Yuzu Lager
Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
Lager - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.78
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
350 ml can at Polar, Madrid. Color is intense and clear golden, off-white, short-lived head. Aroma is very intense: a thousand citrus fruits (or more), all of them bitter and sour but none sweet; also mustard (!!) and peach. Super-interesting nose, guys. Mouthfeel has high carb, full-bodied though watery (yes, I know it sounds strange, but it was like that, and I'm not wasted). Taste is crisp, citrusy, just slightly bitter. Long-lasting finish with more yuzu hints. Cool, yo!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can from SinH4. Clear golden with white foam. Malty biscuits with loads of yuzu and orange in aroma. Taste is less fruity but rather floral perfume. Some biscuits and grass in finish. Pretty good.
Garrold (11335) reviewed Yuzu Lager from Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Mitchell’s Wines, Sheffield. Mostly clear, medium gold. Blotchy, lasting, white head. Nose has lemon and lime. Peachy hop. Sweet grain. Taste is sweet, and modestly bitter, with a crisp tang from the yuzu. Light body. Bright carbonation. Short, lightly bitter finish. Like a 5.5% lager shandy. Great stuff.
SinH4 (15491) reviewed Yuzu Lager from Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can, many thanks Claude! Rather clear golden color with white head. Aroma is yuzu, cereals, sugar icing. Taste is yuzu flesh, cereals, sugar icing. A bit cardboardy mouthfeel with fizzy carbonation. Fun!
jhaase (14757) reviewed Yuzu Lager from Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Tart yuzu orange peel. Golden, offwhite head, medium light body, light dust and minerals, fresh citrus peel finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
350 ml can into lager glass, canned in 12/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lightly tart ruby red grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, peach, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops, yuzu, and moderate pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of lightly tart ruby red grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, peach, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/citrus peel/rind bitterness and light fruit tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart ruby red grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, peach, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, yuzu, and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance, and no hop/fruit astringency after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness, fruit tartness, and carbonation. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth and moderately grainy/sticky, lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a nice fruited pale lager. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops, yuzu, and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Flavorful and not watery feeling for the ABV. Vibrant yuzu fruit and Cascade/Amarillo hops, with a solid pils malt backbone. A bit underwhelming, but a nicely enjoyable and well made offering.
jimgreen (21347) reviewed Yuzu Lager from Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft at Takumi craft beer bar, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a clear straw colour with a frothy white head. The aroma is malt, grassy hop big Yuzu fruit. The flavour is moderate sweet light bitter with a crisp, slightly watery malt, citrus, Yuzu palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Sweet fresh and fruity. It's all about the Yuzu!