Kuri Kuro (Dark Chestnut Ale)
Miyazaki Hideji Beer Brewery in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan 🇯🇵
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.44
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A triple world champion! Once you try it, you'll never forget it.
A high-alcohol stout made with Japanese chestnuts from Miyazaki Prefecture.
It has won the world championship three times in global competitions in the UK, US and Australia.
This is a special beer that is rich, mellow and aromatic.
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
(Bottle) Pours very dark brown with small shirt-lived tan head. Lovely aroma - roast malt, chestnuts, chocolate, toffee with vanilla, woody and earthy hints. Medium body with fine carbonation. Exceptional taste. Rich, complex and so well balanced. Dark toffee, chocolate, chestnuts, vanilla, brown sugar with a nice balancing bitterness at the end. Very good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft: Poured a dark brown with a light brown frothy head. Aroma is rich malts, earthy, chestnuts, nutty. Taste is semisweet, malty, nutty, thick full bodied.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Rich dark malts, coffee, dark malts, mild roast, some cocoa, earth. Lingering black coffee, moderate sweetness. Very enjoyable.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
23rd October 2025
CBJ tasting, thanks to Tips for the bottle. Clear dark amber beer, small and short lived tan head. Airy and fairly dry palate, modest fine carbonation. Thin malts, some sweet chocolate and oats and a little ripe fruits. Light and semi dry finish. Ripe and sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Impressively rounded, candied chestnuts, chocolate, biscuity malts.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
21/10/2024. Draft at Craft Beer Market Tokyo Torch. Region #468. Japanese Prefecture 39/47. Pours very dark brown with a small creamy light tan coloured head. Aroma is rich, coffee, chocolate, nutty, truffle, light roasted malt, marshmallow, vanilla. Medium plus sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Quite full bodied, very smooth, soft carbonation. Nicely done.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Bottle) clear, bright, very dark brown color with a small brown head; aroma of milk chocolate, coffee liqueur; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish; strange soda like carbonation
Thanks for the trade, Dylan H.! Very good dark beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Interesting, with a solid nuttiness underneath modest notes of cocoa, coffee, caramel, and a little anise. Kind of wimps out on the back end, though; finishes with lingering chestnut but not much else. Thin texture, but hides the booziness well.