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Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Ale

Percentile
89
overall
Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Ibaraki, Japan

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3193.55/5.03.53/5.07%79.8Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Hitachino Japanese Classic Ale is brewed following the original India Pale Ale brought to Japan in the 19th century . It is slowly matured in Cedar casks which are commonly used in the brewing of traditional Japanese sake.
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 dkachur (2376), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
Jun 27, 2009  
11.2 ounce bottle. Pours a very hazy orange color. Medium head with decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is sweet floral hop notes along with some earthinees. Caramel and candied fruits also. Taste is toasted malts with heavy earthy, herbal hops. Ginger comes through very strongly along with lots of pepper and other herbs. As the beer warms, lots of vanilla nd wood notes show up. Medium bodied. Very dry. Nice beer.


 fonefan (11640), VestJylland, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jun 17, 2009  
Bottle 330ml.
Unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, rice, carame, old malt, pepper. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, and a moderate to heavy peppery finish. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090320]


 Butters (1652), Virginia, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/52/103/57/20
Jun 4, 2009  
Sampled at the Alexi Distributors event at Limelight. Thanks Jim Bird! This was just like licking a humidor. Nice try, but the cedar is just too prevalent for me to get behind this.


 Palidor19 (1780), Brandon, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jun 3, 2009  
slight aromatic wit ha touch of caramel and fruit. lots of sediment, with a touch of fruitfulness. I like this a lot.


 nick76 (2665), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/103/510/20
Jun 3, 2009  
The aroma is like paint, carrots, spices, herbs, yeast, caramel, and wood. The appearance is hazy amber with a foamy head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin. Overall this is not bad but not that good either, just average.


 robforbes (1099), Bremerton, Washington, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/512/20
May 15, 2009  
pours a cloudy orange with a small off-white head, and some lacing. smell is faint, grain, spice, and a touch of citrus. taste is smooth and creamy, grain, some spice, some citrus, a little woody, and a touch of pine in back.


 Svesse (2653), Hässelby, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
May 13, 2009  
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm) Amber colour with lasting, frothy, beige head. Malty, slightly fruity nose with notes of dried fruit, caramel, orange peel and perfumy hints of cedar. Malty, fruity taste with caramel, dried fruit, orange and apricots. Fairly sweet with some earthy bitterness evolving throughout the finish. Nice and tasty beer with a perfumy touch from the cedar wood.


 anders37 (4700), Malmö, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
May 10, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small white head. Hasa fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter flavor with some hints of citrus. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish. with some bitterness in the aftertaste.



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