Tröegs Nugget Nectar - Tröegs Brewing Company

DousedInStout

Washington

4.65/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

Enjoyed a pint of this drawn off the beer engine at Barcade in Brooklyn. Beautiful reddish-orange in color, and very clear (perhaps fined?) for a real ale. The smell is phenomenal - grapefruit, orange zest, pine needles, and lemongrass. The body is medium, and the taste is less bitter than the nose lets on. The carbonation is very light and pleasant, perfect cask conditioning. And it is dangerously drinkable for 7.5%...well done, and a beer I will actively seek out again.

Serving type: cask

02-16-2009 01:06:35 | More by DousedInStout

billbeers

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -31.7%

05-23-2013 00:03:43 | More by billbeers

smitty5245

California

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-22-2013 22:38:40 | More by smitty5245

morefackinghops

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-22-2013 21:58:45 | More by morefackinghops

davesway10

Iowa

4/5  rDev -8.9%

05-22-2013 18:14:29 | More by davesway10

NJBeer265

New Jersey

4.75/5  rDev +8.2%

05-22-2013 15:49:51 | More by NJBeer265

pknyc

New York

3.75/5  rDev -14.6%

05-22-2013 14:37:03 | More by pknyc

kizyle

Georgia

4/5  rDev -8.9%

05-22-2013 13:27:31 | More by kizyle

grover37

District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-22-2013 04:25:18 | More by grover37

barczar

Kentucky

4.23/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Pours a clear amber with a frothy one inch light khaki head that slowly dissipates, leaving sheets of lacing.

Grapefruit, pine, fresh cut grass, and sweet, bready malt form the initial aroma. Tropical notes of pineapple and mango emerge.

Flavor is a bit more subtle than anticipated at first, with underpinnings of citrus giving way quickly to bitter hops, all amidst a bready caramel malt backbone. Subsequent sips reveal sticky resin, lime, and a muddled general citrus character, which has become far more dominant. The finish is decidedly resinous and bitter. The malt backbone caves to the hop barrage.

Body is moderate and smooth, with moderate carbonation and a fair amount of alcohol warmth.

Expected more malt presence, but great hop character. Verges on being too bitter for my liking.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 01:21:12 | More by barczar

Birdmarg741

District of Columbia

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-22-2013 00:33:46 | More by Birdmarg741

dcloeren

Texas

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%

05-21-2013 20:54:49 | More by dcloeren

Busker

Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -20.3%

05-21-2013 17:59:25 | More by Busker

PlinyBeMiney

California

3.5/5  rDev -20.3%

05-21-2013 07:13:23 | More by PlinyBeMiney

CosmoHopHead

Kansas

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-21-2013 04:25:15 | More by CosmoHopHead

joejost

New York

5/5  rDev +13.9%

05-21-2013 01:30:23 | More by joejost

Angkistrodon

Virginia

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-21-2013 00:00:47 | More by Angkistrodon

skiking1163

Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +13.9%

05-20-2013 23:34:06 | More by skiking1163

MGodduclan5

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -14.6%

05-20-2013 21:43:39 | More by MGodduclan5

tipfortap

New York

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-20-2013 17:16:34 | More by tipfortap

surfrogue1

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

05-20-2013 03:01:41 | More by surfrogue1

PlayitAgain

New York

3.75/5  rDev -14.6%

05-20-2013 03:01:17 | More by PlayitAgain

1sophrosyne1

District of Columbia

4.23/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Started in a cold English dimpled pint glass and allowed to warm over 30 minutes of tasting.
A pleasing warm amber-orange color; rather weak retention that was partly but not completely due to the cold.
Aroma brings to mind a copper-dipped pine cone nestled in clover and dandelion.
Taste experience is a little short, overall, but builds up to a bitter burst from a foundation of caramel-smoked hemp. There is a nutty nose blended in the back half of the flavor that I just can't place...
It sits heavy on the middle of the tongue, but falls off the sides quickly into an almost tannic sort of creaminess.
There's more length on draught than out of the bottle.
Overall, it's one of the best regularly available consistent products from a favorite independent brewery.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 02:45:37 | More by 1sophrosyne1

joep

Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +13.9%

05-19-2013 21:08:40 | More by joep

TreeBeard

Ohio

4/5  rDev -8.9%

05-19-2013 20:38:40 | More by TreeBeard