Tröegs Nugget Nectar - 2021 Release

Never saw last year release, a great beer Uber fresh, not so much not.

 

Dale, I will be 'that guy' here.

Beyond the aspect of beer age there is the continuing issue of batch variation with Nugget Nectar. Two years ago I purchased a six-pack of Nugget Nectar and I actually made a 'wish' when I picked that six-pack off the shelf: Please be a good batch. It was not to be.

There were no off flavors in those beer but the hop aroma was essentially zero even though those beers were only a couple of weeks from packaging. I said to myself after drinking that first beer out of that six-pack: Oh no, not again!

Last year I vowed to never buy Nugget Nectar again. I redirected my budget for Nugget Nectar last year to Victory Hop Wallop and boy was I very happy there. Last year's Hop Wallop was OUTSTANDING in my opinion:

"Overall:

In one word OUTSTANDING! In my opinion Victory has hit a HOME RUN here."



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If Victory ships Hop Wallop down to you this year I recommend you try it. Last year I bought 3-4 six-packs of this beer. Buy it fresh!

Cheers!

 

Damn , I haven’t seen Hop Wallop here in forever. For some reason outside the monkeys Victory doesn’t exist. I like Hop Wallop, and my last was great, the NN, it’s been two years but I thought it very good. Surprise the Double Hop Drop And Roll is new o me and it’s terrific.

 

Golden Monkey is Victory's top selling beer. And they decided to utilize the "monkey" things as a product line (similar to what AB does with Bud Light). So, they are shipping the 'top sellers' down to you (so they continue to be the top selling brands?).

Nugget Nectar, when it is a good batch, is indeed a very tasty beer. A few years ago when the Retail Beer Distributors had to sell by the case (24 bottles) I would buy Nugget Nectar by the case (some years it was two cases). I was very lucky back then that all of my case purchased were good batches but in BA threads I read many posts of woes from folks who were not lucky like me. The past 4-5 years I have purchased Nugget Nectar by the six-pack and I was not as lucky - kinda about 50/50. A few years ago (3?) I purchased two six-packs (one bottles the other cans). The batch which was bottled was very good while the batch which was canned was a dude.

There are too many other high quality hoppy beer brands out there that are not a 50/50 proposition so that is where my money will go.

Cheers!

 

The NN I got last year was excellent. I'm still down for a trial 6er whenever I see it; and if it's just as good I'll very likely get more.

 

Variation IMO isn’t necessarily a bad thing in and by itself. It could be something you like a bit better as well.

 

I use to love nugget nectar when it was in the older labels I know it sounds ridiculous lol still a solid beer. But like the one guy stated hop wallop was killer last year and NN was just eh. But I always pick up NN every year gonna hit up troegs Saturday for it

 

Great Lakes Nosferatu > Nugget Nectar

I'm not usually one to say a beer has "fallen off" but in recent years, thats exactly whats happened with NN.

 

Sound like you got a bad batch too.

When Nugget Nectar is a good batch it is very tasty - much better than "eh".

Maybe try it again this year? Do you feel lucky?

 

Will be picking up a 12er in cans when I see it.

 

I will be trying again .. I never give up on a beer!

 

I will cross my fingers and hope that you luck out here. Based upon my recent experiences you have a 50/50 chance here.

Cheers!

 

It always an automatic 6 pack purchase, some years more, depends how quick it disappears from my fridge.

 

It used to be all over here, cans, bottles, 12 packs, last year nada. Either the distribution network dropped it or retailers couldn’t sell it and stopped buying it. I’d bet the average casual craft guy here has zero clue what NN is. They’ll buy Celebration or Cold Mountain first and foremost.

 

For those that can get Double Hop Drop and Roll I’ll swear by how good this beer is, don't be fooled by the crappy little brother. Real deal here. I’m hoping for NN unfortunately I can’t special order here even if it’s distro but not at my retailers. I’d be leery of buying by the case anyway.

 

How long since you have had regular HDR? Palates vary of course, but I have had it many times over the past couple of years and I think it is the best it has ever been (including before the nosedive it took for a period of time). The new imperial version is great also, but I don't taste much difference between the two, except a little more of a melon-ish flavor in the double.

 

I'm with you. I pick up a 12 pack as soon as I see it out.

After that, I'm done. It is extraordinary super fresh but it goes South quickly.

 

Maybe 2 months, it’s far better than it was, but for me it’s still a fraction of what it was. More tropical with the Double, nicely balanced too. Your right palates are different, I know people who hate Heady, that’s a slim list.

 

Agree, the very first time I had it the hops faded and I called it a malty mess of a beer. It was about 3 months old if I remember right. Fresh when it first hits here it’s been terrific, I’d love it on tap at the brewery.