Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Traditional Ale
Ibaraki, Japan

Bottle 330 ml
Appearance : Look of unfiltered grape juice with white typical top.
Nose : Rich wheat like aroma , fruity character , touch o strawberry.7-
Flavour/Palate : Fruity, slightly sour with softer grainy character found below. Quiet complex, multilayered ale . Red, sweet apple like tartness, touch of green fruits well, scented jasmine rice.

18 Sept 07. 330mL bottle, 7% ABV. Bright pink ruby color. No head. Aroma of sweet Kalamata olives. Awesome aroma. Sweet flavors of roses with an olive acidic tartness lingering in the end. An odd beer! No malts detected. Hops?? don’t think so. I’m eating a Kalamata Olive.

Bottled. An unclear pinkish orange beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet fruity especially peaches, but also some red berries and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of red currant, peaches, and caramel with a slight of acidity.

From memory. Nothing special. My dinner companions were excited by the red rice label. Bit amberish. Average.

Pours a cloudy pinkish with an off white head with pink tones. Nose is mild with a slight alcohol presence. Very slight touch of yeast as well. Flavor is fruity with an odd ricey edge. Pretty odd really. Very earthy and plant like palate on it. Very unusual. Feel is good with a nice bubble to it. Borders on syrupy, but isn’t quite there yet. Drinkable, sure. It’s definitely a unique brew. But yet again, not sure if this one is worth going back to for the coin.

Bottle. Pours hazy reddish orange, slightly salmon colored off white head. Aroma is malt and grain. Flavor is malt, slight smoke, grain. Light in flavor but on the refreshing side.

Name: Red Rice
Date: 07/29/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

opaque amber, whispy beige head, touch of lace, dry carmel malt aroma with floral hops and a very light tartness, creamy malt flavor, touch of sweetness, light balancing hops

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Beer is slightly cloudy medium pumpkin-orange brown. Head is initally small, off-white/palest rose, frothy. Diminishes quickly and almost totally.<P>The first impression on the nose is intriguing—savory-leaning malt and citrus. Malty with a moderate note of toasted brown rice/grain, light/moderate cracker; Hoppy with a moderate note of orange zest, light note of herbal resin; Yeasty with a light note of damp basement; Moderate miscellaneous notes of wet wood, slight evocation of sake-like mineral note.<P>The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter with a long, lightly/moderately bitter, lightly sweet finish. Woodsy retros, some grain too.<P>The body is medium, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.<P>Unique, neat, enjoyable.