Nugget Nectar
Tröegs Brewing Company

Nugget NectarNugget Nectar
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From:
Tröegs Brewing Company
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Imperial Red Ale
Ranked #1
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
96
Ranked #1,030
Avg:
4.32 | pDev: 9.49%
Reviews:
2,655
Ratings:
8,886
Status:
Active
Rated:
Tuesday at 11:04 PM
Added:
Feb 13, 2004
Wants:
  1,451
Gots:
  2,021
Squeeze those hops for all they're worth! Nugget Nectar will take hopheads to nirvana with a heady collection of American hops. Our Imperial Amber Ale is further intensified with whole flower Nugget hops added to our hopback vessel, resulting in an explosion of citrus, resin and pine.

93 IBU
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Ratings by tectactoe:
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Reviewed by tectactoe from Michigan

4.27/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Finally found a pack of these in Toledo - the search is finally over. Pours a sickeningly perfect copper color with crazy-exceptional clarity. A big, foamy, eggshell head posts up on top of the beer and lasts seemingly for days. Amazing traces of lacing on the way down as carbonation bubble streams continuous flow from bottom to top. This beer looks stunning.

The aroma starts off with strong, weedy hops that jump up and spike your nostrils. Resinous, oily, and mildly dank. There is a good amount of caramel malt to be noted, providing a perfectly sound and balanced sweetness to the hoppy bitterness. Biscuits, roses, grass, and toffee are all things I would compare this aroma to. Lots more going on here than you might think from the first whiff. The hops gets stronger and the malts get sweeter - this is starting to make my mouth water.

Nugget Nectar contains an extremely solid, seemingly 50/50 mix of "bitter hop rush" and "sweet malt balance", right out of the gate - this is a very good sign. The hop profile consists of pine resin, hop oils, slight dankness, and mild grass flavors. The malts are packed with caramel, bread, and mild toffee. The execution of flavor envelopment between "bitter" and "sweet" is nearly flawless, as each contributor brings a nearly equal amount to the table, making this an unbelievably drinkable beer. After taking several sips, my mouth is left with a leafy resin and heavily soaked bread - once again, in nearly perfect harmony. Medium bodied, carbonated well, slightly sticky and coating to the palate.

There's no denying that this may be one of the best executed "reds" or "amber ales" out there. Hoppy enough for hop-heads, yet balanced enough for people afraid of D/IPAs. So damn drinkable it's nuts. This stuff needs to make its way to Michigan, pronto.
Feb 28, 2013
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Reviewed by Lexluthor33 from New York

4.18/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Reddish tint with an amber color.
Large, creamy head and lace.
Aroma was floral, hops, malts and fruits.
Taste - mild bitterness, citrus and hops kick that was mild.
Fruit notes with great balance and a medium body.
Medium carbonation with a smooth, creamy finish.
Tuesday at 11:04 PM
 
Rated: 4.25 by Hayesbro from Pennsylvania

Mar 18, 2024
 
Rated: 4.5 by Histi from New Jersey

Mar 11, 2024
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Rated by moysauce from Illinois

4/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Last had 2017
Mar 06, 2024
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Reviewed by FLima from Brazil

4/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Copper color with a thin head.
Mild aroma with predominant notes of passion fruit and white bread.
Flavor with notes of tea with peaches, grapefruit, some toasted malts and pine. Dry and quite bitter aftertaste.
Full body with appropriate carbonation.
Flavorful Imperial Amber Ale with malty and fruity notes and a good hop punch.
Mar 06, 2024
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Reviewed by Otter-the-Beer-Man from Maryland

4.25/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
L: single pour into a pint glass gives a three finger head. Redish copper cooler with carbonation rising throughout
S: pine, orange citrus.
T: malt base gives way to pine and citrus hops
M: carbonation fills your mouth with clean crisp taste
O: great beer. It is. Is an annual must buy
Mar 02, 2024
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Rated by mpk2020 from Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Draft at City Kitchen in Pittsburgh
Feb 08, 2024
 
Rated: 4.36 by gongfu from Connecticut

Jan 31, 2024
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

4.4/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2024-01-27
12oz bottle served in a footed pilsner glass. Bottle says "Freshest by 042624." @jonphisher sent it to me.

Pours clear dark amber, big fluffy head that settles fairly quickly into a thick, dense skin, clinging to the glass in thick webby lacing a good inch and a half above the surface. Smell is pine and citrus hops with a background of toffee and earthy bitter.

Taste is following the promising nose very nicely. Toffee, light biscuit, earthiness come forward a little bit. Toffee sweetness is definitely there. Pine and citrus are clearly there, balancing nicely with everything else.

Mouthfeel is light, clean, and dry. Overall, this is really nice, lots going on, very well-balanced.
Jan 27, 2024
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Rated by FRANKHAZE from Florida

4.26/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Beautiful copper red, tastes of citrus, piney malty goodness. Nice bittering end. Light mouthfeel. Great ale.
Jan 23, 2024
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Reviewed by mcgiants from New Jersey

4.35/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Just learning that this is a Red Ale and not an IPA. I have drank many over the years and always thought an IPA.

Anyway.... 12 oz bottle poured into a tulip glass.

Pours a beautiful copper with nice head. Can see the carbonation. Smell, taste/feel: Malty with hoppy bitterness. Very, very nice.

Troegs does really great work.
Jan 12, 2024
 
Rated: 4.6 by strengthdoc from Connecticut

Dec 25, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by Nyoder

Nov 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4.43 by Iggy88 from Ohio

Nov 07, 2023
 
Rated: 4.11 by ctbeerman1 from Connecticut

Sep 01, 2023
 
Rated: 4.49 by mehollin

Jul 10, 2023
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Reviewed by TurboMon_911 from New Jersey

4.48/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
16 oz. can 'Freshest by 05/06/2023'. Poured a clear copper color into a Samuel Smith Imperial pint glass with visible carbonation and a frothy white head that lingered & left loads of lacing. Earthy pine resinous overtones in aroma with hints of tangerine, peach, apricot, tropical fruits and malty goodness. Flavor follows nose with a nice malty bitter-sweet backbone for a finish. Sits mid to back of palate with slight carbonation tingle on the tongue. A little past it's prime but this is the last one I was saving to see if it changed with age. Remember it pretty much the same; an outstanding offering from Tröegs. World class indeed.
Jul 08, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by FunkyPolak from New Jersey

Jun 12, 2023
 
Rated: 3.89 by QuintusHorace from California

May 18, 2023
Nugget Nectar from Tröegs Brewing Company
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