Anbai Ale
Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
6.88
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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!”
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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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Hair of the Dog, Phrom, Phong, Bangkok. Poured a slightly hazy straw colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is toffee caramel citrus yeast. The flavour is light sour, moderate sweet with a dry crisp yeasty buttery tropical fruit palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2016
at 10:20
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keyaki fall 2016. Malt-forward nose with a touch of plum as it warms up. Lots of caramel malt with some plum in the background. Can’t find the salt under all the malt. Sweet more than tart. Feels heavy and syrupy. --- Beer merged from original tick of Hitachino Nest Anbai Ale on 18 Sep 2016 at 13:51 - Score: 6
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2016
at 06:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle - Light sweet fruity malts. Clear gold with a small white head. Light sweet fruity notes, touch of apple and a light salty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2016
at 21:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle- pours yellow white head- nose and taste of spice, plum, sea salt, sour wheat and coriander- medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2016
at 21:13
7/10
Tried
on 12 Jun 2016
at 16:10
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
11.2oz bottle. Murky, unfiltered dulled orange-tan body. Thin, patchy, white head. Pleasant sour green plum notes in the aroma. Certainly a Fruit Beer, I was secretly hoping for a Gose with the sea salt. Delicate, light and fluffy mouthfeel. The malt, yeast, and plum interplay is surprisingly nice and works well. Almost has a faint gingery edge to it, orange peel maybe. The malts are understated, and there is a soft earthy pear undertone as well. Very unique offering, well made.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2016
at 21:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 6/2015. Pours hazy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of big plum, apricot, lemon, lime, pear, apple, sea salt, wheat, cracker, straw, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, plum/salt, and bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big plum, apricot, lemon, lime, pear, apple, sea salt, wheat, cracker, hay, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruit tartness, yeast spice, and wheat tang on the finish; with lingering notes of plum, apricot, lemon, lime, pear, apple, sea salt, wheat, cracker, straw grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, salt/plum, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/tart/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy/saline, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice imperial weizen/gose style. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, salt/plum, and bready malt flavors; and very smooth and refreshing to drink for the ABV. Even though it is not lactic soured, the plums provide a fair amount of tartness for it to taste similar to the gose style. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2016
at 19:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Refrigerated 11.2 oz. brown squat brown bottle poured into a glass. Hazy light orange with small off-white head. Aroma is slightly salty, medium body, low/medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is slightly tart, fruit (mostly plumb), some spice, and salty. Expected more and it’s a little heavy for a gose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2016
at 19:41
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours hazy butterscotch, medium creamy white head, good lacing. Aroma is fruity, wheat, dust, sea air, light honey and grass. Flavor is initially salty, breaking into fruity plums with a Saison back beat. Light plus sweet, minimal bitter, a bit herbal with a sharp salty finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2015
at 19:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Co-op. Light and airy pour, almost fizzy, cloudy golden body with small airy head. Plums immediately apparent in aroma, tangy taste, tempering the saltiness somewhat. Dry finish, salt comes out at the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2015
at 20:43