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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8/10
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Tried on 18 May 2022 at 20:47

6/10
A bit on the dry side like a Japanese rice lager but has more of the body of a red ale. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2022 at 23:08

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Beers of Europe: BBE July 2022. Drank at home on 20th August 2021. Poured into an old Hoegaarden Grand cru stemmed tulip glass. Misty amber body, red hue to the colour, wispy head that soon disappeared completely. Strawberry esters in the nose, they turn up in the flavour too, but not sweetened. Didn't really know what to expect, but it's OK and although I'm a traditional British Bitter drinker I like to try different styles and cultures beers. Glad I bought this.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2021 at 12:40

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Amber beer, lightly hazy with a white head. Flavour is a little fruity, there's a bit of booziness there, some malt. Nice balance in it. Pretty decent.
Tried on 06 Aug 2021 at 21:33

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2021 at 19:15

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Ein sehr gefälliges Bier, das mit einer eigenen japanischen roten Reissorte gebraut wird. Grundsätzlich hat Mais oder Reis im Bier -in unseren Breiten nicht viel verloren. Wenn man das aber ehrlich kommuniziert und eine eigene Spezialität daraus macht, finde ich das ok. Dieses Bier lässt sich wirklich gemütlich trinken, da es recht süß ist und die Bittere nicht sehr hervorsticht. Der Aromenbaum ist nicht allzu komplex, aber als einfaches Bier zum Essen kann ich es mir ganz gut vorstellen
Tried on 21 Mar 2021 at 13:48

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle, online from Beers of Europe. Pours deep amber towards red with a beige head. Aroma: barley, rice, sweet bead, yeast. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, honey, bread crust, rye, cereals, rice, earth, caramel, light herbal. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2021 at 08:16

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Brownish-reddish color a a small white head. Red berries with nice malts. Spicy.
Tried on 16 Feb 2021 at 11:07

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Aged Sample Head gone in seconds, light red-copper beer. Old cookies, mild oxidation, ricewater, old grains/rice indeed. More of the same in the taste. Old cookies, oxidated nuts and indeed red rice - flavour is unmistakable. Thinned by the aging, but still certain viscosity. Sticky - as rice. Pity about the aging, it must have been really good fresh. Thanks to Stef!
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2021 at 12:52

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle, amber beer, small head. Aroma is fruit, malt, light grain, strawberry. Taste is the same, fruity, malt, sweet, not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2020 at 18:00