale ale, Pilsner, Caramalts, Chocolate and Roasted Wheat
Hops : NZ Pacific Gem,NZ Styrian Goldings and NZ Cascade.
Guest Artist this month…
Since June 2008 Emerson’s has been supporting local artists with a guest artist space in the area adjoining the brewery shop. The artwork changes each month and this months artist is Michel Greaves. Michel is Head of the Painting Department at the School of Art Otago Polytechnic Dunedin. He has work held in private and public collections in the UK, Germany, U.S.A., Australia and New Zealand.
“Things done in the dark will be brought to the light”.
"This work is the first in a new group of works for an upcoming show in October/November 2009. The painting is a further departure from things that I have been making in the last 5 years although the motivation remains the same.
With this work I am consciously thinking about luxury, light, contemporary speculative culture and threat.
Things done in the dark will be brought to the light is a title lifted from a Johnny Cash song I first heard a number of years ago. This phrase, treaded into the belly of the song struck me as both threatening and closeted, we all have secrets and we all have things that are less than attractive. In painting a chandelier to explore these thoughts I have drawn attention to the liturgical history of light and the exuberance and luxury that lends experimentation in the excesses of the human condition. There is something both beautiful and inherently vulgar in the painting, a speculation on contemporary culture, and a threatening gesture".
Oil on Canvas 2009
149 x 127 cm
$2600.00
World Champ visits Emerson's
The commitment to a safe workplace and ongoing training led us to engage the services of Precious McKenzie recently. He took the staff through various training exercises in safe lifting and back care.Most people will remember Precious as the world champion weight lifter but since the 1970s he has also been working as an international freelance consultant on back care injury prevention. He has conducted seminars in countries all over the world spreading his pain-saving message to both employees and management of companies concerned with workplace safety.
At the conclusion of the seminar Precious couldn’t resist a little showing off and hoisted Richard Emerson with ease!
Emerson's on Facebook
You can now follow Emerson's on Facebook, search under "Emerson's Enthusiasts" for the latest news on happenings at the brewery. There are members registered from all over the globe!Success at 2008 Australian International Beer Awards
The Emerson Brewing Company has once again had success at the Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA). The Dunedin based brewery has won two gold awards, one silver and three bronzes for a range of their products.Head Brewer and Managing Director, Richard Emerson says “We have been exhibiting and entering the AIBA for eleven years now and it is a valuable gauge of the international market and how our beers are perceived by the market and international peers. The team here are thrilled with these awards. I am particularly pleased that Taieri George has been awarded gold as it is a brew that honours my late father and is currently on seasonal release”.
The Micro Brewery categories had a total of nine gold awards and two of them were presented to The Emerson Brewing Company.
The Australian International Beer Awards are held in Melbourne annually and this year attracted 1084 entries from 42 countries.
The awards are the second largest beer awards held in the world – the largest is the World Beer Cup held in the United States.
Emerson Brewing Company winners:
- Taieri George: Gold: Best in Class
- Weissbier: Gold: Best in Class
- London Porter: Silver
- Oatmeal Stout: Bronze
- APA: Bronze
- Old 95: Bronze