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The Beer in Review: Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale
Had this with my lunch at 'wichcraft the other day. Lots of flavor there. I think I'd the RR once before but usually I drink the "regular" Hitachino, whichever that one is. I will ask my friend Mike — who has spent some quality time with the Kiuchi Brewery's beers — about that one's name.
I don't remember how this beer tasted, really, so I am going to re-post some reviews from real beer dudes on beeradvocate.com, and then review those reviews.
wagenvolks from Raleigh, NC:
"The taste is a flavorful mix of seaweed wraps, sticky rice, gummi-bears, citrus hops, and saki."
mct from Oakland, CA:
Bullshit. You're just free associating. Plus you misspelled sake.
maudite from Oakland, CA:
"Sweet smelling, very earthy and hard to pinpoint any specifics. I think I was just too jazzed."
mct from Oakland, CA:
Hey, a local boy! What does he mean by "too jazzed"? Is that like being skunky or faced? I like "in one's cups" too.
Pegasus from Florence, TX:
Drinkability/note: A most excellent and enigmatic example, as befits a Belgian ale style brewed in Japan. Well worth the effort to obtain. Many thanks to BA HardTarget for generously sharing this rare example.
mct from Oakland, CA:
What's weird is that beeradvocate.com is full of stuff like this. Like every single comment is self-serious and intellectualized, and everyone is tasting strawberries and everyone is mouth-feeling each other up. And this particular beer (the Red Rice) has 150 reviews! I'm clicking through these pages, looking for like, one guy who doesn't play the dumb beer language game.
Anyway, here's one more. This pretty much sums up all of my mouth-thoughts:
vitriola from Fruita, CO
A sanguine tinged liquid accented with a snow white dollop of foam fills the glass. Delicate aromas escape - Junmai Ginjo sake, rice flour, and a soft fruitiness prevail. More sake than beer. Curious. Wow! The flavors, once again, scream Junmai Ginjo sake: elegant, a touch of tart starfruit and sweet kiwi, rice noodles, and a beautiful, subtle bitterness adds the final facet to this shining gem. What a perfect combination of subtlety and bravado.
And here's my review:
Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale is, in a word: Good.
I don't remember how this beer tasted, really, so I am going to re-post some reviews from real beer dudes on beeradvocate.com, and then review those reviews.
wagenvolks from Raleigh, NC:
"The taste is a flavorful mix of seaweed wraps, sticky rice, gummi-bears, citrus hops, and saki."
mct from Oakland, CA:
Bullshit. You're just free associating. Plus you misspelled sake.
maudite from Oakland, CA:
"Sweet smelling, very earthy and hard to pinpoint any specifics. I think I was just too jazzed."
mct from Oakland, CA:
Hey, a local boy! What does he mean by "too jazzed"? Is that like being skunky or faced? I like "in one's cups" too.
Pegasus from Florence, TX:
Drinkability/note: A most excellent and enigmatic example, as befits a Belgian ale style brewed in Japan. Well worth the effort to obtain. Many thanks to BA HardTarget for generously sharing this rare example.
mct from Oakland, CA:
What's weird is that beeradvocate.com is full of stuff like this. Like every single comment is self-serious and intellectualized, and everyone is tasting strawberries and everyone is mouth-feeling each other up. And this particular beer (the Red Rice) has 150 reviews! I'm clicking through these pages, looking for like, one guy who doesn't play the dumb beer language game.
Anyway, here's one more. This pretty much sums up all of my mouth-thoughts:
vitriola from Fruita, CO
A sanguine tinged liquid accented with a snow white dollop of foam fills the glass. Delicate aromas escape - Junmai Ginjo sake, rice flour, and a soft fruitiness prevail. More sake than beer. Curious. Wow! The flavors, once again, scream Junmai Ginjo sake: elegant, a touch of tart starfruit and sweet kiwi, rice noodles, and a beautiful, subtle bitterness adds the final facet to this shining gem. What a perfect combination of subtlety and bravado.
And here's my review:
Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale is, in a word: Good.
But I think you're still a bit crooked here: I don't go around. I hang out on my blog. Beeradvocate.com is a place where people can use their language as fruitily as they like to describe the alcohol they like to drink. For me to post a comment on that site would be truly douchey, because they're just having a good time.
And since you came around, the internet mellow here at FoodProof has gotten a little harsher, you know? It looks like you signed up just today for a bit of morning trolling.
Anyway welcome to the site, and keep on gulpin'.
<-- I see what you did there. But there's a difference between "having a good time", and dumping on other people without their knowledge for all your blogger friends.
Sure, BeerAdvocate reviewers can get a little creative and, at times, the language may seem flowery, but that's just a product of the reviewing process (Again, I suggest you try it sometime!). And if you were to spend a few extra minutes there, you'd find that the main purpose of BA is to advocate good beers like Hitachino's Red Rice, which your post clearly does not.