Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Stout
Ibaraki, Japan

330ml bottle pours black liquid with a big beige long-lasting head. The aroma of strong coffe,malt,sweetness.Mouth feel medium and silky smooth. The flavor is lightly sweet. espresso, with a full malty light bitterness. There isn’t a complexity that would be nice, but the light espresso bitterness lingers on and on. Finishes with long chocolaty bitterness, dried fruit, and of course espresso. I wasn’t so sure of it at the first few sips, but it definitley grows on you. If you like coffe and you like beer, then kanpai!

Bottle. Pours a black color with a longlasting tan head. Has a roasted malty espresso coffee aroma. Roasted malty coffee flavor with some hitns of chocolate. Has a roasted malty bitter espresso coffee finish.

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Very black, beige head. Aroma of tabasco and espresso. Dryish and lightly sourish with strong coffee flavour. Medium bodied with heavyheanded roastiness. Long salty bitterness. Interesting and powerful, but also oily and a bit too sourish.

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm) Pitch black colour with frothy, brown head. Roasted, malty nose with distinct notes of freshly ground, heavily roasted coffee and dark bitter chocolate. Roasted, malty taste with strong black coffee, cocoa powder, hints of dark fruit and prunes, and a dry finish with a generous coffee bitterness. Medium body with smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Dry. Maybe a bit one dimensional, but a lovely beer with and impressive coffee character.

330ml Bottle: Aroma of espresso, slight tart fruit, chocolate, cream, light roasted malts, and hints of berries and vanilla. Poured pitch black in color with a small brown head that lasted throughout. Opaque. Sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet and light to medium bitter. Tastes of espresso, bitter chocolate, roasted malts, slight sugar, and some cream. Medium to full body. Very chalky texture. Average carbonation. Lightly bitter, chocolate coffee, and slight sugar finish is chalky and lightly dry.

Bottled at Monks Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm. Pours out in an opaque black colour with a rich bubbly beige foam. Rich and almost in your face espresso aroma with notes of dark chocolate. Medium to full-bodied with notes o cocoa, espresso and nuts. Compact yet elegant airy mouthfeel. Long aftertaste of dark coffee, almonds, brown sugar and salt.

Bottle at Monks Wallingatan, Stockholm. Pours black with a rather big and dark brown head. Smells of coffe, chocolate and sometihing burnt or smokey like a whiskey barrel aged beer. The aroma develops and changes over time as the beer gets warmer. Smoothest imperial stout Ive ever tasted! Tastes of coffe, rosted malt and some acid like in a very dark chocolate.

Bottle. Look: Black, big and thick beige head. Smell: Complex. Coffee, chocolate, someting bourbon-like (and smokey). Taste: Lots of coffee, some strange sharp flavor, (acid) dark chocolate, nutty. Lacks of real power/character. Overall: Full bodied, thick and incredible smooth. Well made and unusual stout.