Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Stout
Ibaraki, Japan

330ml bottle. Pours black with a huge creamy tan head that looks like a sponge. Nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, and sweet malts. Big espresso flavor with dark chocolate, vanilla, and hint of balancing sweetness. Light and smooth on the palate. An excellent, drinkable coffee stout.

330 ml bottle from Country Club Liquors. Nose of espresso, coffee, light vanilla, and chocolate. Black with a medium, glass-lacing, tan head. Flavor is heavy coffee, light bitterness, and some vanilla and pepperiness.

pours black with a large tan head. aroma is COFFEE and espresso with some chocolate, malt, and sweetness. drinks similar with tons and tons of espresso/dark coffee.

330ml bottle pours black liquid with a big beige long-lasting head. The aroma of strong coffe,malt,sweetness.Mouth feel medium and silky smooth. The flavor is lightly sweet. espresso, with a full malty light bitterness. There isn’t a complexity that would be nice, but the light espresso bitterness lingers on and on. Finishes with long chocolaty bitterness, dried fruit, and of course espresso. I wasn’t so sure of it at the first few sips, but it definitley grows on you. If you like coffe and you like beer, then kanpai!

Bottle. Pours a black color with a longlasting tan head. Has a roasted malty espresso coffee aroma. Roasted malty coffee flavor with some hitns of chocolate. Has a roasted malty bitter espresso coffee finish.

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Very black, beige head. Aroma of tabasco and espresso. Dryish and lightly sourish with strong coffee flavour. Medium bodied with heavyheanded roastiness. Long salty bitterness. Interesting and powerful, but also oily and a bit too sourish.

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm) Pitch black colour with frothy, brown head. Roasted, malty nose with distinct notes of freshly ground, heavily roasted coffee and dark bitter chocolate. Roasted, malty taste with strong black coffee, cocoa powder, hints of dark fruit and prunes, and a dry finish with a generous coffee bitterness. Medium body with smooth, creamy mouthfeel. Dry. Maybe a bit one dimensional, but a lovely beer with and impressive coffee character.

330ml Bottle: Aroma of espresso, slight tart fruit, chocolate, cream, light roasted malts, and hints of berries and vanilla. Poured pitch black in color with a small brown head that lasted throughout. Opaque. Sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet and light to medium bitter. Tastes of espresso, bitter chocolate, roasted malts, slight sugar, and some cream. Medium to full body. Very chalky texture. Average carbonation. Lightly bitter, chocolate coffee, and slight sugar finish is chalky and lightly dry.