Hitachino Nest XH

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Belgian Ale
Ibaraki, Japan

Draft at Mr. Dunderbaks. Poured a hazy amber color with a dense tan head. Nose is very yeasty and belgian like with notes of caramel and wood. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Sweet malty flavor, with caramel, spice, and apple notes. This one starts pretty sweet with some tangy notes following all leading to a mildly bitter finish.

Pours a hazy amber with beige head. Aroma of sake, wood, sour fruit candy. Pretty carbonated. Sour/woody finish. Interesting, unique sake beer.

Bottle shared with scottyp and curly at woody’s. Pours a hazy orange amber with large sustainable tan head and sparkling lacing. Definite sake aroma notes with a cedary woody tartness. Flavor is sake and tart cherries. Good high carbonation with tiny bubbles like a good champagne. Extremely unique beer. Good to through in as a change up at a tasting. But expensive.

firm head, garnet in color, slight cloud. a - cinnamon, spearmint, cedar. t - ginger, sweet wood, menthol, ash, spearmint. mf - tannins, lively carbonation. an original. the aroma is awesome.

Strong oaked sake aroma, though it reminds me of cedar aged sake. But anyway. Also get a lemon powder aroma (Lemon Heads anyone?) Soft firm bronze, rapid rising tan head. Love this unique beer. Distinct sides of cedar, sake and orange.

Bottle. Pours a hazy amber with a thick and creamy head. A woody and fruity aroma. Taste of caramel, slightly tart fruit, malts and spicy hops. This is the beer that opened my eyes to Japanese craft beers.

The body is amber in color, hazy with a LARGE 3" head. Took awhile for the beer to lay down a bit. Aroma is fruity (mostly light flesh fruit), subtle tartness, woody, and yeasty. I could also pick-up a faint acidic/vinegary smell. Peaches, malty caramel, orange peel, woody and herbal notes round out the flavor.

Single bottle purchased at Chucks’ in Chagrin Falls for $4.99. Pour was a nice heady one. Lots of foamy cream, densely packed bubbles with a little of the amber color from the beer giving it a tint. Aroma is a nice gently fruity wood scent. Almost like fresh wood and bubble gum. This just gives off a very nice clean woody scent. It isn’t overpowering, and it the sweetness is only slightly fruity. Flavor has this nice dryness at the start. The woody-ricey texture jumps out before the hops and the malt bring you back down to earth. Really runs around the mount, starting crisp, getting smooth and then ending with a lemony crisp hop finish.