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Can you Purchase a $13 beer kit from Amazon and actually make good beer?

You never know what you are going to find on Amazon. Not that long ago, I came across a sale on beer kits. MoreBeer was clearing out their entire selection of kits from their Amazon store.


I looked through the selection of kits and chose the cheapest one I could find. The UK Jester Single Hop Experiment. The total came to $13.84 with tax.

Unfortunately the final product was not very good. This has everything to do with the age of the ingredients in the kit. This had definitely been sitting around in an Amazon warehouse for a very long time.

I did try to correct the flavor issue by dry hopping this in the keg with Nugget, Sterling and Magnum hops. That worked for a short period of time before the flavor faded and I was left with a flat tasting product that was fine if you are just in to drinking beer. But nothing special if you are looking for good beer.

If you would like to try this kit for yourself you can purchase it directly from MoreBeer here. The full recipe for this is available directly from MoreBeer on the same page.

*MoreBeer operates under the name Homebrewers Outpost on Amazon.

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Brewing a Nugget Nectar Clone + Recipe – Tröegs Independent Brewing

I had originally started thinking about brewing a Nugget Nectar clone way back in 2017 when I brewed the Blizzard of Hops clone. I didn’t start thinking about it seriously till I ran across a recipe in the October 2011 issue of BYO magazine. That recipe was clarified in the January/February 2012 issue.


Further research lead me to a The Session interview that the Trogner brothers did in the Summer of 2011. In that interview they detailed out their original recipe for Nugget Nectar. Including the hops used and the grain bill that included 80% Vienna malt.

The only things missing from their recipe were the hops used for dry hopping. I took some educated guesses on what the exact dry hops should be. Some of which was dictated by the hops left over from the brew day.

Over all this is a very good recipe. I’m very happy with the results. Though it’s not very accurate to what Nugget Nectar is now. The recipe has definitely changed over the years. If you are looking for a recipe from years past, this is the one you want to use.

Recipe Details

Batch Size Boil Time IBU SRM Est. OG Est. FG ABV
6 gal 90 min 95.9 IBUs 9.4 SRM 1.074 1.017 7.6 %
Actuals 1.071 1.018 7.1 %

Fermentables

Name Amount %
Vienna Malt (Briess) 14.25 lbs 80.28
Munich 20L (Briess) 1.75 lbs 9.86
Pilsner (2 Row) Bel 1.75 lbs 9.86

Hops

Name Amount Time Use Form Alpha %
Nugget 0.7 oz 90 min Boil Pellet 13
Simcoe 0.7 oz 90 min Boil Pellet 13
Simcoe 0.55 oz 30 min Boil Pellet 13
Palisade 1.1 oz 10 min Boil Pellet 8.3
Simcoe 1.1 oz 1 min Boil Pellet 14
Nugget 1.1 oz 1 min Boil Pellet 13
Warrior 0.55 oz 1 min Boil Pellet 15
Columbus (Tomahawk) 0.55 oz 1 min Boil Pellet 15
Nugget 2.2 oz 10 min Aroma Pellet 13
Nugget 2 oz 4 days Dry Hop Pellet 13
Warrior 1.45 oz 4 days Dry Hop Pellet 15
Columbus (Tomahawk) 1 oz 4 days Dry Hop Pellet 14
Palisade 0.9 oz 4 days Dry Hop Pellet 7.5

Miscs

Name Amount Time Use Type
Baking Soda 2.00 tsp 60 min Mash Water Agent
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) 1.50 tsp 60 min Mash Water Agent
Whirlfloc Tablet 1.00 Items 15 min Boil Fining
Yeast Nutrient 6.00 tsp 15 min Boil Other

Yeast

Name Lab Attenuation Temperature
American Ale (1056) Wyeast Labs 75% 60°F - 72°F

Mash

Step Temperature Time
Mash In 152°F 90 min

Fermentation

Step Time Temperature
Primary 10 days 68°F
Aging 7 days 65°F

Notes

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/oct-2011-byo-nugget-nectar-clone-og-doesnt-add-up.273597/

Download

Download this recipe's BeerXML file

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