Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Traditional Ale
Ibaraki, Japan

Bottle. Nutty, malty. Do get a ricey character, but i have to say, it didn’t do anything for me. Slightly acidic finish, with some citrus.

The Bomb. This full flavored red rice ale has tones of cinnamon candies and maple sugar. with a nice dry finish. Excellent Beer

MoBev distributing. A yeasty aroma with light citrus notes and tart apples. Golden color. Complex flavors-apples, caramel, sweet, syrup, with a trifecta of dry, sour and tart flavors. Interseting japanese brewery with interesting flavors.

This beer had something very different about it, I didn’t know what it was at the time of tasting. But i learned they actually use Red Rice. Very soft, sweet, very unique.

I gave this a shot, and it was nothing great. There was a unige aroma to go with the dark amber color. But the mouth feel was weak, and, glad I had someone to share this with.

The aroma is very unusual. It smells a little like an American macro, but also musty and a little sweet. tea colored with a fast fading head. This tastes a little like tapioca and rice pudding mixed together. The taste is not like anything I have ever had. very unusual, but the flavor palette doesn’t move much. You get that pudding sweetness and a touch of bite at the end and that is all. Definitely worth the try, but not something I’d seek out again.

11.2 oz. bottle. Highly unique aroma, nutty, toasty and faintly sweet and fruity with hints of berry, band-aid phenols and something like a pond in summer, replete with algae... Dark orange in color, hazy and lightly sedimented with a lasting, creamy, off-white head. Flavor profile is complex but seems rather strange, with aspects of toasty, bready malts, wheat-like acidity, cellar must, menthol, citric zest (lime?), mint, and, late, a faint amount of peppery bitterness. Palate is effervescent and lively, body is medium. Not wholly pleasant initially, but I’ve sort of warmed to it a bit. Quite a lot going on here, no doubt.

Pours to a large head; a reddish-brown color. A fruity aroma. Taste wise, it is very different from any beer I’ve tried. Like the "Commercial Description" says, it is a very complex beer with stawberry flavors. However, those are mixed in with all kinds of other flavors; bitter, sour, and even sweet. I don’t think I’d buy this again, but I’m glad I tried it. If you want something much different from the norm, try this. However, I don’t necessarily think it’s a "great" beer.