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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KURI KURO Dark Chestnut Ale
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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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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Malt & Vine. Pours dark brown with no head. Aroma is sort of roasty dark malt, chocolate, and maybe some nut. Med + body. Flavor is chocolate, and something that must be chestnut, but it’s not the typical greasy nut in American browns. Lightly spicy too. It’s off the main IS path, but it drinks tastily and nicely. Maybe finishes with a bit of Turbinado sugar. Not a dry finish, but refined and pleasing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2016
at 19:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
How did this beer from Kyushu with one rating end up in Portland? Well, beervana strikes again! 12 ounce bottle from Uptown Market. Pours a almost jet black color with a medium brown head. A nice chocolate and dark fruit nose. Very sweet, I mean this is huge sugary chestnuts, smoke, ash, lactose, brown sugar. Hmm. Minerals. Very dry in the finish with rich cocoa and chestnut. Interesting. A bit much for me in terms of the dusty dry finish and the overall sugary sweet middle. But it looks awesome and is promising. Hopefully I?ll see more of this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2015
at 23:02
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours dark, almost black-brown. Aroma is at first not too telling, sweet caramel, burnt sugar, maybe a bit of bourbon. Subtle and getting better when the beer warms a bit. Taste really feels as this is barrel-aged in some bourbon barrels. I cannot see any description confirming it but this one feels really tasty. Didn’t really expect that from Hideji. They do good enough beers but this is really delicious. Bit sweet, bit sticky, loads of whiskey-bourbon, vanilla. Not sure where I should get those chestnut flavours but overall, really well made beer and a big surprise for me from Hideji. Thumbs up!
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2015
at 10:05