Hitachino Nest Ancient Nipponia

Formerly brewed at Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Ibaraki, Japan

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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0.55l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. This is a cloudy golden yellow one, absolutely packed with particles and a small light bubbly top. Really fruity on the nose with lots of citrus, grape and some cat pee. A bit "old" perhaps but nice enough. It’s average on the carbonation with a soft oily mouthfeel. Nice flavors. Well hopped, packed with the same citrus found in the aroma. A bit sharp, bitter almost zesty sting. Both taste and flavor almost likely squeezed through a juice-press after they have made un-sugared lemonade. Nice within a boring genre. 06.02.2013

Hatachino Nipponia Golden Ale is definitely a quality beer. Nice cloudy wheat pour with a pillowy head. Aroma is pleasantly yeasty. Taste is a bit sour with a slight alcohol bite. A mild bitterness mellows it all out. Nipponia Golden ale is an overall pleasant brew.

Aroma: floral, peaches, slight medicinal aroma (rubbing alcohol). Flavor: pear, ripe golden delicious apple, peach, bourbon barrel vanilla, toasted carmel, slight melon Comment: really unique.

Bottle shared with (and great courtasy of) the Bergen Tasting Crew. Has a bit unclear golden straw yellow colour with a small grey-white head. Sweet aroma of pale malt, hay, cirtus, some hops and spices. Sweet is also the flavour along with some pepper and more citrus and lime. There’s some sweet corn too, and a nice hoppy touch in the end. Has a slick mouthfeel, and a light to medium bitterness. Feels fresh and is an okay golden ale with a nice hoppy touch.

Bottle, shared with Bergen Beer Geek Tasting Crew. Pours a hazy straw-hued body with a small white head. Nose is citrusy lime and straw tones, honey, herbs and hints of lemon. Very inviting. Taste is floral citric herbal tones, lemon zest, lime, hints of straw. Very refreshing and nice. Smooth and soft body with medium carbonation. A straight up delicious golden ale (which is a genre demanding a lot for me to score it high).

550 ml. Bottle purchased for take away from Brewdog Camden. This spend some time in the cellar, so I assume that this is the 2011 Version. Bright golden with spotty white head. Smell is sweet cheese from the sorachi ace, less blue chess in this one just sweeter yellow cheese, butter in a good way, not from infections etc. golden fields of barley, sweet sugar summer fruit. Sweet yellow cheese Sorachi ace taste blended with some floral touches, sweeter punch fruits with sugar, white wine grapes, fields of barley, soft fruits, good way butter, light bitter spice in the back. Appears to have lost some potency and body with age but still very lovely and original.

Getreidiger, mild hellmalziger Beginn. Süffig, aufkommende Bitterkeit. Geringe Herbe, etwas langweilig. 9/8/9/9//8

Wheat and mild citrus aroma. Golden, cloudy, carbonated, frothy white head and decent lacing. Wheat, citrus, grain, rice, and alcohol taste notes. Full bodied, mild bitterness, and strange wheat-citrus finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

The aroma is bready, lemon. The appearance is cloudy yellow/orange, white head. The flavor is lemony, citrus, bread, light vegetable. The finish is lemon, citrus, lingering bitterness. Medium in body, slightly thick. I was very interested in trying this beer. Pretty good.