Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Ale

Japanese Classic Ale

 

Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵

  IPA Regular
Score
6.97
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 40 Ticks: 143
This Japanese Classic Ale is a recreation of the first Japanese beer made in the Edo period. Please enjoy the Japanese taste, matured in cedar barrels like the old IPA style method from England. bottle-conditioned IPA. Chinook, Fuggles, and Kent Goldings hops are used.
 

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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
33 cl bottle served in its proper glassware (that cute mini-stemmed little glass.) A tan short-lived head sitting on top of a hazy dark reddish-orange ale. Aroma is not very intense and rather sweet: molasses, candy, honey, maple syrup. Despite the nose, it's not that sweet in the mouth, actually, it starts quite dry and only after it goes down does it feel slightly sweet. Mouthfeel is slick and full-bodied, and it lingers long after sipping it.
Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2020 at 18:32

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle from Beers Of Europe. Hazy golden/amber body with a thin off-white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of Dr Pepper and cedar. Flavour of ginger, coriander and menthol. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. This is delicious and complex.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2020 at 09:11

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Not on the vid, but based on the checklist. Smell- weak, orange, citrus, hops maybe. Foam- thin, sweet, some hops, and bitter notes what creep up orange notes. Head is medium, can pour the full bottle in pint glass straight up, maybe it is mall then? My ratings are inconsistent... head is creamy yellow, orange-white color. Appearance- hazy orange, brown, amber, some carbonation. Taste- bitter-sweet, but in a good way, orange, citrus, sweetness, some pulling sweetness, yeast. Very interesting one, I enjoy it.
Tried from Can on 11 Oct 2019 at 17:05

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Keg at Brewdog Camden. Amber, slightly cloudy with small white head. Aroma is quite weak, bit of sweetness, maybe a touch of bubblegum and some strange slightly sweet fruit or vegetable. Taste is vaguely fruity and slightly spicy. Maybe a bit of strawberry. Very subtle. No real bitterness, but a bit of sweet malt. Wasn't sure the first time, but the second was much nicer.
Tried on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:54

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Hazy medium amber colour, tall frothy off-white head, good retention and lacing. Aroma sweet malt, apricot, prune, caramel, biscuit, herbal notes. Flavour medium sweet and bitter, malty, caramel, fruity, biscuit, herbal/spicy, woody notes. Dry sweetbitter aftertaste, lingering spicy/herbal and woody notes. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, interesting brew, well-made, quite complex, tasty, very good.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2019 at 16:31

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Botella @Umami, Oviedo 31/01/19.
Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca, aromas a aromas maltosos notas herbales, sabor maltosa con notas caramelo cuerpo medio. Agradable.
Tried on 31 Jan 2019 at 20:05

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12oz bottle pours out amber topped with a small head. Nose is grassy citrus hops wood grain malts. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts wood and a pine citrus combo.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2018 at 22:59


7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
26/9/2018. Bottle from Beers of Europe, Kings Lynn. Pours hazy orange amber with an off-white head. Aroma of flowers, citrus, caramel, hops, malt, biscuit and pine. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Syrupy finish. One of the best I've had from this brewer.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2018 at 15:50

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 7/2017. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy deep orange/amber color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big grapefruit, lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, mango, cedar, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity citrus/earthy hops, cedar, bready malts, and fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, mango, cedar, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, mango, cedar, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, cedar, bready malts, and fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, fairly sticky, and lightly tannic mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is a delicious English IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, cedar, bready malts, and fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Balanced citrus/earthy hops, English malts/yeast, and nice cedar presence that isn't overwhelming. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2018 at 21:43