Hitachino Nest Lacto Sweet Stout

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Ibaraki, Japan

looks & pours nicely into glass, then turns horribbly south. stale cardboard, old coffe bitterness on palate & finshes with funky wet cardboard notes

Aroma was sweet, molasses with a hint of caramel. Poured a deep black, with a quickly diminishing head. Smooth feel, but this beer lacks in complexity. Seemed almost tasteless to me, a little sweet, but that was about it. The finish seemed sour to me. Didn’t like it very much.

Raisin aroma with a slight woody scent at the end. Black color with a small brown head. Sweet beginning with a sour tangy finish. Palate is creamy in the beginning and light in the finish.

The color was brown with a thin, tan, and fizzy head. The aroma was smokey, roasty, coffee, and sweet. The flavor was the same. The palate was thin. The finish was fain smoke and roast.

Bottle courtesy of Tony @ OTH. Pour a dark brown. Aroma is roasted / caramel malts. I find it to be a watered down version of the excellent Hitachino Espresso Stout. This one is very light and sweet with the lactose, and the yeast / hop are giving it a little bitterness.

Large bottle. Pours a dark brown with minor ruby notes. The head is about a finger or two head, creamy and tan. The nose is creamy, roasty, chocolate, light lactose, meaty. The flavor is a bit of a stepdown. Thin, bitter, fruity, sour bite, metallic, roasty.

Bottle. Poured a deep black body with thin head. Aroma is light chocolate, cocoa. Flavor is light milk chocolate, sweet malt and light citrus.

Bottle, thanks Jesse: Admittedly, this brewing company scares me. Every time I try one of their beers it is close to the worst beer I have had that evening. That being said, this pours a dark mahogany pour with no head. Aroma is liquid smoked wood. Abandoned salty campfire. Flavor is congruent with aroma with traces of sugars and lactose. It’s like eating a toasted marshmellow from a cigarette ashtray. GAH! WHY!!!