Troegs Nugget Nectar (Revisit)

So, for the past few weeks, I’ve been going back and editing old posts. It was part of my “Beer Resolutions” after the blog hit a year. For me, the blog is a bit of a time capsule. I tend to talk about some aspects of my personal life, so going back and reading them [...]

Troegs Perpetual IPA

Ah, the weekend. How I’ve missed you. I haven’t done all that much today. I ran some errands around the house (including taking a test sample of my brown ale that I brewed last weekend) and now I’m going to have some lunch and do a review. Tonight, I’m hitting up Buffalo Wild Wings with [...]

Troegs Mad Elf

I remember the first time that I had this brew. Although I forgot who I was with, the brew was definitely not forgettable. I was sitting at Stuff Yer Face (one of my favorite haunts) around wintertime and this was on tap. I had it (prior to starting the blog, but just when I was [...]

Troegs Scratch #33

I love saisons. It’s another style that I definitely got into from writing this blog. Originally, I preferred hefes, but now it’s all about the saison. This was one that I tried at Troegs that was part of the “Scratch Beer” series. ABV: 6.0% Style: Saison/Farmhouse Ale Trivia: From the Troegs blog, “When developing a [...]

Troegs Flying Mouflan

If I recall correctly, I think this brew just picked up a gold medal at GABF. Again, when I had this, I had only had a few barleywines. I think I may pick up another bomber next year to see if my appreciation for it has changed with a bit of education. ABV: 9.3% Style: [...]

Troegs Scratch #35

This was the first wet hopped IPA that I ever had. It seems like ever since I got my hands on this one, every brewery around was putting out a wet hopped IPA. Not that I’m complaining, I’m a big fan. ABV: 7.2% Style: American IPA Trivia: According to the Troegs website, “As the codename [...]

Troegs Java Head Stout

I went to the brewery with a friend who is relatively new to beer. As soon as his saw this beer, he said he wasn’t going to like this. He said that he didn’t like Guinness and said that he wouldn’t like this. I told him to give it a chance before he passed judgment. [...]

Troegs Dead Reckoning Porter

This is the fall offering from Troegs. I haven’t had a porter in forever. I probably haven’t had one since last year. I tend to really like porters. I can’t remember one that stands out, but they always remind me of a little brother of a stout. ABV: 5.4% Style: American Porter Trivia: This brew [...]

Troegs Troegenator Double Bock

This was the next beer in the sampling. It was also a darker selection. I think that this brew has one of the coolest labels I’ve seen. The figure on the label reminds me of Zeus. I was looking at buying this shirt too, but the pale ale won out. ABV: 8.2% Style: Doppelbock Trivia: [...]

Troegs Scratch #34

I’m going to skip reviews on the samples of Scratch #33 and #35, since I brought a six-pack of each home (as well as a bomber of the GABF Gold Medal Winner, Flying Mouflan). So, I can do full reviews of those. Since I didn’t buy a six-pack of this, you can probably already guess [...]