Espresso Stout
Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.59
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Caramel, roasted, black and chocolate malts provide an explosion of coffee like flavors.
The strong espresso character comes from the addition of espresso beans to the boil.
Notes of vanilla, dark fruit , cocao and chocolate.
The very unusual character of Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout stems from the fact that Kiuchi Brewery is using the recipe of a Russian Imperial Stout as base.
Pitch black color, big brown head. Aromas of chocolate, roasted bitterness, black currants, dark fruits.
Hop: Chinook, Kent Golding
Malt: Pale, Crystal, Black, Chocolate
Others: Roasted Barley, Coffee beans
SRM: 100
The strong espresso character comes from the addition of espresso beans to the boil.
Notes of vanilla, dark fruit , cocao and chocolate.
The very unusual character of Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout stems from the fact that Kiuchi Brewery is using the recipe of a Russian Imperial Stout as base.
Pitch black color, big brown head. Aromas of chocolate, roasted bitterness, black currants, dark fruits.
Hop: Chinook, Kent Golding
Malt: Pale, Crystal, Black, Chocolate
Others: Roasted Barley, Coffee beans
SRM: 100
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl bottle. Black colour with a nice formation of tan head, nice lacing and perfect lasting, creamy and frothy. Aroma is toasty with slightly dark coffee notes. Flavour has notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, strong black coffee, toasty and roasty malts. Carbonation is soft. Body is medium to high. Texture is oily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2012
at 11:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ BrewDog Edinburgh 140212
Black with tan white head
Aroma - dark malts.....not much roast...light white wine notes...slightly herbal aromatic notes... bit peppery...hint of rice....unusual aroma for a stout
Taste - light coffee....mellow roasted malts...light white wine...slight sourness...bit of aromatic pepper....some chocolate.
Palate As main flavour...smooth
Overall - A really good stout with a mellow coffee flavour. I really liked this one. Need to try this again.
Black with tan white head
Aroma - dark malts.....not much roast...light white wine notes...slightly herbal aromatic notes... bit peppery...hint of rice....unusual aroma for a stout
Taste - light coffee....mellow roasted malts...light white wine...slight sourness...bit of aromatic pepper....some chocolate.
Palate As main flavour...smooth
Overall - A really good stout with a mellow coffee flavour. I really liked this one. Need to try this again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2012
at 12:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample from bottle at Haket 2012-01-14 Göteborg AR: chocolate, heavy coffey, melas, boubone barrell AP: dark brown body, wee dark beige head F: ash, rich chocolate, slippery/sugery feeling, vanilla, kavring, rusk (bread)
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2012
at 16:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle
Pours pitch black with a small sticky brown head. Aroma has notes of vanilla, roasted malts, chocolate and coffee. Taste is quite roasty and sweet with hints of vanilla, coffee and chocolate. Finish is long lasting, bitter and roasty. Good stout, but was hoping for more coffee notes.
Pours pitch black with a small sticky brown head. Aroma has notes of vanilla, roasted malts, chocolate and coffee. Taste is quite roasty and sweet with hints of vanilla, coffee and chocolate. Finish is long lasting, bitter and roasty. Good stout, but was hoping for more coffee notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2011
at 03:27
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 mL bottle. Pours an extremely dark brown with a tan head. Very interesting aroma, very creamy vanilla coffee, raisin, and sweet cocoa, a little soy. Flavor of sweet cocoa and coffee, dark fruit again, and again a touch of soy, finishing with definite coffee grounds. Delightful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2011
at 01:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled@SBWF2011. Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is espresso, wood, some roasted notes and mild cold dark coffee as well. Flavour is quite similar. Very wellbalanced coffee stout, which leaves a very long coffee aftertaste as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2011
at 00:07
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
33 cl bottle @ hotel room, Kyoto. Bottled 06/2011, BBE 12/2011
Aroma has surprisingly lots of coffee. Also some roasted malt and hints of sugar. Flavour is really rich on espresso, it overrides everything. As a coffee lover I cannot say that it would be a bad thing.Some chocolate, sugar and roasted malt can be observed behind the coffee wall though. Some harshly bitter coffee at the end and the palate becomes a bit sticky in a sweet way after some sips. However, deserves its place as the highest rated beer in Japan.
Kind of reminds me of Nørrebro La Granja Espresso Stout.
Aroma has surprisingly lots of coffee. Also some roasted malt and hints of sugar. Flavour is really rich on espresso, it overrides everything. As a coffee lover I cannot say that it would be a bad thing.Some chocolate, sugar and roasted malt can be observed behind the coffee wall though. Some harshly bitter coffee at the end and the palate becomes a bit sticky in a sweet way after some sips. However, deserves its place as the highest rated beer in Japan.
Kind of reminds me of Nørrebro La Granja Espresso Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2011
at 06:31
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
bottle@home: pours pitch-black with an incredible, solid, lasting mocha head, smell is sweet roasted coffee & roasted dark malts, taste is a nice slightly bitter coffee taste upfront & roasted malts with minor espresso & some milk chocolate, a slight roasted bitterness lingers on in your mouth as you finish, bit creamy but not thick, great beer
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2011
at 03:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from GBBF drunk at home. Now there can’t be many beers that I have anticipated as much as this one. Been looking for it for about 2 years. Black as black with big thick lasting tan head as it sits in a Duvel glass. Strong espresso coffee aroma. Bit of roast too. Boy that is good. Better than I was expecting to be honest. Wow. I had the Birrifico Sally Brown coffee edition before this and thought it was good and I have a Mikkeller Weasel in the fridge, so really have something there to compare this to. Very intense aroma. The mouthfeel is pretty much sublime and the swallow and the finish, just how the beer makes you feel is pretty much amazing. Yes the way it makes me feel is pretty incredible. Not harsh. Just a touch of alcohol on the finish. Pretty damn good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2011
at 08:05