XH (Extra High)
Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.21
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Strong Belgian Brown Ale matured in distilled Sake barrels.the final Maturation takes place in Shochu casks {distilled sake} for 3 months.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Hasegawa. Poured into a Duvel glass. Pours a clear copper with a small beige head that dissipates fairly quickly. Aromas of rice, biscuit, fresh baked bread and alcohol. Average carbonation with a medium body. Cola-like mouthfeel. The sake definitely leaves a little too much sweetness on the palate for my liking. Malty with some wood (cedar?) noticeable as well. Slightly bitter finish that is warming. A solid beer, but not one of Hitachino’s best. --- Beer merged from original tick of XH on 12 Jun 2015 at 12:25 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2015
at 08:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from Saveur-biere.com. Pours a deep brown with minimal off-white head. Sweet malt aroma. Not much of the Belgian Dark Ale remaining, coming off more like a boozy 14% barley wine in terms of slick mouthfeel and taste than an 8% Belgian beer. Ok, but wasn’t in the mood for a barley wine tonight!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2015
at 14:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at irreale. Opaque cloudy Amber, low golden lace. Bockish iron laced nose, fruited caramel base, a hint spice and salt licorice. Medium sticky body. Salty herbal caramel finish. A bit too sticky for my taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2015
at 15:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, Amber/ cloudy read color, off white head that held the retention. Aroma is dried fruits, mineral water element, wood cask and light sake.
The body is fuller with a nice creamy mouthfeel. The flavor is mostly the same as the aroma. Im not a connoisseur of sake but you can get the flavor in the finish rather well. The wood oak cask goes with the sake character. Interesting and tasty.
The body is fuller with a nice creamy mouthfeel. The flavor is mostly the same as the aroma. Im not a connoisseur of sake but you can get the flavor in the finish rather well. The wood oak cask goes with the sake character. Interesting and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2014
at 10:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ DØE Meeting. Pours golden with a creamy offwhite head, some lacings. Aroma of malt, caramel, coconut, wood, sweet liquir, alcohol. Flavor is rather sweet, malty, caramel, wood, some sweet dark fruit, wood, sweet liquir, alcohol. Medium body, soft carbonation, warming alcoholic finish. 151014
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2014
at 10:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Clear reddish brown colour. Aroma fruity, caramel-toffee, light hops, light diacetyl. Taste rich malty, caramel, light chocolate. Hops reveals itself in the finish, rather noble characer, herbal. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2014
at 10:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
0,33L bottle, BB 03.2015. Pours hazy copper with light tan head. The head stays for a moment. Aroma is raisins, malt, fruits. Flavor is sweet, raisins, malt, yeast, fruits. Finish is fruity dry bitter. Alcohol is rather well covered. Overall: very nice brew, really easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2014
at 13:25