Nugz
Great Rhythm Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

Relatively fresh can, poured into tulip. Golden yellow pour with white head. Good lacing. Candied oranges, floral. Grassy, floral, citrus and huge hit of daaaank resiny hop finish. Solid mouthfeel, carbonation is on point.

Hazed light straw with four fingers of long-lasting white head. Heavy webbed lacing. Pine and caramel in the nose. Some light pine and caramel again up front in the taste, and a little earthy tea mid-palate, with some strong nuttiness added to the mix. Some lingering bitterness. Full bodied and somewhat creamy with heavy carbonation. No visible canned on date. Not sure if this is intended to be English style or if it's just past its prime, but nowhere near as weedy as the name implies.

Poured from a 16 oz can into a pint glass.

Pours a cloudy golden orange color with a huge, 2-finger fluffy white head. The head sticks around for a long time, leaving some sticky cobweb lacing before settling into a creamy white film.

The aroma is straight up dank sauce. Very earthy, herbaceous and subtly spicy. Plenty of pine notes with some faint hints of grapefruit and honeydew melon.

The flavor follows the nose: lots and lots of pine, followed by some grapefruit and melon with a touch of peppery spice. Finishes with a nice, doughy malt character. Superbly hopped and exceptionally well-balanced. Bitter, earthy, and floral, yet subtly sweet and bready.

The feel is medium bodied with pretty good carbonation. Very crisp, yet a touch oily and extremely resinous.

Overall, an outstanding wet hop IPA. This is as dank and bitter as it gets and this one absolutely stands out among the heaps of tropical NEIPA's. Nugget can be a pretty one-dimensional hop but it is utilized exquisitely with this beer.

 

 

 

Purchased at the brewery. This beer was a nice light yellow color on the pour. Proved to be very well balanced and extremely easy to drink. Wish this beer was distributed more widely.