Score
6.60
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350ml can from Total Wine & More, Laguna Hills. Drank on 6th July 2023 at my daughters place. Orange body, no real head, Oranges rule to nose and taste as well. Luckily I like oranges!
33cl bottle. A clear golden beer with a off-white head. Aroma of oranges, sweet malt, resinous hops. Taste of oranges, some pine, resinous hops. Moderate bitterness.
330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 6.0%. Orange to amber colour, only slightly hazy. Moderate head, slightly off-white. Aroma of oranges (some of them decaying) / orange peel / orange marmalade, some grainy and piney notes too. The flavour is better, fruity with oranges again, but not too sweet. Moderate bitterness. Soft mouthfeel. Pleasant to drink.
Bottle, amber beer, small head. Aroma is malt, citrus, hops, lemon. Taste is the same, bitter, lemon, long dry bitter aftertaste. Nice
330ml bottle. Pours a clear orange-gold with a medium, foamy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet aroma of caramel malt, honey, orange peel and floral hops. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, tangerine, orange peel, honey, black tea, earthy yeast and spicy hops in a dry finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. A little weird, but not bad.
Pours a nice amber/orange colour and a creamy off white head with a small layer retention. Aroma's of malts, hops, slightly resinous. Retronasal it's fruity, resinous and light malty. Flavour is light moderate bitter with some malty sweetness. Light medium bodied. Good carbonation. Moderate bitter finish.
Tap at Yellow Ape. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma orange, bit of yeastiness. Taste nice enough, decent orange, bitterness again, quite sweet but something not quite there. I like orange stuff so was a bit disappointed. Will try again some time. Rerate at home from bottle. Either I was pissed or it wasn't as good on tap. Still not mindblowing, but the orange taste is pretty nice. Aroma is a bit caramelly and subtle orange. There is still something not quite there. Taste is good, but something about the body maybe. It feels too thick and not refreshing and crisp enough for me. But definitely prefer it this time.
Imported from my RateBeer account as Hitachino Nest DAiDAi Ale IPA (by Kiuchi Brewery (Hitachino)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5
24/XII/18 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared on Christmas Eve @ home, BB: IX/2019 - (2018-2017)
Clear dark orange beer, creamy irregular off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: bit oxidized, fruity, soapy touch, citrus, grapefruit, bit malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very oxidized, malty, some grapefruit, bitter, bit watery, more bitterness. Aftertaste: soapy, grapefruit, bitter, more oxidation, bit floral, bitter, meh. Ugh, I guess that'll teach me to look up a beer first, then buy it. Here I just grabbed it from the shelf cause it's Hitachino and it said IPA. A mistake nevertheless...
Thanks Višnja and Goran! Poured a misty orange-amber body with an off white head. Oxidized, tired citric notes in the aroma with some caramel, quite heady. Taste.... dusty oxidized notes, light citric and apricot touches on some maltiness. Dry, just too old I guess. Will try to rerate if I ever find it fresh.