Tröegs Nugget Nectar 2023/2024 Release

Any word on Double Nugget Nectar? Will it be released this year? I haven't been able to find info but didn't quite look all that hard.

 

Yes, my question. Last year, I drove several multi-hour round trips to scoop it up fresh.

 

Thanks for hunting down the info! It's somewhat funny that I'm asking about it as I was not exactly in love with the beer last year. But it is a hot trading commodity!

 

Their website, under "Events", says Double NN is scheduled for January 22.

"Available in 16-oz. cans and draft everywhere Tröegs is sold."

Never had it and don't like jumping through hoops for beer, so I'll be happy if I find some in the store this season.

 

If you're in SEPA it was easy for me to get last year and could be found at many of the places that were selling regular NN.

 

I remember it was distributed last year but I never saw it. Don't remember how hard I looked, to be honest.

Looking forward to all the posts about Nugget Nectar batch variation.

 

Giant got a decent amount last year so they may be a good bet again this year.

RE: batch variation I was going to mention that also But I have experienced it and like many of the once a year hoppy beers I don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility, especially between formats.

 

Are you referring to bottles vs. cans? If so, do you think one format is 'better' than the other?

It has been quite a while since I have purchased Nugget Nectar since for my last purchase that beer had zero, and I do mean zero, hop aroma (and the beer was less than a month old). This beer is too pricey to play 'Russian Roulette' for me.

Cheers!

 

Am I wrong in remembering that Nugget Nectar in the past wasn't released until February?

 

I found the bottles to be "fuller" and with a better aroma but I do find that to be the case with many beers that come in the same format.

Yeah late Jan./early Feb. in the past.

 

Thanks for the reminder.
Living in central MD and working in northern VA. I will definitely be looking for it in February.
As far as batch variance, I thought last year was particularly good but it may just be me, I honestly can’t say.

 

2017 was the last time I bought this beer. I did have a few from a sixtel in 2018 and thought it was good. 2017 I bought a single and thought it was very bitter and too much caramel, it was a fresh bottle. 2016 seems to be when this beer lost it for me. 2013 seems to have been my favorite, I bought 3 cases that year. Looking back at my notes I have too many “not the same beer”, bland, where are the hops” comments that I do not need to revisit unless it’s handed to me. This has happened once. For the price of this beer I just can’t make a purchase till I hear overwhelming “Wow, this beer is back”.


Enjoy

 

Make sure you get a batch number (or best by date and bottle/can format) before making that purchase. Nugget Nectar every year is a roller coaster.

Cheers!

 

John, that was the part of it that pissed me off the most. Sure, the fact they could not produce Nugget Nectar consistently from batch to batch was annoying/disappointing but to think that their customers were crazy (or some other similar word) was unconscionable IMO.

Cheers!