Steelers77
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FYI nugget nectar just hit stores again
I will get some when I'm back in PA in a few weeks! YES!!!!!!!!!
FYI nugget nectar just hit stores again
Steelers77,
You ever try my clone? Save yourself some money and try it!
Somebody needs to get a recipe of this stuff. I'm going to try myself, but I think it will take a concerted effort from all interested to narrow it down.
Yep, when the alledged "clone" is made with various base malts and the "real" recipe is 80% Vienna, you know it's not going to taste like the real thing. They are going to release Nugget Nectar here in a few weeks, and I'm going to pick some up in hopes of getting a better match with an 80% Vienna grain bill.
Well, when your trying something that isnt well documented and the general consensus is that your close, I call that a success. A clone, maybe not. But how does anyone know that Troegs isn't just try to throw off? Even BYO gave a similar recipe in their latest rendition.
I think the Vienna malt is the key to this. Vienna lagers always end up really sweet to me (Boston lager) and those grain bills are almost all Vienna.
Nugget Nectar isn't sweet though. It seems to be 1.069/1.013 give or take. .
I measured the FG at 1.018 last year, I thought that batch was sweeter than usual tho
Interesting. Was it completely degassed in a covered container? Evaporation will boost the density of liquid and residual C02 will skew the reading.
So after a 4 days in primary, mine is down to 1.016 and the sample tastes pretty darn good. Not as bitter as I expected for almost 100 ibu, but it is still early. Really looking forward to the dry hop in a week or two.
I think one of the boutique beer shops around here still has some nugget nectar on the shelves, hoping I can get a bottle or two for comparison.
Here's the Nugget Nectar recipe located in Zymurgy (31:4) July/August 2008.
For 5 U.S. gallons (19L)
O.G. 1.075
86.5 IBU
11.4 SRM
90' Boil
6.5 lbs Continental Pils Malt
7.0 lbs Munich Malt
5.0 oz Crystal 120L
1.00 oz 13%aa Nugget 60'
0.50 oz 13%aa Simcoe 30'
1.00 oz 16%aa Warrior 20'
1.25 oz 16%aa Tomahawk 0' or hopback
1.00 oz 8%aa Palisade 0' or hopback
1.00 oz 13%aa Simcoe DH
1.00 oz 8%aa Palisade DH
Cal-Ale yeast
Mash 152F.
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