Emerson's Brewery Limited is a microbrewery located in Dunedin, New Zealand established in 1992.^{[citation needed]} Emerson's produces eight year-round beers and three seasonal beers.^{[citation needed]} In November 2012 the brewery was purchased by Australasian company Lion, which in turn is owned by Japanese brewing giant Kirin.^[1]

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Emerson's Brewery Limited

Emerson's Brewery, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Location	Dunedin, New Zealand
Opened	1992
Active beers
Name Type Bookbinder Bitter Big Rig American Pale Ale 1812 Pale ale Pilsner Pilsner London Porter Porter Bird Dog India Pale Ale
Seasonal beers
Name Type JP Belgian ale Taieri George Spiced ale American Pale Ale American pale ale

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When Richard Emerson travelled to Scotland with his parents in 1983 he was first introduced to European style beers. After spending a year in Edinburgh, he returned to New Zealand and became disillusioned with New Zealand beers. This lead him to brew for himself. ^{[citation needed]}

Emerson’s beers are not pasteurised like most mainstream New Zealand beers. The yeast is left alive in the beer to mature and enhance the flavour of the beer. Emerson’s ales are produced from malted barley, hops, yeast and water. They do not have preservatives, added sugar, artificial colouring, have not been pasteurised and some are not filtered. ^{[citation needed]}

Some Emerson’s beers are presented in French oak barrels. Pints are sometimes available on hand pump, ensuring that the beer is served at the correct level of carbonation, eliminating gassy beer. ^{[citation needed]}

Emerson's Brewery beers include London Porter, 1812 India Pale Ale, Weissbier, Pilsner, Bookbinder Bitter, Old 95, Maris Gold and Oatmeal Stout.

The quality of Emerson's beers was praised by English beer critic Michael Jackson,^[2] who rated the 1812 India Pale Ale as one of the best 500 beers in the world.^[3] Emerson's has won numerous beer awards in Australia^[4] and New Zealand.^[5][6]

• Beer in New Zealand