Hitachino Nest Beer White Ale is brewed in the tradition of a Belgian style white beer with coriander, nutmeg, orane peel and orange juice. This beer won the Gold Medal at the association of Brewers' "World Beer Cup" in the Herb & Spiced Beer Category In 2000 and also took the Gold Medal at the Japan Beer Cup that same year.
Kiuchi
The Kiuchi brewery was established in 1823 by Kiuchi Gihei who was the village headman of the country Naka-gun Kounosu village. The Kiuchi family was collecting rice as land tax from farmers and paid those rice to the Mito Tokugawa family. Kiuchi Gihei thought brewing Sake would be more efficient than keep rice in a warehouse and launched his brewery, which has been quite successful. In the autumn of 1996, the breweru created Hitachino Nest Beers using the same fundamental brewing techniques. Those beers won a total of 6 gold medals in Japan, the United States, Germany and England in 2000.