Hitachino Nest White Ale

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Ibaraki, Japan

Bottle. Pours a very faint gold to light straw color, slightly hazy with a thin head. The flavors are very light, there is definitely some citrus, but I’m sort of missing the coriander and nutmeg. It is so light it is almost un-beer-like, but it is pretty good. Very clean and refreshing.

(bottle - 330 ml) Very hazy gold pour with a puffy white head. Aroma is very spicy and grainy with a strong amount of coriander and orange peel. Flavor is grainy and spicy at the beginning with a lot of the coriander coming through in the middle. The finish is bitter and spicy with some of the orange zest and wheat providing a dry bitterness.

Holy cow, the little owl on the bottle cap makes it the cutest ever. Pours very cloudy yellow with white head. Aroma is of ginger, spices, and sweet malt. Flavor is wacky! Coriander, sweet malt, ginger, acidic. Mouthfeel is effervescent and very dry. Overall, a little wacky but nice.

Pours a very hazy bright yellow color with a fading white head. Citrus scents (mainly oranges) dominate the aroma as well as the taste. There’s a little bit of coriander spices throughout. Tingly on the palate and goes down smooth.

Bottle. Pours with a murky yellow hue with a small white head that is mostly diminishing. Aroma is strongly of bread, yeast, some citrus, with some fruity notes in it as well. Flavor has a bready/yeasty beginning with an exotic fruity ending. Medium mouthfeel with light carbonation. I really enjoyed this beer - it was an easy drink and a refreshing one at that!

21oz bottle from Total Wine (Tampa, FL). Pours a hazy dark yellow color with one finger white head that settles slowly and laces the glass. Aroma is sweet and citrusy with notes of grass, wheat, lemon, spice, some hints of honey and caramel. Flavor is sweet and floral as well with notes of juniper, honey, lemon, citrus, orange peel, spice, hints of caramel and clove. Generally light to medium body with a pleasing lemon citrus finish.

Bottle. Pours with a small, foamy white head and a hazy golden body. Marginal lacing. Aroma is floral and spicy with a slight earthy/brett presence. Perfumey with tangerine. Taste is very floral with exotic citrus (yuzu?), again, a slightly earthy brett note, honey and light spice. Lively carbonation and a dry mouthfeel.

Bottle. Poured bright yellow with a fizzy white head that settles out quickly. Aromas of rice, spice, citrus, and slightly musty. Lemon and spice stood out in the flavor. Light body and fizzy carbonation.