Dai Dai Ale
Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.55
|
|
Brewed with Japanese wild-bred mandarin orange - ‘Fukure Mikan’ - and aroma hops with hints of orange. A great amount of malty umami taste complements well with the fruity citrus flavours.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.3/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from WineKraft. Hazy golden body with lots of flecks beneath a thin off-white head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of orange zest and stewed tea. Flavour of orange and brown bread. Medium body with a slick texture. Light fizz. A tangy and interesting beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2026
at 08:36
5.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Aromas are orange as soon as I open the can then later a hint of hops and some malt. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, loses some of the orange and hops go kind of old resin.
Tried
from Can
from
Belgian Style Ales / Monastery Greetings
on 28 Sep 2025
at 22:49
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
It is a regular IPA, nothing sexy, but it is fully drinkable, bitter but not at the extreme, a bit buttery and malty, not so aromatic, 21.02.18, at Epalinge, relax.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sterk Avondverkoop
on 15 Aug 2025
at 18:56
7/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
(Bottle) Pours slightly hazy amber with small loose white head. Nice aroma of toffee malt and orange. Medium body with bright carbonation. Good and unusual taste. Plenty of bitter orange on a toffee malt base with a good hoppy bitter finish that cuts in at the end, leaving a long bitter orange and hop finish. There’s some peppery notes too. Very good, and unusual.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2025
at 13:27
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can @ home. Clear golden body under a moderate sized off-white head. Aroma has malt, citric fruits, oranges and tangerine. Taste is smooth, soft malt, citric fruit, bitter orange zest and some bitter hops. Balanced body with a smooth and slightly sharp fruity bitter aftertaste. Nice and slightly unusually IPA in the classic direction.
Tried
on 21 May 2025
at 16:39
6.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Yellow orange pour into hitachino glass. A weird sugary maltiness combined with hints of orange. Some hop finish. Not my favorite hitachino.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:27
6/10
Tried
from Can
on 19 May 2025
at 19:52
6.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Quite a basic grapefruit profile IPA of second freshness. Rather drinkable though.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2025
at 12:25
6.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso resta attratto dal luppolo. L'intensità olfattiva è normale e la maniera in cui permane è sufficiente. Il mantello birroso superiore è caratterizzato da una schiuma che resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana medio-fine. Il liquido è di apparenza velata. Il colore è giallo ambrato. Il corpo è pieno. L'amaro è deciso. La forza gustativa è normale e la permanenza è buona. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di pronta beva. Il finale è amarognolo. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. In bocca l'aroma è quello di miele, frutta secca, luppolo, agrumi, pompelmo, arancia e spezie.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:08
7/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Cotteridge Wines, pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of orange peel, lemon, pine, earth & caramel malt. Medium body. Dry long moderate bitter finish. Enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2025
at 06:08