Hitachino Nest Weizen - Kiuchi Brewery

Jason

Massachusetts

4.1/5  rDev +9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Tight little bone coloured lace, murky orange colour from the yeast being swirled and poured into the glass. Faint clove and a soft fruitiness in the aroma, fruitiness makes obvious suggestion of banana. Crispness is a somewhat viscous from the flexed medium body and the stiff carbonation. Estery with a palate cleansing spicy clove, nutty with fruity flavours of banana and pear. Big twang from the fermented wheat that leaves a touch of lemon and grain. A good go at the German Hefe-weizen style, perhaps too much body and that takes away from the drinkability other than that this is a really good beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-15-2002 18:08:42 | More by Jason

Todd

Massachusetts

3.73/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Presentation: 11oz stuby bottle with that trademark owl on the label. No freshness date.

Appearance: Plenty of yeast in the bottle, so I swirl it up to create a cloudy orange-ish beer with a patchy white foam head -- decent retention.

Smell: Musty, clove, caramel and faint, very faint, banana.

Taste: Smooth and very creamy on the palate. Body is more or less light. Faint flavour of pool water, followed by an immediate lemon (touch of lime) tartness that is near puckering, and Sprite-like when combined with the tight carbonation on the palate. Malt flavours kick-in with a mellow sweetness, touch of toasty caramel, banana esters, yeasty must and a rounding dash of clove. Finish is a bit spicy and musty, going dry eventually.

Notes: This is truly a bit of something special, for many reasons. 1) A weizen from Japan? How'd that happen? 2) It's a fine example of the style, and 3) It's darnright tasty as hell!

However, this being said, you can't beat a weizen from the source ...

Serving type: bottle

04-03-2002 19:17:33 | More by Todd

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

05-08-2013 03:56:19 | More by tommyguz

Mattias

Sweden

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

05-06-2013 19:07:28 | More by Mattias

Janeinma

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

04-25-2013 01:11:03 | More by Janeinma

Lost_in_Prawet

Thailand

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

04-05-2013 12:24:56 | More by Lost_in_Prawet

rainydays2020

New York

3.71/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Drank it from a tulip glass. I don't remember the specifics as I drank it yesterday afternoon. It had a very dry Japanese, Sapporo-esque dryness that I didn't prefer at first. After a few sips it really grew on me. An interesting Beer with a very light smell.

Serving type: bottle

03-30-2013 21:19:36 | More by rainydays2020

Poupae

Thailand

4/5  rDev +6.4%

03-28-2013 09:14:40 | More by Poupae

Hultkrantz

Sweden

3.5/5  rDev -6.9%

03-23-2013 23:31:12 | More by Hultkrantz

metter98

New York

3.76/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

A: The beer is hazy pale yellow in color and has a moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a half finger high white head that died down and left a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of wheat are present in the nose along with notes of bananas.
T: The taste very much follows the smell and has flavors of wheat and bananas. There are some hints of spices towards the finish.
M: It feels light-bodied on the palate and has a moderate to high amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is easy to drink and is a good representation of the style.

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2013 15:08:38 | More by metter98

Lob

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +13%

03-09-2013 02:48:36 | More by Lob

Danielr26

Michigan

2.25/5  rDev -40.2%

03-02-2013 01:55:48 | More by Danielr26

BugTownPub

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +6.4%

02-12-2013 04:35:09 | More by BugTownPub

LambicPentameter

Kansas

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

02-03-2013 20:55:10 | More by LambicPentameter

Hoppsbabo

United Kingdom (England)

3.96/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

A: Cloudy straw yellow. Big white head.

S: General wheat smell and a sherbet-like yeast aroma.

T: Full flavoured with a bit of banana. Slightly bitter for a weizen which is fine by me. Tiny bit of marzipan and some coriander right at the back as it's going down the gullet.

M: Not much in the way of carbonation, which I like.

O: Better than your average weizen but not quite top notch. I bought it in Korea which is next to Japan and yet it was ludicrously expensive. Otherwise it's a very sessionable beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2013 00:04:08 | More by Hoppsbabo

matjack85

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -13.6%

01-29-2013 13:55:25 | More by matjack85

Serge

Alberta (Canada)

3.3/5  rDev -12.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

It pours a nice, hazy orange-golden body with a small off-white head. Slightly yeasty nose with some banana and lemon, sweetness and a little bit of cloves. Almost syrupy sweet in the mouth, with some fruity sourness, cloves and banana. Strange, but quite nice, even though it’s far from the regular hefeweizen. Effervescent. Lemony, acidic finish. For a hefeweizen, it’s both very sweet and very sour.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2013 04:45:24 | More by Serge

YamagamiTravis

Japan

4/5  rDev +6.4%

01-23-2013 13:41:31 | More by YamagamiTravis

-ronin-

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +13%

01-21-2013 23:41:44 | More by -ronin-

merc7186

New York

3.5/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle into pint glass.

A: Hazy Orangish Hue, Passes Most Light, White Head Ring, Mild Lacing

S: Wheat, Oranges

T: Corn, Wheat, Mild Oranges, Mild Cane Sugar

M: Mediocre Carbonation, Light to Medium Bodied, Mildly Sweet

Overall, the carbonation was a little lacking but the taste was good enough, definitely not worth the 5.69/bottle that I paid though.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2012 21:03:53 | More by merc7186

eaddy-p

4/5  rDev +6.4%

12-22-2012 20:51:19 | More by eaddy-p

rm9679

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +13%

11-13-2012 01:09:54 | More by rm9679

danipp

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%

11-10-2012 19:18:49 | More by danipp

yoroxanne

4/5  rDev +6.4%

10-30-2012 02:59:45 | More by yoroxanne

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

2.78/5  rDev -26.1%
look: 1.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

This beer poured out as a bright yellow color with some floating particles in there. The head is fizzy and white. No retention or lacing at all on this beer. The smell of the beer is a little spicy, the traditional clove aromas are there. The aroma doesn't give off my o the soft bready aromas that I feel it should. The taste of the beer has a big clove flavor with a minimal banana flavor like most have. The mouthfeel of the beer was a little high in carbonation and a bit watery. Overall I wasn't very impressed with this beer.

Serving type: bottle

10-23-2012 22:28:49 | More by Knapp85