Ancient Nipponia (Bottom Fermented)
Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
Speciality Grain Regular|
Score
6.95
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Brewed using "Kaneko Golden" Japanese ancient barley & "Sorachi Ace" hop which was developed in Japan.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
550ml bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Clear gold. Thin, dense, creamy, lasting, white head. Thick, sweet, grainy malt. Lemon. Lemongrass. A little funkiness. Taste is malty sweet. The Sorachi is fully present. Light bitterness. Palate is rich, and full. Lots of soft carbonation. Light oiliness. Finishes soft bitter. Dry close. Lots going on. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2014
at 14:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.5l bottle. Looks good this with a big white lasting and slightly lacing head over a mildly cloudy and golden looking body. Smells like a mixed of a herb spiced and a wit. Lots of wheat sweetness and coriander but also some peppery lemongrass and metal. Not horrible at all, but a bit confusing perhaps. I like it. What kind of beverage is this really? Doesn't taste bad at all. A bit fruity and pilsner-melon in the taste. Traces of alcohol and lots of pale malts. Quite pleasant to drink really relly. Ends in a soft grassy hoppy finish, some sweetness also here. Yeah, I like this even if I have no idea what I'm drinking. 12.04.2014
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2014
at 22:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Flaske 550ml fra Vinmonopolet, Tromsø Sentrum. Gyldenbrun. Høyt luftig skum som daler sakte. Kniplingslacing. God aroma av pepper & ingefær. Smaken har det samme sammensatte krydderpreget. 0 kullsyre. Bra - men blir litt endimensjonal. Tungdrikkelig etter hvert.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 02:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Has a slightly cloudy dark straw colour with a medium, creamy, off-white head. Aroma of citrus, Belgian yeast, spices and banana. The flavour is similar but with tones of hay, sweet malt, cloudberries and hops. Slick mouth feel, and has a light bitterness. An interesting, spicy and fresh pale lager. A little odd taste though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2014
at 07:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. A hazy golden beer with a dense finger thick off-white head leaving curtains. Rather meaty aroma, with banana, cloves, caramel, some alcohol and a piney touch. Full body and a pleasant carbonation level. Sort of warming, which surprises me considering the alcohol level. Meaty flavor too, with the same banana, cloves, caramel and piney cones found in the aroma. Lasting finish. Well, it’s not bad in any way, but it’s too meaty for me. 140430
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2014
at 13:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
55cl bottle with BB 03.14, 6.5%. Clear golden withmedium off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, grainy and grass. Flavour is malt, fruit, hop, grainy, little grass, medium sweet and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2014
at 10:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Flaske fra polet, på hytta til Sigmund april-14: spennende aroma med litt dill. Humlene som er brukt er Sorachi Ace og Kaneko Golden. God kryddersmak og passe tørr ettersmak som gjør det lett å helle innpå. Litt uvanlig, men både god og interessant.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2014
at 11:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Shared 550 ml bottle from Vinmonopolet, ABV is 6.5%. The bottle is full of floaties, but not visible in the glass. Golden colour, the aroma is a little weird, but hard to describe. Hints of sea water and also some dill (Sorachi Ace). The flavour has also hints of dill and laurel leaves, but lacks the fresh lemongrass notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2014
at 11:54
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Medium white head. Hazy yellow body with visible floaties. Earthy caviar (??!?) aroma with salty eggy notes. Dry earthy caviar taste with papery fruity notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dry earthy plasticky spicy aftertaste with herbal fruity notes. Deeply odd, but not actively unpleasant. Don’t think I’ll ever have this one again. (0.55l bottle, wine monopoly web order.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2014
at 05:00