Hitachino Nest Sweet Stout (Lacto)
Presentation: squatty 33cl bottle. No best before date noted, but they do have one of the most detailed ingredient list on a beer bottle ever, but no mention of hops. Brewed with pale, crystal, caramel malt and authentic Lactose(milk sugar, 10% of grain bill) which is added about 10 min before end of boil. Appearance ? Poured a pitch black color. Small head formed with a fairly strong pour, but dissapated fairly quickly. Smell ? There really isn't that much in the smell. Had some sort of weird funky staleness, sourness, and a very faint roasted malt smell. Taste ? This beer definitely has some tang, and notin a good way. Bad sourness ever present during the entire taste. It overpowered the malt and any sort of sweetness it was suppose to have. Hop bitterness comes out near the end and finishes with a coffee-like flavor. Mouthfeel ? I thought the body was good and so was the mouthfeel, but the flavor was pretty gross. Drinkability ? nasty sourness makes this a nasty beer. Could be a bad bottle.