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 #1,028
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:
  2,020
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 jmalex:
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Reviewed by jmalex from Pennsylvania

4.58/5  rDev +6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
This one's been out for awhile this year, but I've held off trying it on tap until I could sit down with one at home. So after getting 2 in a six-pack swap last week, it's now time.

APPEARANCE: Pours a light amber/red/gold (what a cool color!). A large white head drops to a thick collar around the glass with plenty of foam still dotting the surface. Lacing is tremendous and covers the entirety of the glass.

SMELL: Strong aromas of pungent, bitter hops. Heavy floral notes along with some citrus. The malt is tough to pick out, but it's there... barely.

TASTE: The taste is remarkably quite heavy in maltiness. Oh, the hops are there. Absolutely. But the balance in this beer is achieved wonderfully. The malt and hops race to your palette, each trying to be the first, but they reach it in a delicious and well-balanced tie. Citrusy hops take a brief but big lead lasting until you're ready to swallow. The malt gets the last laugh however, finishing with a bready sweetness. A multi-dementional beer to say the least.

MOUTHFEEL: Medium bodied and only slightly slick and syrupy. The carbonation is great.

DRINKABILITY: Very drinkable. I was shocked to read 7.5% on the label. Goes down way to easy. Well done Tröegs!

Major props to Tröegs for coming up with basically an all new style, Imperial Amber. The balance that this beer achieves is striking. I now wish I hadn't waiting until now to try this.
Mar 02, 2007
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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 from Virginia

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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