Fresh Hops
Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.71
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can, mail order form the brewery. Nice fresh hop nose: stone fruit, citrus, mint, resins, tropical dankness, it's all in there, a little mashed together, but nice nonetheless. Supporting it is some rich, honey malts. Slightly cloudy deep orange with a low, thick head. Crisp, leafy, herbal and bitter flavor. Malt is sweet and bready, but the hop bitterness abounds. There is citrus and tropical fruit, but more than that is resiny, herbal, dank flavors. This is a bit rough, as most fresh hop beers are, but it works and is quite satisfying overall.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sweet, tastes like gyoza! Pastry, bit funky. Weird!