Kiuchi Brewery - Hitachino Nest

Microbrewery in Naka, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 1996

Contact
1257 Kounosu, Naka-shi, Naka, 311-0133, Japan
Description
Kiuchi Brewery (木内酒造) is a brewery in Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1823 by village headman Kiuchi Gihei as a sake and shochu producer. Craft beer production began in 1996 after a change in Japanese law governing micro brewing. A number of Kiuchi's products seek to combine European beer-making technology with traditional Japanese brewing techniques; for example, its XH Hitachino Nest Beer is matured in shochu casks.

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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottled. Poured incredibly dark w/almost no head. Smell was strong and coffee and so was the taste. Alcohol was tastable.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:49

6.8/10 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

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Poured copper w/serious head. light and sweet, very gingery I thought.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:48

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled from whole foods bowery. This one is rather unusual, I don’t even know where to begin. Poured brownish with visible sediments. Taste was somewhat gingery and buttery, and a sake taste? Clean finish, sort of like a pale ale w/o hops bite? I don’t even know. But liked it.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:48

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle - first impression is that you’re drinking Lemon Pledge. No aftertaste, so it grows on you a bit.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:42

6/10
Tried from Can on 19 May 2025 at 19:52

5.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 6%. Nearly clear golden colour, large to moderate white head. Aroma of citrus and light malts. Flavour of citrus, malts and spicy and herbal bittering hops, fairly bitter aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore) on 10 May 2025 at 21:05

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
330ml bottle from RusBeerShop in Moscow. Glad to find this one again to re-review it six years later. Shame that the price has doubled due to sanctions imposed on Russia and imposed by Russia against Japan. Pours clear gold with a small foamy white head. Aroma is citrus, pale malt. Taste is light sweet, citrusy hops, malt. Light to medium bitter finish. Light bodied. This would make an excellent summer beer if it wasn’t for the high price.

19 February 2019: 330ml bottle. Pours clear hold with a small foamy white head. Undrinkable due to an infection. 6/1/1/2/0.5 = 1.6
Tried from Bottle from RusBeerShop (2025 -) on 26 Apr 2025 at 17:19

6.8/10 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

7.4/10 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