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Kiuchi: Hitachino Nest White Ale (5.5% version)

This witbier is/was brewed by Kiuchi in Ibaraki-ken Naka-gun, Japan. It's achieved an overall score of 61.71%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 5.50%. It was purchased online from Beer52 on 24 Aug 2024.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

A pretty standard but very drinkable white. Pours a hazy yellow with a short lived white head. The aroma is lemon, orange candy, and yeast but its very mild in every aspect. The flavor is a lemon and candy orange up front, with some grassy hops, touch of spice, something I cant quite pin but I recognize, finishs on a sort of lemon soap flavour, but
Cant help but be amused by sitting in South Carolina, drinking a Belgian-style Witbier made in Japan. Craft beer globalism is sweet. Nice bottle, nice novelty value, and, hey, nice beer as well. Not a classic, life-changing Wit, but it hits all the right notes, grassy and spicy and with a solid yeast backbone that couples well with the orange, h
not a very strong aroma, with some banana notes as well as lots of bread. taste is banana with some spice, not overdone at all, just the right amount of subtlety with a really good depth of flavour. mouthfeel is great, a really nice light refreshing feel. nice summer beer.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
6th Nov 2024 at 8:00 pm can (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.50 light to medium golden and slightly cloudy Taste: 94.12%
Head: 66.67%
Aroma: 76%
Ease: 82.22%
Clarity: 50%
 61.705% sweet-wheat 996

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Other Beers (etc.) by Kiuchi

Apart from Hitachino Nest White Ale (5.5% version), Hop Horizons lists 12 others by Kiuchi. These are:
Hitachino Dai Dai Ale IPA
Hitachino Nest Commemorative Ale 2010
Hitachino Nest Extra High (XH) 8%
Hitachino Nest Ginger Beer
Hitachino Nest Red Rice
Hitachino Nest Sweet Stout
Hitachino Nest White Ale (5% version)
Hitachino Nest Yuzu Lager
Japanese Classic Ale
Nest Beer Pale Ale
Nest Beer Weizen
Saison du Japon

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