Hitachino Nest XH

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Belgian Ale
Ibaraki, Japan

Bottle at Hamiltons. Pours with an amber body topped by a medium thick head with a good amount of lacing. It’s slightly sour yet sweet with a touch of funk. Light bodied, smooth and a touch dry.

Hazy, caramel brown with big, foamy beige head / Interesting green apple and medicinal nose / Light to medium body, acidic, with good finish / Very funky flavors of green apple, caramel, gingko, and brett / Some good things happening in Japan.

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes fo caramel as well as lighter notes of soap and rice. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, wood, and alcohol, the latter leaves a slightl burn in the throat. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

Bottle from South Bay drugs. Pours a cloudy rusted brown color, small off white ring for a head. Nose of oak, brett, farmhouse funk. Not quite what I was expecting from this beer, pretty good none the less.

11.2oz bottle: pours a hazy dark brown with slow fading off white head, aroma of bananas sweet spices and a hint of malt, this cant be from japan! flavor didnt hold up as well as i thought it wouldsome of the banana and spices carried through but this beer lacks a much needed body and the spices are a little over powering and the banana is almost not even in the taste. this beer was has a lot going for it with some malt body could be one of my favorite but none the less a great beer from japan and a hell of a lot better then what i expected from a asian country. well done.

Pours a cloudy brown color with a thin beige head. Very nice aroma of wood, caramel, mild sourness and fruits. Very good flavor of wood, caramel and fruits, I didn’t get much of the sake flavors in it, of course I don’t know much about sake to begin with. The body is light with a liquorous texture and gentle carbonation. Interesting and well-made.

Smell of waffles, french toast, things that go good with maple syrup, basically. Hazy brown orange hue in the glass. Taste has elements of burnt sugar, caramel, oak, autumn leaves, spiced carrots, and licorice. Kind of a strange and unusual beer. It is sugary, but not in a sweet way, syrupy...yet not in a thick way. Has a certain medicinal quality about it. Interesting glass of beer here. Try?

Bottle from South Bay Drugs. I honestly have always passed this brewing company up when I have noticed them in stores and other shops but my instinct said this might actually be tasty. Creates a dense reddish brown that seems to glow a bit while there is no formation of head to speak of. Once poured there is a bold nose of sweet malts along with a spiced aroma of yeast. The flavor is shocking to my taste buds and the immediate flavors are sugar, wine, and wood barrel, however, the wood apparent is not obvious it stored sake before. Certainly an interesting drink though and well worth a repeat or 2 bottles in one sitting down.