Hitachino Nest Lacto Sweet Stout

Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
Ibaraki, Japan

Pours a milky brown with a light brown head and an aroma of slightly-off creamy milk. Hmmm. Brown ale with light lacto sourness, well-blended, leafy finish. Light creamy body, thin with light carbonation. Innnteresting... more of a brown ale than a stout.

11.2 oz bottle from Newark. Very unimpressed and totally pissed I spent as much as I did on this average at best beer. Poured a deep black with a small unimpressie bubbly off-white head. Aroma of soy, dark bakers choclate, burnt grains and slightly sour milk. Body is thin and dry with very noticeable carbonation for a stout, yuck!! Flavor of soy dominates with notes of burnt malts and dark bitter bakers chocolate. This one was sooooooooo not worth the money especially since I was overcharged and didn’t realize it till I was an hour away and couldn’t do anything about it.

Bottle. Pours near black with a beige head. Roasty aroma with some lighter notes of chocolate milk. The flavor has sweet and roasted malt with notes of chocolate. Not bad.

Botle. For a sweet stout aroma surprised me a bit. Mild sweet malt and some smoke in aroma. Black body highly carbinated big head. Creamy sweet caramel with some moderate chocolate in the flavor. Odd brew flavor changed with each gulp.

Dark brown pour with a non-existant head- a white sudsy ring forms and lasts througout. Aroma is oatmeal, sour milk, cream, and barley grain. Flavor is a welcome change from the aroma- lactic sugars, sweet oatmeal-est, and a mellow milk chocolate subside into a barely noticable coffee note. Palate is medium bodied, with low effervescence and a refreshing, clean finish. Not bad at all.

Dark brown pour, almost no head. Aroma is mostly sour milk and oatmeal, also a bit of grain; not very pleasant. Flavor really isn’t bad; I was expecting something horrific after that aroma. Taste is like a classic milk stout; lactic qualities, along with a bit of chocolate and coffee- maybe some oat notes as well. Palate is average, but not bad. People seem to really be hating this beer, but it’s not all that bad.

Yawner. Especially for this beer style. Poured with a short but enduring tan head and good lace. Aroma is mild of malt, roastiness, caramel, and chocolate. Flavor’s about the same, but with some tartness and funkyness. Body is thin and ok carbonation. Not one of my favs. Cant see it as a session.

Pours black into a snifter. Tan head recedes leaving no lacing to hug rim. Chocolate aromas. Sharp, tingling sweet summer fruit upfront.