Hitachino Nest Weizen

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Ibaraki, Japan

Bottled. An unclear golden beer with a huge lazing off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of citrus, wheat, peaches, yeast, and spices. The flavor is very sweet with notes of citrus, brettanomyces, and wheat, leading to a lightly tart wheaty finish.

Amber coloured, very hazy. Lively, estery. Big banan flavour. mellow and drinkable. They could have fooled me into believing I was drinking a Bavarian hefeweizen.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and pale yellow with a huge white head. Dry brett and yeasty aroma with a light spice note. Light bodied. Mild fruity and medium dry brett flavoured. Holds a subdued dryness clearly overdone by a mild fruity note. Mild fruity and delicate finish. Nice brett fruity off flavoured, clearly not as intended but nice.

Bottle at Nya Tröls, Malmö. Hazy yellow coloured with a medium sized white head. Acidic aroma of fruits and bret with notes of barnyard. Fruity flavour of brett and barnyard with notes of citrus. Light watery. Fruity finish. Don’t know whether the brett was intended, but definitely not a german hefeweizen.

Date: 04/04/2002
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

Hazy yellow, light sweet aroma and flavor, clean,
-------- /> Date: 05/18/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Score: ii to i

Hazy yellow, slight tart aroma, tart lemony flavor, hint of sweetness, needs complexity

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 2/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 2/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.3/5.0
Score: 4
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Very luminous amber, but hazy - this really looks good in the sunlight; complex aroma with banana, smokey phenols; palate is smooth and sweet, like apples covered in icing sugar, followed by yeast, malt and florals.

Amber body with big off-white froth. Aroma is banana and clove, some yeastiness and apple, and a hint of smoke(!). Taste is banana and clove, but also some lemon and apple tartness. Finishes with a touch of floral.

Bottle. Poured a light to medium orangish color with a smaller sized head. Aromas of wheat, caramel, with some bananas and cloves. The bananas and cloves come out a little stronger in the tastes with some citrus.