New Year Commemorative Ale
Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Regular|
Score
6.83
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Found a vintage. It's strong vanilla with nutty hints.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle from Taps Beer Bar, Changkat, Kuala Lumpur. 2021 vintage. Poured a hazy medium amber with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, honey, vanilla. The flavour is moderate sweet,, light bitter, with a rich, slightly oily, herbal, light spicy, vanilla palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. Reminds me of a sweet Japanese red bean desert.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at koht (as Hitachino Nest Commemorative Ale, 8%). Pours hazy amber. Aroma is sour, oaky, fruity, acetone, spices. Flavor is sour, oak, fruits, malt, spices. Finish is oaky. Overall: too much barrel, but i kind of like it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
33 cl bottle @ home (bbe 05-2017) as Commemorative Ale (8%). Deep dark red to brown color, hazy. Dense off white head with a little retention. Aroma’s: sweet, caramel, soft fruit, light spices. Retronasal it’s caramel, sweet, light spices. Flavor is moderate to full sweet. Alcohol is warming, but not sharp. Body is rather full. Finish with just a hint of bitterness. Quite nice.
Nice malty backbone with some nice spicy notes. My fav so far from them.