Hitachino Nest New Year Celebration Ale

Bottled, thanks hopsrus! Nut brown with lively rich head. Vinous nose full of hoppy grapefruit and nutmeg. Sweet, full bodied and clean. Warming and tea-like with notes of orange. Some salty, spicy bitterness.

Hazy dark amber colour. Very aromatic - big malts, orange, coriander, ginger (in retrospect, oops!). Overcarbonated. Very sweet - spicy, fruity with lots of orange ans slight sugary notes. This is a fun beer, very savoury, but the carbonation is a major problem. Overcarbonation is like a staticy radio station - you know the song is good but the reception is lousy and that definitely takes away from the experience.

Pours with a huge orange-tan head, which when reduced leaves a cloudy copper body. Remarkable amount of sediment dislodged at the end of the bottle. Aroma is orange peel, coriander, wheat, and some herbal hoppy. Taste is medium sweet, orange peel, vinous, light vanilla, finishing with some grapefruit and herbal, and light alcohol. Full body with vinous characteristics.

Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with a medium sized off white ehad. Fruity and spicy aroma of yeast and caramel. Spicy flavour of caramel, fruits and yeast with notes of brett. Yeasty and hoppy finish.

Name: New Year Celebration
Date: 12/06/2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC
Vintage: 2004

cloudy dark amber, foamy tan head that eventually subsides into a creamy head, light spicy aroma, rich malt flavor with a well balanced spicy character with hints of nutmeg and cinnamon, orange and coriander appear after warming,
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Name: New Year Celebration
Date: 05/20/2006
Vintage: 2004 vintage

tons of carbonation, lots of spices with ginger and cinamon,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **/4