Hitachino Nest Pale Ale

Hitachino Nest Pale Ale

This Pale Ale is made according to the old method of brewing using lots of malts and hops from England.
Please enjoy the rich flavor of aroma hops.

Hop: Chinook, Perle, Hallertau, Sonnet

Malt: Pale,Crystal
SRM: 13
3.3
160 reviews
Naka, Japan

Community reviews

3.9 I have found this bottle, at Biervana, in Munich, trying and enjoying this bottle, at home, in Epalinges. The color is copper and aorange bit orange, clear, regular carbonation, thin and white foam. This one is almost an IPA, good and smooth, side of resine, pine tree, strawberry, a pleasant bitterness and hop.
3.6 330ml bottle from Beru Vykhodnoy in Moscow. Pours opaque copper with a tall off-white head. Aroma is caramel malt, citrus. Taste is fruity, caramel, light to medium bitterness.
3.5 Online order @ LCBO, nice pale ale, nothing to envy to competition as a basic reference, well done from Japan.
1.5 幾苦，但啤酒花未夠香
3.1 Аромат хмелевой, весьма горький, легкие еловые нотки. Цвет немного темнее чем должен быть. Пена хорошая, большая, хотя и мыльная немного. Вкус питкий, сильно карбонизирован. Вкус по началу нравится, но вот послевкусие не очень. А точнее это лично мои пристрастия к именно этому хмелю и его еловые и лесные нотки мне не нравятся. Ну а так среднее пиво.
4.0 0.33 l bottle from K-Citymarket Ruoholahti, Helsinki. English School of Pale Ale, well, maybe a bit on the bitter side. No American Citrus, but pine trees.
3.6 Half pint of the cask condition version at the Hitachino Brewing Lab at Tokyo Station in Japan. Appearance is a clear coppery amber with no froth as it is not carbonated, which also meant that the aromas were muted, but there is no repressing the caramel notes in the brew. Taste is unusual, this seems to be a traditional English pale ale with few hops, so it is caramel, malty, some bitter piney notes, in a smooth medium bodied brew.
3.2 A light coppery colour, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has caramel malts, some citrus, also wood. Taste has caramel, wood, citrus, quite mild bitterness. More caramel in the end. Medium bodied. Quite lots of caramel.
3.3 Robe ambré vif et limpide, mousse rousse correcte, un peu grossière. Carbo assez faible. Nez très grillé, toasté. En bouche, c'est assez doux avec de gros arômes toastés, une pointe fleurie. Plutôt agréable. Longue en bouche, amertume légère, surtout en finale. Sympa.
3.6 5.5%ABV. West coast IPA. Nose has fresh pine, citrus oil, orange zest, and pine resin. There is a sweet malt body to the aroma that suggest toasted graham crackers, and pie crusts. Mouthfeel is juicy. Palate has toast, graham crackers, pie crusts and bread crumbs. Hops are spicy, woody, minty, with a sappy bitter finish. Finish is clean, dry, medium-long and with a pleasant floral sappy bitter.
3.2 18/8/2018. Bottle from Beers of Europe, Kings Lynn. Pours pale amber with a large foamy but short lasting off-white head. Aroma of hops, malt, caramel, flowers, straw and light pine. Moderate sweetness, bitterness and body. Slight oily texture, average to lively carbonation.
3.3 On tap at Kiuchi taproom, Mito station, Ibaraki, Japan. An amber/straw coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, malty, caramel aroma. Tastes hoppy, malty, caramel. Easy drinking pale ale.
3.7 Hazy straw pour with clingy white head. Nose was caramel malt, noble hops. Tasted rich in palate, with caramel malt, hops, like a souped up British bitter with more hops and florals.
3.6 330ml bottle. Golden amber coloured with a slight haze, medium white head. Aroma is fruity, light malts, caramel. Taste is also fruity, sweet, caramel, malts, light bitterness. Light bodied, soft-average carbonation that died out by the time I finished. Not bad, like a Golden/APA hybrid.
3.3 33cl Bottle @ Estucerveza.com, Valencia, Spain. Amber colour with a medium size white head. Aroma is malt, straw, hops, citrus. Taste is malt, sweet, slightly hoppy Medium body, average carbonation.
3.7 On tap in Tokyo. Pours a clear amber color with a medium white head. A nice sweet fruity and caramel nose. Spicy hops, light citrus, caramel, bready biscuit malt base. Solid.
3.2 Clear amber, with a medium frothy head, some lacing. Aroma of ale malts, caramel and light citrus. Taste is malts, caramel, butter, yeasty funk, some citrus and light notes of tropical fruits, all quite mild. Medium bitterness, light body, thin feel, lively carbonation at first, slightly bitter finish. Boring.
2.9 Bottle to English pint glass, the appearance was a semi-bronzed copper color with a slight transparency more so along the sides of the beer. Fingers worth of foamy white head slid off at an even pace. Not much lace. The aroma had some biscuity dry malts, somewhat like crackers with some dried hops (Fuggles, I think). Little bit of earthiness, grassiness and dried citrusy pulp. The flavor leaned towards the malts with a trying sweetness. I hate to use the word bland but I almost want to say that here. Not much aftertaste and a slightly sticky malty sort of finish. The palate was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine. To be honest, its pretty smooth along my tongue. Overall, some English pale ales have that diacetyl that can be overbearing, at least with this one though I wanted to say bland in this, it didnt have any diacetyl I will give this beer that.
3.3 A refreshing slightly bitter malt forward beer. Refreshing clean but dissapointing no fruit pale ale.
2.5 Bottle. Hazy, amber, minimal head, white foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, light body, thin feel, average carbonation, & abrupt finish.
3.1 Bottle. Amber with a white head and a fiair bit fizz. Sticky breadcrust and orange marmalade, pine. Bit of an old fashioned boiled sweet to the it. Firm bitterness at the end. OK.
3.4 Bottle from Cornwall Specialist Beer, Redruth Cornwall, golden with cream head with a hoppy, floral taste and a floral hoppy aftertaste, a nice smooth pale ale.
3.7 On draught at Taps kl. Pours nut brown, lacy head. Lots of malt. Quite soft and a little sweet. Toasty, nutty, very drinkable. Nice.
3.6 Punainen pöllö puskee kitkerää kielelle, mukava ja hiljainen rakastaja. Saarivaltiot osaa.
3.4 Blind tasted. Deep amber with bit ruby, clear, beige head and bit lacing. Swwet and malty, dark bread, bit toffee. Malty, dry, alcohol evident, low carbonation, dries bit to finish, bit wood, medium body, soft feel.Minimal but balance ok, works for me.
3.5 Bottle nearing its drink-by date. L: pours a hazy copper, small head that doesn’t last long. S: very malt-forward aroma, toffee, caramel. Very faint citrus and pine notes, perhaps dulled by time. T: quite sweet malt base that pushes to the fore, follows the nose, ends with a light citrusy bitter hop flavour. F: nicely carbonated, good full body for the style, the sweetness is balanced out nicely by the bitterness. O: solid. I really like a British ale and this is such easy drinking.
3.0 Pleasant enough, pour is amber with thin white head. Aroma is a mix of faint hop spice and caramel. Flavor is mostly the same as aroma, slight sweet malts. There is some breadiness with a restrained but noticeable hop finish.
3.6 Bottle at Crab & Lobster, Penang. Pours clear amber with an off white head. Aroma of resinous hops, pine, orange peel and caramel malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and over moderate bitter. Medium bodied with a resinous hop coating palate and soft carbonation.
3.3 trade extra. not bad for the English style. of which I’m usually not a fan. british malts and hops in good balance. earth and pine, a little bready. nice easy drinking brew.
3.4 citrus, grass, floral, orange, cloudy, white foam, light sweetness, salty, medium body, astringent. Very fruity in smell, reminiscent of blackberries. Sweet on the tongue, but the initially pleasant aftertaste lingers a bit too long for my tastes. Overall deliciously sweet.