Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale

Red Rice Ale

 

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

  Speciality Grain Regular
Score
6.28
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 17 Ticks: 204
Complex sake like flavors with malt sweet notes. Hints of strawberries in the nose and palate. An intriguing mix of sake, malt , and bitter notes in the finish.
 

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6.3
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

pours a dark copper color with light head and lots of suspended chunks which looks like protein coagulation, as opposed to sediment. Aromas of sweet caramel malts (possibly rice) and dried fruit. Flavors of sweet caramel, muddled fruit and soft toasted malts.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2026 at 02:22


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Are almost our malt, spice, something I can't place and maybe rice. Flavors are similar to nose, sweet, tart with a little bitter. Tastes a little like homebrew. Mild carbonation and okay body.

Tried from Can from Belgian Style Ales / Monastery Greetings on 01 Oct 2025 at 00:30

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Was mine mislabeled? Because mine didn’t pour red at all, more like a cloudy yellow. w/mild fizzy head. I can taste the rice and the sourness.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:49

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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2012 - 330ml bottle, pours caramel colour with a white creamy head. Aromas & tastes of oatmeal, lemon, honey, hints of spice & malt. Medium body. Crisp grainy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2025 at 14:42

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Реально необычное и интересное пиво. Если бы я не пробовал Сяке то не понял бы прикола. Уже в аромате реально ощущаешь те самые нотки помацаного риса как в Сяке. На вкусе тоже самое, плюс солод сам, возможно немного карамели и травянистости. Интересно.

Tried on 19 Apr 2025 at 20:40

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange amber with a medium, foamy, short lived, off-white head that leaves spotty lacing. Aroma of grainy red rice, Belgian yeast, tart strawberry, grapefruit and herbal hops. Sweet flavour of grainy red rice, tart strawberry, Belgian yeast, honey and floral hops in a dry, slightly alcoholic finish. Medium body with a sticky, oily texture and soft carbonation. Enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle from Andrew Hilton Wine and Spirits on 20 Mar 2025 at 05:10

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5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Amber- red in color with a medium head. Aroma is red rice? (I don't know what red rice smells like). Taste like red rice, maybe.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:01

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3.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

light red/pink pour with a pink head. Aroma of sour ricey startch, and wet grass. Flavor is starchy and sour, this beer looks better than it tatstes.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:21

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3.4
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 13

Bottiglia. Il naso riconosce indizi di orzo e riso. La finezza olfattiva è elevata e l'esistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il manto birroso superiore resiste poco. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana fine. Il liquido si presenta velato. Il colore è ambrato carico tendente rossiccio. Il corpo è pieno. Il dolce è medio in buon equilibrio con l'amaro medio. La forza gustativa è elevata e la durata è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. Al palato prevalgono impressioni di miele, crosta di pane, cereali, riso, un accenno di resinoso, erbaceo, agrumi, arancia, cuoio, terra, caramello, salsa di soia e anche sentore ligneo.

Tried on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:08

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Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:52

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