Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest Anbai Ale

Anbai Ale

 

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

  Fruit Beer Regular
Score
6.87
ABV: 7.5% IBU: 10 Ticks: 88
Anbai literally means “Salty Plum” and the word is also used to describe the stat of taste and flavor. Ii Anbai means “just right”!

Hitachino Nest Anbai Ale is brewed based on the high alcohol version (7%) of the siganture beer Hitachino Nest White Ale, infused with locally grown green sour plum (ume), and finished up with a pinch of Japanese sea salt (moshio). The balance of sourness, bitterness, comes from the plum and subtle saltiness, great umami taste of the sea salt is “Ii Anbai - just right!”
 

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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
6-3-7-3-14
Bottle. Pours dark golden, with a small, rocky head. Aroma is fruity notes of plums, musty notes of fruit peel, fruit pits and black currants, as well as light lactic acid with notes of sour candy and some salty whiffs. Full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is salty ocean water and fruit peel, black currants, apples, sour grapes and plum pits, as well as light lactic notes.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2018 at 19:27

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle KØ 2018. Frothy white fair mostly diminishing head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Short light bitter finish. Oily palate. Boring.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2018 at 11:33

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at KØ18. Fruity and papery aroma. Cloudy golden colour. Small white head. The flavour is fruity and salty with a mild fruitiness. Refreshing, almost lemony.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2018 at 12:32

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. Pours cloudy yellow, small white head. Aroma is sourish, slight fruity. Citric, fruity. Sourish. Smooth fruity. Mellw and lingering citric finish.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2018 at 12:29

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Cloudy, orangey amber colour, quasi no head. Unspecific fruity aroma, hints of red and dark berries, a touch of lemon. Taste is sweet-and-sour, fruity, slightly bitter, unspecific fruitiness - a bit strange and hard to define.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2018 at 14:06

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
330ml bottle from RusBeerShop. Pours cloudy gold with a medium-sized white head. Aroma is plums, wheat, flowers. Taste is dry, sour plums, salt, lemons. Unusual.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2017 at 11:20

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 11.2fl.oz. [ As Hitachino Nest Anbai Ale ].Unclear medium orange - amber yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, tropical fruit, pale malt, plum. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration, sweet fruit, earthy fruit, pale malt, plum, candy, salty plum. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20170929] 6-3-6-3-11
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2017 at 07:19

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle, 7.5%. Hazy golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, candy and plum. Flavour is malt, fruit, plum, salt, candy, tea, medium sweet and a little citric.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2017 at 12:56

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and plum. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish with a little salt. 290917
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2017 at 12:55

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet fruits, yeast, malt, hops and has a sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2017 at 12:50